Infante António of Portugal

Infante António
Portrait of Infante António of Portugal; 1740.
Born 15 March 1695
Lisbon
Died 20 October 1757
Lisbon
Burial Royal Pantheon of the Braganza Dynasty
Full name
António Francisco Xavier Benedito Teodósio Leopoldo Henrique
House House of Braganza
Father Peter II
Mother Maria Sophia of Neuburg

Infante António of Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔniu]) (Lisbon, 15 March 1695 - Lisbon, 20 October 1757) was a Portuguese infante (prince), the third surviving son of Peter II, King of Portugal, and his wife Maria Sophia of Neuburg.

Life

António Francisco Xavier Benedito Teodósio Leopoldo Henrique was born in Lisbon on March 15, 1695. He died unmarried and without legitimate issue in the same city on October 20, 1757 and is buried at the Royal Pantheon of the Braganza Dynasty, in Lisbon.Through his natural son, Duarte, he is an ancestor of famous Brazilian lawyer and writer José de Alencar.

Ancestry

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.