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Infante António of Portugal

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Infante António
Portrait of Infante António of Portugal, 1740
Born15 March 1695
Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Portugal
Died20 October 1757 (aged 62)
Royal Palace of Alcântara, Alcântara, Lisbon, Portugal
Burial
Names
António Francisco Xavier Benedito Teodósio Leopoldo Henrique
HouseBraganza
FatherPeter II
MotherMaria Sophia of Neuburg

Infante António of Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔniu]) (15 March 1695 - 20 October 1757)[1][2] was a Portuguese infante (prince), the third surviving son of Peter II, King of Portugal, and his wife Maria Sophia of Neuburg.

Life

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Portrait by Jean Ranc.

António Francisco Xavier Benedito Teodósio Leopoldo Henrique was born in Lisbon on 15 March 1695.

Death

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He died unmarried and without legitimate issue in the same city, on 20 October 1757, of apoplexy[3] and is buried at the Royal Pantheon of the Braganza Dynasty, in Lisbon.

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ Mariz, Pedro de (1758). Dialogos de varia historia, em que se referem as vidas dos senhores reys de Portugal (in Brazilian Portuguese). Joseph Filippe. p. 212. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  2. ^ Castro, João Baptista de (1870). Mappa de Portugal antigo e moderno (in Brazilian Portuguese). Typ. do Panorama. p. 122. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  3. ^ Historia Genealogica da Casa Real Portugueza (PDF). Lisbon: Sylviana. 1841. p. 432. Retrieved 5 February 2024.