Infante Alexandre of Portugal
| Infante Alexandre | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 September 1723 Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Died | 2 August 1728 (aged 4) Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Burial | Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Names Portuguese: Alexandre Francisco José António Nicolau de Bragança English: Alexander Francis Joseph Anthony Nicholas of Braganza | |
| House | House of Braganza |
| Father | John V of Portugal |
| Mother | Maria Anna of Austria |
Infante Alexandre of Portugal (Alexandre Francisco José António Nicolau; English: Alexander Francis Joseph Anthony Nicholas, 24 September 1723 – 2 August 1728) was a Portuguese infante, the sixth and last child of King John V of Portugal and his wife Maria Anna of Austria.[1]
Biography
Born on 24 September 1723 in the Ribeira Palace, in Lisbon, the infante was baptized on 6 December as Alexandre Francisco José António Nicolau de Bragança.[2]
In his short life, he revealed an advanced intelligence for his age, through his prompt and ingenious observations, as described by the genealogist António Caetano de Sousa.[2]
He died in the same Palace where he was born on 2 August 1728, at the age of 4, victim of smallpox. He is buried in the Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza.[2]
Ancestry
- Ancestors of Infante Alexandre of Portugal[3]
- 16. Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza
- 8. John IV of Portugal
- 17. Ana de Velasco y Girón
- 4. Peter II of Portugal
- 18. Juan Manuel de Guzmán y Silva, VIII Duke of Medina Sidonia
- 9. Luisa de Guzmán
- 19. Juana de Sandoval y la Cerda
- 2. John V of Portugal
- 20. Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg
- 10. Philip William, Elector Palatine
- 21. Magdalene of Bavaria
- 5. Maria Sophia of Neuburg
- 22. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
- 11. Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
- 23. Sophia Eleonore of Saxony
- 1. Alexandre of Braganza
- 24. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
- 12. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
- 25. Maria Anna of Bavaria
- 6. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
- 26. Philip III of Spain
- 13. Maria Anna of Austria
- 27. Margaret of Austria
- 3. Maria Anna of Austria
- 28. Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg (= 20)
- 14. Philip William, Elector Palatine (= 10)
- 29. Magdalene of Bavaria (= 21)
- 7. Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg
- 30. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 22)
- 15. Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 11)
- 31. Sophia Eleonore of Saxony (= 23)
References
- Back to citation "Biografias - Alexandre Francisco de Bragança". monarquiaportuguesa.blogs.sapo.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-07-21.
- Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 Back to citation occurrence 2.2 Sousa, António Caetano de (1735–1749). Historia genealogica da Casa Real Portugueza (PDF) (in Portuguese). Lisbon. pp. 373–376.
- Back to citation Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 13.