House of Bourbon-Braganza
| House of Bourbon-Braganza Casa de Bourbon-Bragança Casa de Borbón-Braganza | |
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House of Bourbon House of Braganza |
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| Founded | 1785 |
| Founder | Infante Gabriel of Spain and Infanta Maria Ana Vitória of Portugal |
The House of Bourbon-Braganza (Spanish: Casa de Borbón-Braganza; Portuguese: Casa de Bourbon-Bragança) is an Iberian noble house that has its origins in a royal marriage arranged by King Charles III of Spain and his niece Queen Maria I of Portugal: in 1785 Infante Gabriel of Spain (1752–1788) married Infanta Maria Ana Vitória of Portugal (1768–1788). It was a short marriage: they both died three years later, in Madrid, with smallpox.
History
Their surviving son, Infante Pedro Carlos of Spain and Portugal (1786–1812), was brought up in the Portuguese court, first in Lisbon and, after 1807, in Rio de Janeiro. Until 1793, he was the only grandson of Queen Maria I, therefore considered as a potential heir of the Portuguese throne.
As his father, he also married a Portuguese Infanta, his first cousin once removed Infanta Maria Teresa of Portugal (1793–1874).
They had one child Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain (1811–1875), Infante of Portugal by royal edict (issued in 1812), but only became a Spanish infant in 1824 by royal edict of King Ferdinand VII of Spain, as he was only a distant descendant of King Charles III. When the Portuguese Royal Family returned to Europe, Sebastian went to live in Spain (1822) but, due to his support to the Carlist pretender, he returned to Portugal (1865), where King Luís I gave him a warm reception.
The male line of the family has become extinct, but distant descendants are still represented among the Spanish nobility (Dukes of Marchena, Durcal, and Ansola).
Genealogical Chart
Charles III Maria I (1719–1788) (1734–1816) King of Spain Queen of Portugal _________|_________ ____________|____________ | | | | Charles IV GABRIEL<---1785--->Maria Ana Vitória John VI (1748–1819) (1752–1788) | (1768–1788) (1767–1826) King of Spain Infante of Spain | Infanta of Portugal King of Portugal | | | | | ___________|___________ | | | | | PETER CHARLES<----1810---->Maria Teresa Peter I/IV | Bourbon and Braganza | (1793–1874) (1798–1834) | (1786–1812) | Infanta of Portugal Emp. of Brazil | Infante of Spain | Princess of Beira King of Portugal | | | | | | Royal House SEBASTIAN Royal House of Portugal of Spain Bourbon and Braganza and (1811–1875) Imperial House of Brazil Infante of Spain (1811) Infante of Portugal (1812) | | | Dukes of Marchena, of Durcal, of Hernani, of Ansola ( Spanish titles )