The Infanta Benedita (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɨnɨˈditɐ]; Maria Francisca Benedita Ana Isabel Antónia Lourença Inácia Teresa Gertrudes Rita Joana Rosa de Bragança; English: Mary Frances Benedicta Anne Isabel Antonia Lawrencia Ignatia Theresa Gertrude Rita Joan Rose of Braganza) (July 25, 1746 – August 18, 1829) was a Portuguese infanta (princess), the youngest daughter of King Joseph I of Portugal and his wife Infanta Mariana Victoria of Spain...
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The Infanta Benedita (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɨnɨˈditɐ]; Maria Francisca Benedita Ana Isabel Antónia Lourença Inácia Teresa Gertrudes Rita Joana Rosa de Bragança; English: Mary Frances Benedicta Anne Isabel Antonia Lawrencia Ignatia Theresa Gertrude Rita Joan Rose of Braganza) (July 25, 1746 – August 18, 1829) was a Portuguese infanta (princess), the youngest daughter of King Joseph I of Portugal and his wife Infanta Mariana Victoria of Spain.
Benedita was born in Lisbon. She was well educated. She was educated in music by David Perez (composer) and in painting by Domingos Sequeira: a panel made by her and her sister can still be seen in the Estrela Basilica. On February 21, 1777 she married her nephew, Joseph, Prince of Beira, heir apparent of the heiress presumptive (and proclaimed heir, i.e. her sister Maria) to the throne of Portugal, as the eldest son of the future Queen Mary I. Maria Francisca Benedita and Joseph had no children.
Three days after their wedding, Benedita's...
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