Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɐnɐ dɨ ʒɨˈzuʃ mɐˈɾiɐ]; English: full name: Ana de Jesus Maria Luís Gonzaga Joaquina Micaela Rafaela Francisca Xavier de Paula de Bragança e Borbón; Mafra, October 23, 1806 – Rome, June 22, 1857) was a Portuguese infanta (princess) and last daughter of King John VI of Portugal and his wife Carlota Joaquina of Borbón.
On December 5, 1827, she married Nuno José Severo de Mendonça Ro...
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Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɐnɐ dɨ ʒɨˈzuʃ mɐˈɾiɐ]; English: full name: Ana de Jesus Maria Luís Gonzaga Joaquina Micaela Rafaela Francisca Xavier de Paula de Bragança e Borbón; Mafra, October 23, 1806 – Rome, June 22, 1857) was a Portuguese infanta (princess) and last daughter of King John VI of Portugal and his wife Carlota Joaquina of Borbón.
On December 5, 1827, she married Nuno José Severo de Mendonça Rolim de Moura Barreto, then Marquis of Loulé and Count de Vale de Reis, future Duke of Loulé. Subsequently, he served several times as prime minister of Portugal). The wedding was celebrated in a private ceremony in the chapel of the Royal Ajuda Palace and was a scandal at the time. Although Loulé was a nobleman and remote descendant of Portugal's royal dynasty, Dona Ana de Jesus was the first infanta of Portugal since the Middle Ages to marry a man who was not of royal rank. The reasons for the marriage were probably not political, considering...
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