Maria Sofia of the Palatinate

Maria Sofia of the Palatinate, also of Neuburg (6 August 1666 – 4 August 1699), was the German queen consort of King Peter II of Portugal after the death of his first queen, Maria Francisca. She was a daughter of Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine and his wife Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, and as such from the house of Wittelsbach. She had sixteen brothers and sisters, amongst whom were: In 1687 she married the widowed king Peter II of Port... more

Maria Sofia of the Palatinate, also of Neuburg (6 August 1666 – 4 August 1699), was the German queen consort of King Peter II of Portugal after the death of his first queen, Maria Francisca. She was a daughter of Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine and his wife Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, and as such from the house of Wittelsbach. She had sixteen brothers and sisters, amongst whom were: In 1687 she married the widowed king Peter II of Portugal and became thus queen consort of Portugal, without any right on regency. They had seven children: She died in Lisbon of fever (possibly Erysipelas) on 4 August 1699, two days before her thirty-third birthday. less