Infanta Maria Teresa of Portugal (or of Braganza; Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐˈɾiɐ tɨˈɾezɐ] or [ˈtɾezɐ]; English: Mary Theresa; full name: Maria Teresa Francisca de Assis Antónia Carlota Joana Josefa Xavier de Paula Micaela Rafaela Isabel Gonzaga of Braganza; Ajuda, Lisbon, April 29, 1793 – Trieste, January 17, 1874) was a Portuguese princess and heir to the throne of Portugal between 1793 and 1795, until her younger brother António Pio was born...
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Infanta Maria Teresa of Portugal (or of Braganza; Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐˈɾiɐ tɨˈɾezɐ] or [ˈtɾezɐ]; English: Mary Theresa; full name: Maria Teresa Francisca de Assis Antónia Carlota Joana Josefa Xavier de Paula Micaela Rafaela Isabel Gonzaga of Braganza; Ajuda, Lisbon, April 29, 1793 – Trieste, January 17, 1874) was a Portuguese princess and heir to the throne of Portugal between 1793 and 1795, until her younger brother António Pio was born.
She was granted the title Princess of Beira (given to the heir of the heir to the throne). Maria Teresa was the eldest daughter of King John VI of Portugal, then the heir-apparent of the reigning queen Maria I of Portugal, and his wife Carlota Joaquina (daughter of Charles IV of Spain).
She was married on May 13, 1810 in Rio de Janeiro (where the royal family was exiled because of the Napoleonic wars) to her cousin Infante Pedro Carlos, Prince of Spain and Portugal. She was widowed on May 26, 1812, but soon after gave birth to her only child...
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