Infanta Maria Antonia | |
Succession: | Duchess consort of Parma |
Reign: | 14 January 1884 – |
Reign-Type: | Pretense |
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Full Name: | Portuguese: Maria Antónia Adelaide Camila Carolina Eulália Leopoldina Sofia Inês Francisca de Assis e de Paula Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Gonzaga Gregória Bernardina Benedita Andrea French: Marie Antoinette Adélaïde Camille Caroline Eulalie Léopoldine Sophie Agnès Françoise d'Assis et de Pauline Michelle Raphaëlle Gabrielle Gonzage Gregorie Bernardine Bénédicte Andrée |
House: | Braganza |
Father: | Miguel I of Portugal |
Mother: | Adelaide of Löwenstein |
Birth Date: | 28 November 1862 |
Birth Place: | Bronnbach, Grand Duchy of Baden |
Death Place: | Berg Castle, Luxembourg |
Infanta Maria Antónia of Portugal (Portuguese: Maria Antónia Adelaide Camila Carolina Eulália Leopoldina Sofia Inês Francisca de Assis e de Paula Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Gonzaga Gregória Bernardina Benedita Andrea; 28 November 1862 - 14 May 1959) was the seventh and last child of Miguel I of Portugal and Adelaide of Löwenstein.
She was born in exile as the youngest child of her parents in the Grand Duchy of Baden as her father, Infante Miguel, had been banished from Portugal by his brother, Pedro I of Brazil, after usurping and losing the Portuguese throne in the Liberal Wars.
On 15 October 1884 at Schloss Fischorn, Maria Antonia married Robert I, Duke of Parma as his second wife.[1] They had twelve children. Maria Antonia was widowed when Robert died at Villa Pianore on 16 November 1907. Later on she resided with her daughter Zita while in exile. By 1940, Zita and her family, Maria Antonia and her daughter Isabella were living in reduced circumstances in Quebec.[2] Eventually, after World War II's end, Maria Antonia moved to Berg Castle, Luxembourg where she celebrated her 90th birthday. After lingering for many years, she died there in 1959 aged 96. She was the last surviving grandchild of John VI of Portugal. Many of her children and grandchildren have also lived very long lives.
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