Infante Fernando of Portugal explained

Infante Fernando
Full Name:Fernando Maria Luís
House:House of Braganza
Father:Fernando II of Portugal
Mother:Maria II of Portugal
Birth Date:23 July 1846
Birth Place:Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Death Place:Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Burial Place:Royal Pantheon of the Braganza Dynasty

Infante Fernando of Portugal (Fernando Maria Luís de Saxe-Coburgo-Gotha e Bragança; 23 July 1846  - 6 November 1861) was the fourth son of Queen Maria II of Portugal and King-consort Fernando II and a member of the House of Braganza.

Life

Fernando was born in Lisbon on 23 July 1846. He was a lieutenant in the Fifth Battalion of Caçadores, and received the Grand Cross of the Order of Our Lady of the Conception of Vila Viçosa. Along with two of his brothers, King Pedro V and Infante João, Duke of Beja, Fernando died of typhoid fever or cholera in late 1861.[1] He was buried in the Royal Pantheon of the Braganza Dynasty.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Pereira . Esteves . Rodrigues . Guilherme . Portugal : diccionario historico, chorographico, heraldico, biographico, bibliographico, numismatico e artistico . 1904 . J. Romano Torres . Lisboa . 385 . Portuguese. 3.