Infante Fernando of Portugal

For other people with the same name, see Ferdinand of Portugal.

Infante Fernando
Born	(1846-07-23)23 July 1846 Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	6 November 1861(1861-11-06) (aged 15) Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Burial	Royal Pantheon of the Braganza Dynasty
Names Fernando Maria Luís
House	House of Braganza
Father	Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Mother	Maria II of Portugal

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.[a]

Life

Fernando was born in Lisbon on 23 July 1846.[1] 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.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Infante Fernando of Portugal

8. Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 4. Ferdinand, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry 9. Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf 2. Fernando II of Portugal 10. Ferenc József, Prince Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya 5. Princess Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya 11. Countess Maria Antonia von Waldstein 1. Infante Fernando of Portugal 12. João VI of Portugal 6. Pedro I of Brazil and IV of Portugal 13. Infanta Carlota Joaquina of Spain 3. Maria II of Portugal 14. Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor 7. Archduchess Leopoldina of Austria 15. Princess Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily

Notes

1. "While remaining patrilineal dynasts of the duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha according to pp. 88, 116 of the 1944 Almanach de Gotha, Title 1, Chapter 1, Article 5 of the 1838 Portuguese constitution declared, with respect to Ferdinand II of Portugal's issue by his first wife, that 'the Most Serene House of Braganza is the reigning house of Portugal and continues through the Person of the Lady Queen Maria II'. Thus their mutual descendants constitute the Coburg line of the House of Braganza"

References

1. Pereira, Esteves; Rodrigues, Guilherme (1904). Portugal : diccionario historico, chorographico, heraldico, biographico, bibliographico, numismatico e artistico (in Portuguese). Vol. 3. Lisboa: J. Romano Torres. p. 385.

• Quidnovi, Redacção (2004). Saraiva, José Hermano (ed.). História de Portugal, Dicionário de Personalidades (in Portuguese). Vol. XIV. QN-Edição e Conteúdos, S.A.
• Tavares Dias, Marina (1908). D. Carlos (in Portuguese). Lisboa: Quimera Editores, Lda., 2007. ISBN 978-972-589-176-6.