Maria José de Bragança, Herzogin von Bayern

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Maria José Joana Eulália Leopoldina Adelaide Isabel Carolina Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Francisca de Assis e de Paula Inês Sofia Joaquina Teresa Benedita Bernardina de Bragança (Bragança), Infanta de Portugal, Herzogin von Bayern

Also Known As: "Maria Josefa"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Schloss Bronnbach, Bronnbach, Stuttgart, Württemberg, Deutschland(DB)
Death: March 11, 1943 (85)
München, Bayern, Deutschland(BRD)
Place of Burial: Tegernsee, Bayern, Deutschland(BRD)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Miguel I, Rei de Portugal and Adelheid Sophie Amelie Louise Johanne Leopoldine Amelia Adelheid von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Rainha de Portugal
Wife of Carl Theodor, Herzog in Bayern
Mother of Herzogin Sophie von Bayern; Elisabeth Gabriele Valérie Marie von Bayern, Queen Consort of Belgium; Marie Gabrielle Mathilde Isabelle Therese Antoinette Sabine von Bayern, Kronprinzessin; Ludwig Wilhelm Karl Norbert Theodor Johann von Bayern, Herzog and Franz Joseph Michael Karl Maria Evaristus Quirinus Ottokar von Bayern, Herzog
Sister of Maria das Neves de Bragança; Miguel II, duque de Bragança; Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal; Aldegundes de Bragança; Maria Ana v. Braganza, Infantin v. Portugal, Grande-duchesse consort vu Lëtzebuerg and 1 other
Half sister of Maria de Jesus de Bragança e Bourbon and Maria da Assunção Ribeiro do Carmo e Bragança

Occupation: Infanta of Portugal, Duchess in Bavaria
Managed by: Henn Sarv
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About Maria José de Bragança, Herzogin von Bayern

Infanta Maria José of Portugal (or of Beja or Braganza; full name Maria José Joana Eulália Leopoldina Adelaide Isabel Carolina Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Francisca de Assis e de Paula Inês Sofia Joaquina Teresa Benedita Bernardina of Braganza; March 19, 1857 – Munich, March 11, 1943), sometimes known in English as Maria Josepha, was a Portuguese infanta, later Duchess in Bavaria by marriage. She was the maternal grandmother of King Leopold III of Belgium.

[edit]Life

Maria José was the fourth child and third daughter of King Miguel I of Portugal and his wife Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. Among her sisters were Maria Ana, Grand Duchess of Luxemburg and Maria Antónia, Duchess of Parma. Her only brother was Miguel II, Duke of Braganza.

She married on April 29, 1874 Karl-Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, the younger brother of Elisabeth of Bavaria, better known as "Sissi".

The couple lived in München, where they founded the Herzog Carl Theodor Eye Clinic, that still exists today.

Maria José died in 1943 at the age of 85, and is buried in Tegernsee Abbey.

[edit]Children

Sophie Adelheid (1875-1957)

Elisabeth Gabriele Valérie Marie (1876-1965), future Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, married Albert I of Belgium.

Marie Gabrielle (1878-1912), married Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria.

Ludwig Wilhelm (1884-1968)

Franz Joseph (1888-1912)

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Maria José de Bragança, Herzogin von Bayern's Timeline

1857
March 19, 1857
Schloss Bronnbach, Bronnbach, Stuttgart, Württemberg, Deutschland(DB)
April 20, 1857
Schloss Bronnbach, Bronnbach, Stuttgart, Württemberg, Deutschland(DB)
1875
February 22, 1875
Possenhofen, Pöcking, Oberbayern, Bayern, Deutschland(DKR)
1876
July 25, 1876
Schloss Possenhof, Possenhof, Bayern, Deutschland(DKR)
1878
October 9, 1878
Schloss Possenhofen, Starnberg, Bayern, Deutschland(DKR)
1884
January 17, 1884
Schloss Tegernsee, Tegernsee, Bayern, Deutschland(DKR)
1888
March 23, 1888
Schloss Tegernsee, Bayern, Deutschland(DKR)
1943
March 11, 1943
Age 85
München, Bayern, Deutschland(BRD)
March 18, 1943
Age 85
Schloss Tegernsee, Tegernsee, Bayern, Deutschland(BRD)