Summary
Infante Alexandre of Portugal (Alexandre Francisco José António Nicolau; English: Alexander Francis Joseph Anthony Nicholas, 24 September 1723 – 2 August 1728) was a Portuguese infante, the sixth and last child of King John V of Portugal and his wife Maria Anna of Austria.[1]
| Infante Alexandre | |||||
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| Born | 24 September 1723 Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Portugal | ||||
| Died | 2 August 1728 (aged 4) Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Portugal | ||||
| Burial | Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza, Lisbon, Portugal | ||||
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| House | House of Braganza | ||||
| Father | John V of Portugal | ||||
| Mother | Maria Anna of Austria | ||||
Biography edit
Born on 24 September 1723 in the Ribeira Palace, in Lisbon, the infante was baptized on 6 December as Alexandre Francisco José António Nicolau de Bragança.[2]
In his short life, he revealed an advanced intelligence for his age, through his prompt and ingenious observations, as described by the genealogist António Caetano de Sousa.[2]
He died in the same Palace where he was born on 2 August 1728, at the age of 4, victim of smallpox. He is buried in the Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza.[2]
Ancestry edit
References edit
- ^ "Biografias - Alexandre Francisco de Bragança". monarquiaportuguesa.blogs.sapo.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-07-21.
- ^ a b c Sousa, António Caetano de (1735–1749). Historia genealogica da Casa Real Portugueza (PDF) (in Portuguese). Lisbon. pp. 373–376.
- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 13.