Miguel, Duke of Braganza

Maria Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga Carlos Egídio Constantino Francisco de Paula e de Assis Januário of Braganza, led by the Portuguese legitimists than 22 Duke of Braganza ( born September 19, 1853 in Klein Heubach, † October 11, 1927 in Seebenstein, Austria ), was the eldest son of king Michael I of Portugal and his wife Adelaide of Löwenstein -Wertheim -Rosenberg and Portuguese pretender.

Life

After his studies in Metz and Innsbruck served Duke Miguel of Braganza II as an officer in the Austro-Hungarian army and retired at the entrance of Portugal into the First World War from active service. Since October 12, 1917 he held the rank of imperial Feldmarschalleutnants held. He was involved from now on in the supra-national Order of Malta. Since he was not allowed to enter Portugal, he lived with his family in Prälatenbau of Bronnbach Monastery (now Wertheim ), from 1917 mainly on the ( defunct ) New Palace to Seebenstein in Vienna, where Miguel II died in 1927. He was transferred to Bronnbach and buried in front of the choir area of ​​the Monastery Church of the Assumption.

Family

On October 17, 1877 in Regensburg Miguel married Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis ( 1860-1881 ), niece of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. They had three children:

  • Prince Michael Sebastian Maximilian Maria Raphael Gabriel Gonzaga Francis of Paola and Eustace Karl Alfons Joseph Heinrich Albert Clement, Ignatius Martin Anthony Gerhard Georg Emmerich Moritz of Braganza, Duke of Viseu (1878-1923), ∞ Anita Stewart
  • Prince Franz Joseph Gerhard Maria George Humbert Antonius Heinrich Michael Raphael Gabriel of Braganza (1879-1919)
  • Princess Maria Theresa Anna Karolina Michaela Antonia Josephina Frances of Assisi and of Paola Brigitta Luisa Pia Gerhardina Severina Ignatia Stanislaus Johanna Polykarpa of Braganza (1881-1945) ∞ Prince Karl Ludwig of Thurn und Taxis

After the early death of his first wife he married on November 8, 1893 at Schloss Klein Heubach his cousin Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein -Wertheim -Rosenberg ( 1870-1935 ). They had eight children:

  • Princess Elisabeth Maria Josepha Alberta Michaela Gabriela Raphaela Frances of Paola and of Assisi Theresa Adelheid Eulalia Sophia Karolina of Braganza (1894-1970) ∞ Franz Joseph von Thurn und Taxis
  • Princess Maria Benedicta Clara Sophia Aloisia Michaela Gabriela Raphaela of Braganza (1896-1971)
  • Princess Mathilde Maria Adelgunde Henrietta of Braganza (1898-1918)
  • Princess Maria Anna Raphaela Michaela Gabriela Laurentia of Braganza (1899-1971) ∞ Karl August von Thurn und Taxis
  • Princess Maria Gabriela Raphaela Michaela Antónia Adelheid Xaver Josepha Expedita Gregoria of Braganza (1903-1973) ∞ Sidney Ashley Chanler
  • Princess Philippa Maria Anna Johanna Michaela Raphaela of Braganza (1905-1990)
  • Prince Duarte Nuno of Braganza (1907-1976), chief of the old house Portugal
  • Maria Adelheid Emmanuela Amelia Michaela Gabriela Raphaela of Braganza (1912-2012) ∞ Nicolaas Johannes Maria van Uden

On July 31, 1920 certain Miguel II his son Duarte Nuno II ( 1907-1976 ) as his successor as head of the family. His son, Duarte Pio of Braganza ( b. 1945 ) is the current (2012 ) pretender and head of the House of Braganza.

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