Infanta Doroteia of Portugal
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Doroteia of Portugal was a Portuguese
infanta daughter of King Joseph I of Portugal
and his wife Mariana Victoria of Spain
.
Doroteia was born in September 1739 in Lisbon
and was the third of four daughters of King Joseph. She was named after her great-grandmother, Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg
. She was a proposed bride for Louis, Dauphin of France, but her mother refused to consent the marriage. She died in Lisbon
on 14 January 1771 and her body was moved to the national pantheon in the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora
in Lisbon.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
infanta daughter of King Joseph I of Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
and his wife Mariana Victoria of Spain
Mariana Victoria of Spain
Mariana Victoria of Spain was an Infanta of Spain and Queen consort of Portugal as wife of King Joseph I. The mother of Queen Maria I of Portugal, she also acted as Regent of Portugal during the last months of her husband's life and advisor to her daughter during her reign.-Background:Mariana...
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Doroteia was born in September 1739 in Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
and was the third of four daughters of King Joseph. She was named after her great-grandmother, Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg
Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg
Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg Duchess of Parma from 1695 to 1727. She was the sixth daughter of the Elector of the Palatinate, Philip William of Neuburg, and Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt...
. She was a proposed bride for Louis, Dauphin of France, but her mother refused to consent the marriage. She died in Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
on 14 January 1771 and her body was moved to the national pantheon in the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora
Monastery of São Vicente de Fora
The Church or Monastery of São Vicente de Fora; meaning "Monastery of St. Vincent Outside the Walls" is a 17th century church and monastery in the city of Lisbon, in Portugal...
in Lisbon.
Ancestors
Titles and styles
- 21 September 1739 – 14 January 1771 Her Royal Highness Infanta Maria Francisca Doroteia of Portugal