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Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal 

Portuguese Royalty
House of Braganza

John IV
Children include
   Teodósio, Prince of Brazil
   Joana, Princess of Beira
   Catarina, Queen of England
   future Afonso VI
   Peter II
Afonso VI
Peter II
Children include
   Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira
   John V
   Francisco, Duke of Beja
   António
   Manuel, Count of Ourém
   Infanta Francisca
   Luísa, Duchess of Cadaval (natural daughter)
   José, Archbishop of Braga (natural son)
John V
Children include
   Bárbara, Queen of Spain
   Joseph I
   Peter III
Joseph I
Children include
   Maria I
   Mariana Francisca
   Doroteia
    Benedita, Princess of Brazil
Maria I and Peter III
Children include
   José, Prince of Brazil
   John VI
   Mariana Vitória
John VI
Children include
   Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira
   Maria Isabel, Queen of Spain
   Pedro IV of Portugal, I of Brazil
   Maria Francisca
   Isabel Maria
   Miguel I
   Maria da Assunção
   Ana de Jesus Maria, Marchioness of Loulé
Pedro IV (I of Brazil)
Children include
   Maria II
   Januária, Princess Imperial of Brazil
   Princess Francisca, princess de Joinville
   Pedro II of Brazil
Michael I
Children include
   Maria, Duchess of San Jaime
   Miguel II, Duke of Braganza
   Maria Teresa, Archduchess of Austria
   Maria José, Duchess in Bavaria
   Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães, Countess di Bardi
   Maria Ana, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
   Maria Antónia, Duchess of Parma
Grandchildren include
   Miguel, Duke of Viseu
   Francis Jospeh
   Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza
Great-Grandchildren include
   Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza
   Miguel, Duke of Viseu
   Henrique, Duke of Coimbra
Great-Great-Grandchildren include
   Afonso, Prince of Beira
   Maria Francisca
   Dinis, Duke of Porto
Maria II and Ferdinand II
Children include
   Pedro V
   Luís I
   João, Duke of Beja
   Maria Ana, Princess of Saxony
   Antónia, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
   Augusto, Duke of Coimbra
Grandchildren include
   Carlos I
Great-grandchildren include
   Luís Filipe, Duke of Braganza
   Manuel II

Infanta Maria Antónia of Portugal (or of Beja or Braganza); full name: Maria Antónia Adelaide Camila Carolina Eulália Leopoldina Sofia Inês Francisca de Assis e de Paula Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Gonzaga Gregória Bernardina Benedita Andrea of Braganza; Bronnbach, November 28, 1862 – Schloss Colmar-Berg, 14 May 1959) was a Portuguese infanta, the seventh and last child of Miguel I of Portugal and Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. She was born in exile in Germany as her father had been banished from Portugal by his brother Pedro after losing the Portuguese throne in the Liberal Wars.

On October 15, 1884 at Schloss Fischorn, Maria Antonia married Robert I, Duke of Parma as his second wife. She bore him twelve children:


Children

Name Birth Death Notes
Princess Maria della Neve Adelaide August 5, 1885 February 6, 1959 A Benedictine nun in the Monastery of Solesmes (France).
Prince Sixtus (Sisto, "Sixte") August 1, 1886 March 14, 1934 Married Hedwige de La Rochefoucauld and had a daughter, Isabelle.
Prince Xavier, Duke of Parma May 25, 1889 May 7, 1977 Married Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset and had issue. Head of the Ducal Family of Parma (1974-77). Carlist pretender to the throne of Spain.
Princess Francesca April 22, 1890 October 7, 1978 A Benedictine nun at the Monastery of Solesmes.
Princess Zita May 9, 1892 March 14, 1989 Married Emperor Karl of Austria.
Prince Felix October 28, 1893 April 8, 1970 Married Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg, his first cousin (their mothers were sisters).
Prince René October 17, 1894 July 30, 1962 Married Princess Margrethe of Denmark and has issue.
Princess Maria Antonia November 7, 1895 October 19, 1937 A nun at the Benedictine Monastery of Solesmes (France).
Princess Isabella June 14, 1898 July 28, 1984 Died unmarried, was a nun.
Prince Louis (Luigi) December 5, 1899 December 4, 1967 Married Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy and had issue.
Princess Henrietta Anna March 8, 1903 June 13, 1987 Died unmarried, was profoundly deaf and thumb
Prince Thomas (Gaetano was used) June 11, 1905 March 9, 1958 Married Princess Margarete of Thurn and Taxis. They had a daughter, Diana and later divorced.

Maria Antonia was widowed when Robert died at Villa Pianore on November 16, 1907. Later on she resided with her daughter Zita while in exile. By 1940, Zita and her family, Maria Antonia and her daughter Isabella were living in reduced circumstances in Quebec. Eventually, after the War's end, Maria Antonia moved to Castle Berg, Luxembourg where she celebrated her 90th birthday. After lingering for many years, she died there in 1959 aged 96. Many of her children and grandchildren have also lived very long lives.

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