Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Portugal
| Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria | |||||
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| Marchioness of Loulé Countess of Vale de Reis |
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| Born |
23 October 1806 Mafra |
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| Died | 22 June 1857 (aged 50) Rome |
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| Spouse | Nuno José Severo de Mendonça Rolim de Moura Barreto, Marquess of Loulé | ||||
| Issue | Ana Carlota de Sousa Coutinho, Countess of Linhares Maria do Carmo de Figueiredo Cabral da Câmara, Countess of Belmonte Pedro de Mendonça Rolim de Moura Barreto, 2nd Duke of Loulé Maria Amália de Mendonça Rolim de Moura Barreto Augusto Pedro de Mendonça Rolim de Moura Barreto, 3rd Count of Azambuja |
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| House | Braganza | ||||
| Father | John VI of Portugal | ||||
| Mother | Carlota Joaquina of Spain | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
| Full name | |
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| Ana de Jesus Maria Luís Gonzaga Joaquina Micaela Rafaela Francisca Xavier de Paula |
Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Portugal (Mafra, 23 October 1806 – Rome, 22 June 1857) was a Portuguese infanta and youngest daughter of King John VI and his wife, Carlota Joaquina of Spain.
On 5 December 1827, she married Dom Nuno José Severo de Mendonça Rolim de Moura Barreto, then Marquis of Loulé and Count de Vale de Reis, future Duke of Loulé. Subsequently, he served several times as prime minister of Portugal). The wedding was celebrated in a private ceremony in the chapel of the Royal Ajuda Palace and was a scandal at the time. Although Loulé was a nobleman and remote descendant of Portugal's royal dynasty, Dona Ana de Jesus was the first infanta of Portugal since the Middle Ages to marry a man who was not of royal rank.
The reasons for the marriage were probably not political, considering the couple's first child was born on 27 December 1827, twenty-two days after the ceremony. The marriage had not been approved by D. Ana's father, King John VI, prior to his death (strictly, Portuguese law at the time only stated that the marriage of the heiress presumptive required the sovereign's consent, a position D. Ana never held). Nor were either of her brothers present in the country at the time of the wedding (both claimed the kingship from abroad).
The designated regent of the kingdom was D. Ana's elder sister, Infanta Isabel Maria of Portugal, who was present in Lisbon. The marriage was not an elopement, as the royal family was aware of the couple's intention to marry and D. Ana's mother facilitated rather than sought to prevent the marriage before her daughter gave birth.
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