Infanta Maria Antonia | |||||
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Dowager Duchess of Parma Infanta of Portugal |
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Duchess consort of Parma | |||||
Titular | 14 January 1884 – 16 November 1907 | ||||
Born |
Bronnbach, Germany |
28 November 1862||||
Died | 14 May 1959 Berg Castle, Luxembourg |
(aged 96)||||
Spouse |
Robert I, Duke of Parma (m. 1884 - 1907; his death) |
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Issue | Princess Maria della Neve Adelaide Prince Sixtus Xavier, Duke of Parma Princess Francesca Empress Zita, Dowager Empress of Austria Prince Felix, Prince consort of Luxembourg Prince René Princess Maria Antonia Princess Isabella Prince Louis Princess Henrietta Anna Prince Thomas |
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House | Braganza | ||||
Father | Infante Miguel of Portugal | ||||
Mother | Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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Portuguese: Maria Antónia Adelaide Camila Carolina Eulália Leopoldina Sofia Inês Francisca de Assis e de Paula Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Gonzaga Gregória Bernardina Benedita Andrea |
Infanta Maria Antónia of Portugal (Maria Antónia Adelaide Camila Carolina Eulália Leopoldina Sofia Inês Francisca de Assis e de Paula Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Gonzaga Gregória Bernardina Benedita Andrea; 28 November 1862 – 14 May 1959) was a Portuguese infanta, the seventh and last child of usurper Miguel 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. 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 Berg Castle, Luxembourg where she celebrated her 90th birthday. After lingering for many years, she died there in 1959 aged 96. She was the last surviving grandchild of John VI of Portugal. Many of her children and grandchildren have also lived very long lives.