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Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

Princess Adelaide
Princess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Adelheid of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. Queen of Portugal.jpg
Born (1831-04-03)3 April 1831
Löwenstein Castle, Kleinheubach, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Imperial Confederate
Died 16 December 1909(1909-12-16) (aged 78)
Ryde, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom
Burial Pantheon of the House of Braganza, Monastery of Saint Vincent Outside the Walls, Lisbon, Portugal
Spouse Infante Miguel of Portugal
Issue Infanta Maria das Neves
Infante Miguel Januário, Duke of Braganza
Archduchess Maria Theresa, Archduchess Karl Ludwig of Austria
Infanta Maria Josepha
Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães
Grand Duchess Marie Anne, Dowager Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
Infanta Maria Antonia, Dowager Duchess of Parma
Full name
German: Sophie Amelie Adelheid Louise Johanne Leopoldine
House Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Father Prince Constantine, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Mother Princess Agnes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Religion Roman Catholicism
Full name
German: Sophie Amelie Adelheid Louise Johanne Leopoldine

Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (3 April 1831 – 16 December 1909) was the wife of the Usurper, Miguel of Portugal but only following his deposition. As a widow, she secured advantageous marriages for their six daughters.

Princess Adelaide Sofia Amelia of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg was born in Kleinheubach, near Miltenberg, Bavaria on 3 April 1831, Easter Sunday. She was a daughter of Constantine, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1802–1838), and Princess Agnes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Adelaide was four and half years old when her mother died and seven when she also lost her father. Adelaide and her brother, Charles, were brought up by their paternal grandparents, Karl Thomas, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1783–1849) and his wife Princess Sophie of Windisch-Graetz. Her maternal grandparents were Charles Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Countess Amalia of Solms-Baruth.

Princess Adelaide belonged to the Löwenstein-Wertheim family, an originally morganatic branch of the House of Wittelsbach which was eventually elevated to princely status and mediatised in 1819.

On 24 September 1851, Adelaide married the Usurper Infante Miguel of Portugal. The bride was 20 years old while the groom was almost 49.


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