Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza

Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza (Portuguese pronunciation: [izɐˈbɛɫ mɐˈɾiɐ]); Queluz, 4 July 1801 – Benfica, then Belém, 22 April 1876 was a Portuguese infanta (princess) daughter of King John VI of Portugal and his wife Carlota Joaquina of Spain. She acted as regent for two years.

Infanta Isabel Maria
Regent of Portugal
Portrait by José Rodrigues, 1857.
Born(1801-07-04)4 July 1801
Palace of Queluz, Queluz, Portugal
Died22 April 1876(1876-04-22) (aged 74)
Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal
Burial
Pantheon of the Braganzas
Full name
Portuguese: Isabel Maria da Conceição Joana Gualberta Ana Francisca de Assis Xavier de Paula de Alcântara Antónia Rafaela Micaela Gabriela Joaquina Gonzaga
HouseBraganza
FatherJohn VI of Portugal and Brazil
MotherCarlota Joaquina of Spain
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Early life

Her full name was Isabel Maria da Conceição Joana Gualberta Ana Francisca de Assis de Paula de Alcântara Antónia Rafaela Micaela Gabriela Joaquina Gonzaga de Bragança e Bourbon. She was a titular of the Great-Cross of the Order of Our Lady of Conception; Dame of the orders of Saint Isabel and of the Noble Dames of Mary Louise and awarded with the Starry Cross of Austria.

Regency

Because Prince Pedro, who was heir to the throne, had just proclaimed the independence of Brazil, Prince Miguel was in Vienna, Queen Carlota Joaquina was exiled in Queluz and Isabel's older sisters (Maria Teresa and Maria Francisca of Assisi) had married to Spanish infantes (princes), Isabel Maria was chosen to be Regent of the Kingdom until the recently crowned Emperor of Brazil (Pedro I of Brazil and future Pedro IV of Portugal) returned. Pedro IV, however, immediately abdicated in favour of his daughter Maria da Glória (who became Maria II of Portugal), who was in London, with the condition that she should marry her uncle Miguel. Isabella Maria continued as regent until 1828, when a civil war started between absolutists, supporting Miguel, and liberals, supporting Maria II (called the Liberal War) that would end with a liberal victory and defeat and consequent exile of Miguel.

Later life

Isabel Maria retired from politics and turned her life to religion. She died unmarried in Benfica (at the time not a neighbourhood of Lisbon but a near town in Belém municipality) on 22 April 1876. She was the last surviving child of John VI of Portugal and the last grandchild of Maria I of Portugal. She is buried in the Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza.

Ancestry
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See also

References
  1. Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 15.
  2. Genealogie ascendate, p. 9
  3. de los Ángeles Pérez Samper, María. "Carlota Joaquina de Borbón". Diccionario biográfico España (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia.
  4. Genealogie ascendate, p. 96
Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza
Cadet branch of the House of Aviz
Born: 4 July 1801 Died: 22 April 1876
Political offices
Vacant
Title last held by
João, Prince of Brazil		 Regent of Portugal
6 March 1826 – 26 February 1828		 Succeeded by
Miguel
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