Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal

Infanta Maria José of Portugal (Maria José Joana Eulália Leopoldina Adelaide Isabel Carolina Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Francisca de Assis e de Paula Inês Sofia Joaquina Teresa Benedita Bernardina; 19 March 1857 – 11 March 1943), sometimes known in English as Maria Josepha, was a Portuguese infanta, later Duchess in Bavaria by marriage. She was the maternal grandmother of King Leopold III of Belgium and Queen Marie-José of Italy.

Infanta Maria José
Duchess Maria José in Bavaria
Born	(1857-03-19)19 March 1857 Schloss Bronnbach
Died	11 March 1943(1943-03-11) (aged 85) Vienna, Austria
Burial	Tegernsee Abbey
Spouse	Duke Karl Theodor in Bavaria ​ ​ (m. 1874; died 1909)​
Issue	Sophie, Countess zu Törring-Jettenbach Elisabeth, Queen of the Belgians Princess Marie Gabrielle of Bavaria Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria Duke Franz Joseph in Bavaria
Names Portuguese: Maria José Joana Eulália Leopoldina Adelaide Isabel Carolina Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Francisca de Assis e de Paula Inês Sofia Joaquina Teresa Benedita Bernardina
House	Braganza
Father	Miguel I of Portugal
Mother	Adelaide of Löwenstein

Life

Duchess Maria Josepha in Bavaria, by Joseph Albert, c.1874

Maria José was the fourth child and third daughter of King Miguel I of Portugal and his wife Adelaide of Löwenstein. Among her sisters were Maria Ana, Grand Duchess of Luxemburg and Maria Antónia, Duchess of Parma. Her only brother was Miguel, Duke of Braganza.

On 29 April 1874 she married Duke Karl Theodor in Bavaria, the younger brother of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.

The couple lived in Munich, where they founded the Herzog Carl Theodor Eye Clinic, that still exists today.

Maria José died in Vienna at the age of 85, and is buried in Tegernsee Abbey.

Children

• Sophie Adelheid Ludovika Maria (1875–1957), married Count Hans Veit zu Törring-Jettenbach; their son married Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark.
• Elisabeth Gabriele Valérie Marie (1876–1965), future Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, married Albert I of Belgium.
• Marie Gabrielle (1878–1912), married Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria.
• Ludwig Wilhelm (1884–1968), married Princess Eleonore zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.
• Franz Joseph (1888–1912).

Ancestry

See also: Descendants of Miguel I of Portugal

Ancestors of Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal

8. Peter III of Portugal 4. John VI of Portugal and Brazil 9. Maria I of Portugal and Brazil 2. Miguel I of Portugal 10. Charles IV of Spain 5. Infanta Carlota Joaquina of Spain 11. Princess Maria Luisa of Parma 1. Infanta Maria José of Portugal 12. Charles Thomas, Prince of Löwenstein 6. Constantine, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein 13. Countess Sophie of Windisch-Graetz 3. Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein 14. Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 7. Princess Agnes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 15. Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth