Infante Pedro Carlos of Spain and Portugal
Portuguese and Spanish infante (1786–1812)
| Infante Pedro Carlos | |||||
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 Portrait by Anthelme-François Lagrenée (1807) | |||||
| Born | (1786-06-18)18 June 1786 Royal Palace of Aranjuez, Aranjuez, Spain | ||||
| Died | 4 July 1812(1812-07-04) (aged 26) Palace of São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||
| Spouse | Infanta Maria Teresa of Braganza | ||||
| Issue | Infante Sebastian | ||||
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| House | Bourbon-Braganza | ||||
| Father | Infante Gabriel of Spain | ||||
| Mother | Infanta Mariana Victoria of Portugal | ||||
Don Pedro Carlos (Pedro Carlos Antonio Rafael José Javier Francisco Juan Nepomuceno Tomás de Villanueva Marcos Marcelino Vicente Ferrer Raimundo; 18 June 1786 – 4 July 1812) was an Infante of Spain and Portugal.
Family
Infante Pedro Carlos was a son of Infante Gabriel of Spain and Infanta Mariana Victoria of Portugal. His paternal grandfather was King Charles III of Spain and his maternal grandfather was King Peter III of Portugal. Pedro Carlos was the only surviving child of the couple and an orphan at the age of two.
Life
His father, a very intelligent man, was King Charles III's favorite son, but he and his wife died in 1788 of smallpox. King Charles III also died the same year; his successor Charles IV of Spain sent the child away to Portugal, as requested by his grandmother, Queen Maria I of Portugal. Maria was worried about the Braganza succession and Pedro Carlos was then her only grandchild. He was raised by Maria, who created him an infante of Portugal.
Pedro Carlos had inherited a large fortune from his father and was welcomed in Portugal. In 1792 his grandmother was officially declared insane and her son John, uncle of Pedro Carlos, became Regent of Portugal.
In 1807, France invaded Portugal, and the royal family fled to Brazil, including Pedro Carlos. They left on 29 November on board the Príncipe Real.
They arrived in Salvador de Bahia on 2 January 1808 and headed from there to Rio de Janeiro, where the infante lived in the São Cristovão Palace.
Marriage
In Brazil Pedro Carlos was engaged to his cousin Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira, daughter of Carlota Joaquina of Spain and John VI of Portugal, and they married on 13 May 1810 in Rio de Janeiro.[1]
The couple was very happy during their two years of marriage, after which Pedro Carlos became ill and died in Quinta da Boa Vista on 4 July 1812.
The couple had one child:
- Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain, born in Río de Janeiro on 4 November 1811.
Ancestry
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References
- ^ Wilhelmsen, Alexandra (1996). "Maria Teresa of Braganza: Portuguese Princess of Beira, Spanish Infanta, Wife of the Pretender Carlos V". Mediterranean Studies. 6. Pennsylvania,USA: Penn State University Press: 79–106. JSTOR 41166848.
- ^ 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. pp. 9, 15.
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The generations indicate descent from Afonso I, and continues through the House of Aviz, the House of Habsburg through Infanta Isabel, Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Spain, and the House of Braganza through Infanta Catarina, Duchess of Braganza.
- João, Prince of Portugal
- João II
- Infante João, Duke of Viseu
- Infante Diogo, Duke of Viseu
- Manuel I
- Afonso, Prince of Portugal
- Manuel, Prince of Portugal
- Filipe, Prince of Portugal
- João Manuel, Prince of Portugal
- Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães
- Filipe III§
- Infante Carlos§
- Cardinal-Infante Fernando§
- Infante Alonso§
- None
- Francisco António, Prince of Beira
- Pedro I of Brazil & IV of Portugal
- Miguel I
- Infante Pedro Carlos#
* also an infante of Castile and León, Aragon, Sicily and Naples, § also an infante of Spain and an archduke of Austria, # also an infante of Spain, ‡ also an imperial prince of Brazil, ¶ also a prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke in Saxony, ◙ also a prince of Braganza, ¤ title removed in 1920 as their parents' marriage was deemed undynastic, ƒ claimant infante
