Infante Francisco, Duke of Beja
Infante Francisco, Duke of Beja[1] (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɐ̃ˈsiʃku]), (Lisbon, 25 May 1691 - Lisbon, 21 July 1742) was a Portuguese infante (prince) son of Peter II, King of Portugal, and his second wife, Maria Sofia of the Palatinate.
Early life
Francisco Xavier José António Bento Urbano was born on 25 May 1691 in Lisbon. He was given the Duchy of Beja and was made Grand-Prior of Crato and Lord of the Infantado. Plans for him to marry Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria sister of Queen Maria Anna failed in the early stages.
Career
Responding to a request by Pope Clement XI to aid in the fight against the Turks, in 1716, King John V of Portugal (Infante Francisco's brother) sent an armada of Portuguese ships to aid Venice and Austria in their fights against the Turks, led by the Duke of Beja, and Lopo Furtado de Mendonça, Count of Rio Grande.
Affairs and issue
He died unmarried and without legitimate issue (in spite of two illegitimate children from Mariana da Silveira) on 21 July 1742 at the Quinta das Gaeiras in Óbidos. He is buried at the Royal Pantheon of the Braganza Dynasty in Lisbon.
He had two natural children with Mariana Silveira, a nun, who died during the 1755 Lisbon earthquake:
Ancestry
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| 16. John I, 6th Duke of Braganza |
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| 8. Teodósio II, 7th Duke of Braganza | |
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| 17. Infanta Catarina of Guimarães |
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| 4. John IV of Portugal | |
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| 18. Juan Fernández de Velasco, 5th Duke of Frías |
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| 9. Ana de Velasco y Girón | |
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| 19. Maria Tellez-Giron |
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| 2. Peter II of Portugal | |
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| 20. Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia |
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| 10. Juan Manuel Pérez de Guzmán, 8th Duke of Medina Sidonia | |
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| 21. Ana de Sylva y Mendoza |
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| 5. Luisa de Guzmán | |
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| 22. Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma |
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| 11. Juana Lorenza Gómez de Sandoval y la Cerda | |
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| 23. Catalina de la Cerda |
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| 1. Infante Francis, 7th Duke of Beja | |
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| 24. Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg |
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| 12. Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg | |
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| 25. Anna of Cleves |
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| 6. Philip William, Elector Palatine | |
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| 26. William V, Duke of Bavaria |
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| 13. Duchess Magdalene of Bavaria | |
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| 27. Duchess Renata of Lorraine |
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| 3. Maria Sofia of the Palatinate-Neuburg | |
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| 28. Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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| 14. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt | |
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| 29. Margravine Magdalena of Brandenburg |
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| 7. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt | |
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| 30. John George I, Elector of Saxony |
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| 15. Princess Sophia Eleonore of Saxony | |
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| 31. Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia |
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References
Bibliography
- Nizza da Silva, Maria Beatriz (2009). Reis de Portugal: D. João V (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Temas & Debates.
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* also an infante of Castile and León, Aragon, Sicily and Naples, § also an infante of Spain, # also an archduke of Austria, ‡ also an imperial prince of Brazil, ¶ also a prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke in Saxony ƒ claimant infante |