Miguel, Duke of Braganza

Miguel Januário
Duke of Braganza Miguelist
Pretence	14 November 1866 – 31 July 1920
Predecessor	Miguel
Successor	Duarte Nuno
Born	(1853-09-19)September 19, 1853 Kleinheubach, Bavaria
Died	October 11, 1927(1927-10-11) (aged 74) Seebenstein, Austria
Spouse	Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
House	Braganza
Father	Miguel I of Portugal
Mother	Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Religion	Roman Catholicism
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Miguel of Braganza (Portuguese pronunciation: [miˈɣɛɫ]; full name Miguel Maria Carlos Egídio Constantino Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga Francisco de Paula e de Assis Januário de Bragança) (September 19, 1853 – October 11, 1927) was the Miguelist claimant to the throne of Portugal from 1866 to 1920. He used the title Duke of Braganza.

Life

Miguel was born in Kleinheubach Castle near Miltenberg, Kingdom of Bavaria, during the exile in Germany of his father, former King Miguel I of Portugal. His mother was Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. He was a grandson of the Portuguese Queen Carlota Joaquina as well as John VI of Portugal.

By the Portuguese law of banishment of 1834 and the constitution of 1838 Miguel was forbidden to enter Portugal. Therefore, he was educated in Germany and Austria. He was a member of the staff of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria and took part in the occupation of Bosnia. It is said that the emperor Franz Joseph liked Miguel immensely and granted him the privilege of extraterritoriality that allowed him to remain Portuguese, despite the rejection of Portugal. His second son, Prince Francisco José of Braganza, was named after the Austrian Emperor, who was his godfather.

Miguel held the rank of a colonel in the 7th Austrian Regiment of Hussars. During World War I, he held the rank of Lieutenant General (Feldmarschalleutnant) in the Austrian army. He resigned in 1917 when Portugal entered the conflict on the opposite side, and spent the rest of the war as a civilian in the Order of Malta. After the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Miguel and his family were thrown into relative poverty.

On 31 July 1920, after quarrels with his eldest son (who contracted a controversial marriage to an American heiress), Miguel renounced his claims as king of Portugal in favour of his third son, Duarte Nuno, who was 13 years old at the time.

Miguel died in Seebenstein, on October 11, 1927. He is buried at Kloster Maria Himmelfahrt in Bronnbach.

Marriages and children

Miguel's first marriage, with Austrian Empress Elisabeth's niece Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis (May 28, 1860 – February 7, 1881) took place on October 17, 1877 in Regensburg. They had three children.

• Dom Miguel, Duke of Viseu (1878–1923), married Anita Stewart and had issue
• Dom Francis Joseph of Braganza (1879–1919), died unmarried and without issue
• Dona Maria Teresa of Braganza (1881–1945) married Prince Karl Ludwig of Thurn und Taxis and had issue

After the death of his first wife he married for a second time on 8 November 1893 at Kleinheubach with Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1870–1935), his first cousin. They had eight children.

• Dona Isabel Maria of Braganza (1894–1970), married Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and had issue
• Dona Maria Benedita of Braganza (1896–1971), died unmarried and without issue
• Dona Mafalda of Braganza (1898–1918), died unmarried and without issue
• Dona Maria Anna of Braganza (1899–1971), married the future Karl August, 10th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and had issue
• Dona Maria Antónia of Braganza (1903–1973), married Sidney Ashley Chanler (son of William Astor Chanler) and had issue
• Dona Filippa Maria of Braganza (1905–1990), died unmarried and without issue
• Dom Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (1907–1976), married Princess Maria Francisca of Orléans-Braganza and had issue
• Dona Maria Adelaide of Braganza (1912–2012), married in Vienna on November 13, 1945 Dutch Nicolaas Johannes Maria van Uden (Venlo, March 5, 1921 – Lisbon, February 5, 1991), a Medical Doctor, son of Adrian van Uden (Gerwen, May 7, 1893 – December 24, 1959) and wife Cornelia Antonia Baaijeens (Gorinchem, September 7, 1897 – June 15, 1979), daughter of Nicolaas Baaijeens and wife Helena Dam, and had issue.

Honours

• Grand Master of the Order of Saint Michael of the Wing
• Knight of the Bavarian Order of St. Hubert
• Knight of the Austrian Order of the Golden Fleece.

See also

• Descendants of Miguel I of Portugal

Ancestry

External links

• The Royal Family of Portugal – House Bragança at the Wayback Machine (archived October 28, 2009)

Pretenders to the Portuguese throne
Burgundian line	Beatrice of Portugal (1383–1420) John I of Castile (1383–1390) Infante John, Duke of Valencia de Campos (1383–1397) Infante Dinis, Lord of Cifuentes (1383–1397)
Aviz line	Manuel, Hereditary Prince of Portugal (1595–1638) Manuel António of Portugal (1638–1666)
Deposed monarchs	King António I (1580–1595) King Miguel I (1834–1866) King Manuel II (1910–1932)
Miguelist line	Miguel Januário of Braganza (1866–1920) Duarte Nuno of Braganza (1920–1976) Duarte Pio of Braganza (1976–present)
Other line	Maria Pia of Braganza (1932–1987) Rosario Poidimani (1987–present)

Dukes of Braganza
Feudal Dukes	Afonso Fernando I Fernando II Jaime Teodósio I João I Teodósio II João II
Heir to the Throne	Teodósio Afonso Isabel Luísa João João Maria Bárbara Pedro José Maria Francisca José João Pedro de Alcântara Maria da Glória Pedro Carlos Luís Filipe
Claimant to the Throne	Miguel Miguel Januário Duarte Nuno Duarte Pio