Maria Isabel of Portugal
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Infanta Maria Isabel of Portugal (or of Braganza; (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐˈɾiɐ izɐˈbɛɫ]; Queluz, May 19, 1797 – Madrid, December 26, 1818) was a Portuguese infanta (princess) and Queen consort of Spain.
Born a Portuguese infanta, Maria Isabel was the daughter of King John VI of Portugal and his wife Carlota Joaquina de Borbón.
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She married her maternal uncle King Ferdinand VII of Spain in 1816, whose first wife, Maria Antonietta of the Two Sicilies, had died ten years before.
The marriage produced one daughter, the Infanta María Luisa Isabel, who was born on August 21 1817; she died on January 9 1818 in Madrid; Maria Isabel was again pregnant soon after the birth of her firstborn, but the birth was a difficult one. The baby was in breech and the physicians soon found that the child had died. Maria Isabel stopped breathing soon thereafter and the doctors thought she was dead; when they started cutting her up to extract the dead fetus, she suddenly shouted in pain and collapsed on her bed, bleeding heavily. She died on 26 December 1818 and was buried at the Escorial, having failed to provide her husband with an heir to the throne.
It is due to Queen Isabel's dedication and affection for the art world that she managed to gather many treasures from the past and create a royal museum, which would end up being the beginnings of Museo del Prado. It opened at 19 of November, 1819, a year after the Queen's death.
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[edit] Ancestors
| Maria Isabel of Portugal | Father: John VI of Portugal |
Paternal Grandfather: Peter III of Portugal |
Paternal Great-grandfather: John V of Portugal |
| Paternal Great-grandmother: Mary Anne of Austria |
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| Paternal Grandmother: Maria I of Portugal |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Joseph I of Portugal |
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| Paternal Great-grandmother: Mariana Victoria of Spain |
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| Mother: Charlotte of Spain |
Maternal Grandfather: Charles IV of Spain |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Charles III of Spain |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Maria Amalia of Saxony |
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| Maternal Grandmother: Maria Luisa of Parma |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Philip, Duke of Parma |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Princess Louise-Élisabeth of France |
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Maria Isabel of Portugal
Born: 19 May 1797 Died: 26 December 1818 |
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| Preceded by Julie Clary |
Queen Consort of Spain 1816-1818 |
Succeeded by Maria Josepha of Saxony |
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