Alfons Heinrich of Portugal

Alfons Heinrich

Alfons Heinrich, Duke of Porto (Portuguese Dom Afonso Henrique Maria Luís Pedro de Alcântara Carlos Humberto Amadeu Fernando António Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga Xavier Francisco de Assis João Augusto Júlio Valfando Inácio de Sabóia Saxe-Coburgo-Gotha e Bragança ; * July 31, 1865 in Lisbon ; † February 21, 1920 in Naples ) was an infant from Portugal from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duke of Porto.

Life

Alfons Heinrich was born as the second son of Ludwig I of Portugal (1838–1889) and his wife Maria Pia of Savoy (1847–1911). He only held the title of Viceroy of Portuguese India , of which he was the last holder, only in 1896. When the first Portuguese republic was proclaimed in 1910 , Alfons went into exile with the rest of the royal family in Great Britain , but soon traveled to Italy , where he married the American Nevada Stoody Hayes in Rome in 1917 . The marriage remained childless.

ancestors

Pedigree of Alfons Heinrich of Portugal (1865–1920)
Great-great-grandparents	Duke Franz von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750–1806) ⚭ 1777 Countess Auguste Reuss zu Ebersdorf (1757–1831)	Count Ferenc József Koháry (1760–1826) ⚭ Countess Antonia von Waldstein zu Wartenberg (1771–1854)	King John VI (1767–1826) ⚭ 1785 Infanta Charlotte Joachime of Spain (1775–1830)	Emperor Franz II. (1768–1835) ⚭ 1790 Princess Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (1772–1807)	Prince Karl Emanuel of Savoyen-Carignan (1770–1800) ⚭ 1797 Princess Maria Christina of Saxony (1770–1851)	Grand Duke Ferdinand III. of Tuscany (1769–1824) ⚭ 1790 Princess Luisa Maria of Naples-Sicily (1773–1802)	Emperor Leopold II (1747–1792) ⚭ 1765 Princess Maria Ludovica of Spain (1745–1792)	Prince Karl Emanuel of Savoyen-Carignan (1770–1800) ⚭ 1797 Princess Maria Christina of Saxony (1770–1851)
Great grandparents	Prince Ferdinand von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld (1785–1851) ⚭ 1815 Princess Maria Antonie Gabriele von Koháry (1797–1862)		King Peter IV (1798–1834) ⚭ 1817 Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria (1797–1826)		King Karl Albert of Sardinia-Piedmont (1798–1849) ⚭ 1817 Princess Maria Theresa of Austria-Tuscany (1801–1855)		Archduke Rainer of Austria (1783-1853) ⚭ 1820 Princess Maria Elisabeth of Savoyen-Carignan (1800-1856)
Grandparents	Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , as Ferdinand II. King of Portugal (1816–1885) ⚭ 1836 Queen Maria II. (1819–1853)				King Viktor Emanuel II of Italy (1820–1878) ⚭ 1842 Archduchess Adelheid of Austria (1822–1855)
parents	King Ludwig I (1838–1889) ⚭ 1862 Princess Maria Pia of Savoy (1847–1911)
Duke Alfons Heinrich of Portugal (1865–1920)

literature

• Agostinho Inácio Bucha: D. Afonso Henriques de Bragança: O Esquecido . Lisboa: Chiado Editora 2014.