Maria Anna of Portugal (1843-1884)
Maria Anna Fernanda Leopoldina Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Carlota Antónia Júlia Vitória Praxedes Francisca de Assis Gonzaga (born July 21, 1843 in Lisbon , Portugal ; † February 5, 1884 in Dresden ) was a princess of Braganza and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Infanta of Portugal .
Life
Maria Anna was a daughter of Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Queen Maria II of Portugal . After her mother's death in 1853, when she was just 10 years old, she formally assumed the leading position of the female royal family at the Portuguese court until her older brother, King Peter V , became Princess Stephanie of Hohenzollern in May 1858 -Sigmaringen married. Although the sisters-in-law had a good relationship at first, Peter V mentions in a letter to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , written in 1859 after Stephanie's death , that his sister Maria Anna made unflattering remarks about his wife; The reason for this was her vanity, which was injured due to her reduced rank.
In 1858 Infanta Maria Anna was chosen as the wife of the future King George I of Saxony , son of King John I of Saxony and Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria . George's stay in Paris , which was planned for March 1858, was therefore extended by a detour to Lisbon. King Johann said at the time that he would like to give his consent to marriage if his son liked Maria Anna. In fact, the Infanta’s engagement to Prince Georg took place on April 17, 1858.
On May 11, 1859, Maria Anna married her fiancé in the Belém Palace in Lisbon. Queen Stephanie tried to organize a brilliant wedding ceremony, but in the end the marriage went on quietly and neither in Portugal nor in Saxony received much attention. The newlyweds spent their first days after their wedding in the Belém Palace. During their brief stay in Portugal after their wedding ceremony, Prince George made an unfavorable impression on the Portuguese royal family as he hardly spoke to his bride and did not attend a theater performance to which he had been invited. During this performance Maria Anna was also seen crying. On May 14th, the couple made their way to Saxony. Maria Anna was not allowed to take Portuguese ladies-in-waiting with her and was only accompanied by her brother Luís on the trip . Pedro V. complained in a letter that his sister's marriage to Prince George of Saxony was more pomp than joy; she was to be regretted, since her husband did not spread any sympathy.
Maria Anna's marriage was not a happy one, according to the historian Eduardo Nobre. Nobre takes the view that Prince George did not live up to the expectations and qualities of the Portuguese Infanta. The historian Hendrik Thoss , on the other hand, assumes that the connection was very happy, as the eight children who emerged from the marriage testified. In addition, Prince Georg wrote a total of 207 letters to his wife during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71.
Maria Anna and Prince Georgs had the following children:
- Marie Johanna Amalie Ferdinande Antonie Luise Juliane (born June 19, 1860 in Dresden; † March 2, 1861, ibid)
- Elisabeth Albertine Karoline Sidonie Ferdinande Leopoldine Antonie Auguste Clementine (born February 14, 1862 in Dresden; † May 18, 1863, ibid)
- Mathilde Marie Auguste Viktorie Leopoldine Karoline Luise Franziska Josepha (born March 19, 1863 in Dresden; † March 27, 1933, ibid)
- Friedrich August III. Johann Ludwig Karl Gustav Gregor Philipp (* May 25, 1865 in Dresden; † February 18, 1932 in Sibyllenort)
- Maria Josepha Luise Philippine Elisabeth Pia Angelica Margarethe (born May 31, 1867 in Dresden, † May 28, 1944 at Wildenwart Castle ); ∞ Otto, Archduke of Austria
- Johann Georg Pius Karl Leopold Maria Januarius Anacletus (born July 10, 1869 in Dresden; † November 24, 1938 at Altshausen Castle)
- Maximilian Wilhelm August Albert Karl Gregor Odo (born November 17, 1870 in Dresden, † January 12, 1951 in Freiburg)
- Albert Karl Anton Ludwig Wilhelm Viktor (born February 25, 1875 in Dresden, † September 16, 1900 in Wolkau)
In 1883 Maria Anna's youngest son Albert became very ill. Maria Anna looked after him intensively for months until he recovered, but overworked herself so much that she died of exhaustion on February 5, 1884 at the age of 40 in Dresden. Her death occurred before her husband's accession to the throne. She is buried in the Great Crypt of the Catholic Court Church in Dresden. Her widowed husband did not enter into another marriage.
The Marienallee in Dresden is named after her.
Web links
- Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal on ThePeerage.com
Remarks
- ↑ Maria Antonia Lopes: Rainhas Que o Povo Amou , Temas e Debates, 2013 S. 65th
- ↑ Hendrik Thoß : Georg von Sachsen , in: Frank-Lothar Kroll (ed.): Die Herrscher Sachsens , CH Beck, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-406-52206-8 , p. 293 f.
- ↑ Maria Antonia Lopes: Rainhas Que o Povo Amou , Temas e Debates, 2013 S. 66th
- ↑ Eduardo Nobre: Família Real - Álbum de Fotos , Quimera Editores, 2002, p. 28.
- ↑ Hendrik Thoß: Georg von Sachsen , in: Frank-Lothar Kroll (Ed.): Die Herrscher Sachsens , p. 294.
- ↑ Eduardo Nobre: Família Real - Álbum de Fotos , Quimera Editores, 2002, p. 61.
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SURNAME | Portugal, Maria Anna from |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Assis Gonzaga, Maria Anna Fernanda Leopoldina Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Carlota Antónia Júlia Vitória Praxedes Francisca |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Braganza and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Infanta of Portugal |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 21, 1843 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lisbon |
DATE OF DEATH | February 5, 1884 |
Place of death | Dresden |