Maria Josepha of Portugal
Maria José von Bragança ( Portuguese Dona Maria José Beatriz Joana Eulália Leopoldina Adelaide Isabel Carolina Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Francisca de Assis e de Paula Inês Sofia Joaquina Teresa Benedita Bernardina de Bragança ) (born March 19, 1857 in Bronnbach an der Tauber; † March 11 1943 in Munich ) was an Infanta of Portugal .
Life
Maria José was a daughter of the Portuguese King Michael I and his wife, Princess Adelheid von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg . On April 29, 1874 she married Carl Theodor Herzog in Bavaria, a brother of Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary .
Carl Theodor completed his medical studies in Munich in 1880 with the state examination and the grade "very good". He specialized in ophthalmology and interned for a long time with Professors Ferdinand von Arlt in Vienna and Johann Friedrich Horner in Zurich . For 15 years he practiced alternately in Munich , at Tegernsee and in Meran . Maria José, who supported her husband in his medical profession from the beginning, advised him to set up his own eye clinic, in which, above all, penniless eye patients should be treated free of charge. This led the two of them to the decision to acquire the property at Nymphenburger Strasse 43 in Munich, where in 1895 they opened the eye clinic as a “charity for poorly ill eye patients”. The acquisition, renovation and operation of the clinic were financed from her private assets.
In 1909 Duke Carl Theodor died. Maria José survived him by more than 30 years and died on March 11, 1943 at the age of 85. She is buried in the burial chapel in Tegernsee Castle .
progeny
- Sophie Adelheid (1875–1957), ⚭ 1898 Hans Veit zu Toerring-Jettenbach
- Elisabeth Gabriele (1876–1965), ⚭ 1900 later King Albert I of Belgium
- Marie Gabrielle (1878–1912), ⚭ 1900 Rupprecht of Bavaria
- Ludwig Wilhelm (1884–1968), ⚭ 1917 Eleonore Anna Lucie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
- Franz Joseph (1888–1912)
Individual evidence
- ↑ On the establishment of the eye clinic by the ducal couple ( Memento from May 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Darryl Lundy: Maria Josepha de Bragança, Infanta de Portugal on The Peerage
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maria Josepha of Portugal |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maria José of Portugal |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Infanta of Portugal and by marriage Duchess of Bavaria |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bronnbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 1943 |
| Place of death | Munich |