Peter III (Portugal)
Peter III (Portuguese Dom Pedro Clemente Francisco José António de Bragança ) (* July 5, 1717 - May 25, 1786 ) was King of Portugal from the House of Braganza .
Life
Peter III was the fourth son of John V of Portugal and his wife Maria Anna of Austria . As a younger son, he was not actually destined for succession to the throne, and so after the death of his father in 1750, his older brother Joseph I first ascended the Portuguese throne.
Joseph I, however, had no male heir. The king was therefore faced with the choice of either enabling the female succession to the throne in favor of his daughter Maria , or appointing his younger brother, Peter, as the next in the male succession. The dilemma was resolved when Peter married his niece Maria in 1760. After Joseph's death in 1777, they both ascended the Portuguese throne together. Peter left the rule largely to his wife, who reversed a series of anti-clerical reforms that had been carried out by his first minister, the Margrave of Pombal , during the reign of Joseph I.
family
From his marriage to Maria he had the following children:
- Joseph Franz (* August 21, 1761 ; † September 11, 1788 ), ⚭ 1777 Maria Benedita von Braganza , a sister of his mother
- Joseph Johann (born September 26, 1763 ; † October 10, 1763 )
- Johann VI. ( May 13, 1767 - March 10, 1826 )
- Maria Anna (* December 15, 1768 ; † November 2, 1788 ), ⚭ 1785 Prince Gabriel of Spain , a younger son of King Charles III.
- Maria Clementine ( June 9, 1774 - June 27, 1776 )
- Maria Isabel ( 22 December 1776 - 14 January 1777 )
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Joseph I. |
King of Portugal 1777–1786 |
Maria I. |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Peter III |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | King of Portugal |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 5, 1717 |
DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 1786 |