Maria Isabel of Portugal

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Portuguese Royalty
House of Braganza

John IV
Children include
   Teodósio, Prince of Brazil
   Joana, Princess of Beira
   Infanta Catarina, Queen of England
   Afonso, Prince of Brazil (future Afonso VI)
   Infante Pedro, Duke of Beja (future Peter II)
Afonso VI
Peter II
Children include
   Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira
   João, Prince of Brazil (future John V)
   Infante Francisco, Duke of Beja
   Infante António
   Infante Manuel, Count of Ourém
   Infanta Francisca
   Luísa, Duchess of Cadaval (natural daughter)
   José, Archbishop of Braga (natural son)
John V
Children include
   Infanta Bárbara, Queen of Spain
   José, Prince of Brazil and Duke of Braganza (future Joseph I)
   Pedro, Prince of Brazil and Duke of Braganza (future Peter III)
Joseph I
Children include
   Maria Francisca, Princess of Brazil (future Maria I)
   Infanta Mariana Francisca
   Infanta Doroteia
    Benedita, Dowager Princess of Brazil
Maria I and Peter III
Children include
   José, Prince of Brazil
   João, Prince Royal and Duke of Braganza (future John VI)
   Infanta Mariana Vitória
John VI
Children include
   Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira
   Infanta Maria Isabel, Queen of Spain
   Infante Pedro, Prince Royal and Duke of Braganza (future Pedro IV of Portugal and I of Brazil)
   Infanta Maria Francisca
   Infanta Isabel Maria
   Infante Miguel, Duke of Braganza (future Miguel I)
   Infanta Maria da Assunção
   Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria, Marchioness of Loulé
Pedro IV (I of Brazil)
Children include
   Infanta Maria da Glória, Duchess of Porto (future Maria II)
   Januária, Princess Imperial of Brazil
   Princess Francisca, Princess de Joinville
   Prince Pedro (Pedro II of Brazil)
Michael I
Children include
   Infanta Maria das Neves, Duchess of San Jaime
   Miguel II, Duke of Braganza
   Infanta Teresa, Archduchess of Austria
   Infanta Maria José, Duchess in Bavaria
   Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães, Countess di Bardi
   Infanta Maria Ana, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
   Infanta Maria Antónia, Duchess of Parma
Grandchildren include
   Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza
Great-Grandchildren include
   Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza
   Infante Miguel, Duke of Viseu
   Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra
Great-Great-Grandchildren include
   Afonso, Prince of Beira
   Infanta Maria Francisca
   Infante Dinis, Duke of Porto
Maria II and Ferdinand II
Children include
   Pedro, Duke of Braganza (future Pedro V)
   Infante Luís, Duke of Porto (future Luís I)
   Infante João, Duke of Beja
   Infanta Maria Ana, Princess of Saxony
   Infanta Antónia, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
   Infante Augusto, Duke of Coimbra
Grandchildren include
   Carlos, Duke of Braganza (future Carlos I)
Great-grandchildren include
   Luís Filipe, Duke of Braganza
   Infante Manuel, Duke of Beja (future Manuel II)
The Queen Isabel of Spain, Infanta of Portugal.
The Queen Isabel of Spain, Infanta of Portugal.

Infanta Maria Isabel of Portugal (or of Braganza; pron. IPA[mɐ'ɾiɐ izɐ'bɛɫ]) (Queluz, May 19, 1797Madrid, November 29, 1818) was a Portuguese infanta 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.

She married her maternal uncle King Ferdinand VII of Spain in 1816, whose first wife, Maria Antonietta of the Two Sicilies, had died two years before.

The marriage produced one daughter, the Infanta María Luisa Isabel, who was born on August 21st 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 29 November 1818 and was buried at the Escorial, having failed to provide her husband with an heir to the throne.

Maria Isabel of Portugal
Born: 19 May 1797 Died: 29 November 1818
Spanish royalty
Preceded by
Julie Clary
Queen Consort of Spain
1816-1818
Succeeded by
Maria Josepha of Saxony