Nevada Stoody Hayes

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Nevada Stoody Hayes (October 21, 1885 - January 11, 1941) was an American socialite who in 1917 married Afonso de Bragança a Portuguese royal whose nephew was Manuel II, last king of Portugal.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Marriages 1.2 Afonso Henriques of Braganza 2 External links

[edit] History

Nevada Stoody Hayes was born Sandyville, Ohio, USA to Jacob Walter Stoody and Nancy Miranda McNeel on October 21, 1885.

[edit] Marriages

• Lee Agnew (1867-1924)
• William Henry Chapman (1834-1907)
• Filipe van Volkenburg (1853- 1950)
• Afonso of Bragança, Duke of Oporto (1865-1920)

[edit] Afonso Henriques of Braganza

She had no children from these marriages. Her last wedding was a morganatic marriage to Afonso de Bragança the Duke of Porto, uncle of Manuel II, last king of Portugal.

She married Afonso of Bragança on 26 September 1917 in Rome, Italy were Afonso de Bragança was living in Exile. After this marriage she called herself HRH Nevada The Duchess of Porto, but the Portuguese royal family never recognised her as a member.

Afonso tried to have his wife accepted by the Portuguese Royal Family but he did not succeed. She died on 11 January 1941 at age 55 at St. Joseph's Hospital Tampa, Florida, U.S.A..

[edit] External links

• Royalty Guide