Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

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Stephanie (Josepha Friederike Wilhelmine Antonia) (Portuguese: Estefânia) of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (15 July 1837, Krauchenwies, Sigmaringen - 17 July 1859, Lisbon) was Queen consort of Pedro V of Portugal.

Contents 1 Family 2 Marriage 3 Ancestry 4 External links

[edit] Family

She was the eldest daughter of Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, Head of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and his wife Princess Josephine of Baden. Her maternal grandparents were Karl, Grand Duke of Baden and Stéphanie de Beauharnais.

She was also a younger sister of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern and an older sister of Carol I of Romania.

[edit] Marriage

On 18 May 1858, Stephanie married Pedro V of Portugal. Both bride and groom were a few months short of their twenty-first birthdays. However she fell ill with diphtheria and died only a year later. There were no children from this marriage. Her body was intruded at the Braganza Pantheon inside the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora in Lisbon.

Pedro never married again and died of cholera on 11 November 1861. He was succeeded by his younger brother Luís I of Portugal.

[edit] Ancestry

8. Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

4. Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

9. Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg

2. Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

10. Peter Murat

5. Antoinette Murat

11. Katharina of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst

1. Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

12. Karl Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Baden

6. Karl, Grand Duke of Baden

13. Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

3. Josephine of Baden

14. Claude de Beauharnais

7. Stéphanie de Beauharnais

15. Claude Françoise de Lezay

[edit] External links

• A listing of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Portuguese royalty
Preceded by Ferdinand II of Portugal	Queen consort of Portugal 18 May 1858 - 17 July 1859	Succeeded by Maria Pia of Italy