# Descendants of John VI of Portugal

The descendants of John VI of Portugal, from the House of Braganza, can be traced in both reigning and non-reigning royal families of Europe and Brazil. Through his second son, Miguel I of Portugal, some of his descendants have been rulers in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Liechtenstein, while others have been claimants to the thrones of Portugal, Austria, and the former Duchy of Parma.
The constitutional amendments that favored a younger sibling created disputes regarding succession. These changes led to unrest following King John VI’s abdication and his subsequent move to Brazil.

## Background on John VI

John was born on 13th May 1767 in Lisbon and was the second son of Queen Maria I and King Pedro III.

### Throne of Portugal

John VI became the heir to the Portuguese throne in 1788 after his brother, José, Prince of Brazil, died from smallpox.
In 1799, John VI became Prince regent for his mother, Maria I of Portugal. Spain and France soon declared war and attempted to invade Portugal, starting the War of the Oranges. While peace was eventually attained, the Portuguese Empire suffered territorial losses.

### Court in Rio de Janeiro

In 1807, to safeguard the House of Braganza and its rule over the Portuguese Empire against Napoleon's influence and aggression, John (then Prince Regent) moved the Portuguese court and capital to a safer location in the empire, Colonial Brazil. To satisfy the etiquette required by European society, John VI raised Brazil to a kingdom, forming the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves.
In Rio de Janeiro, John VI established his court. In 1816, Maria I died and John was acclaimed King John VI of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves. By this time, Napoleon had been defeated and European courts demanded the return of the Portuguese court to Europe, which John eventually did, leaving Pedro, Prince Royal as regent of Brazil. Refusing to return to Europe, Pedro declared Brazil independent.

### Division of House of Braganza

When John died, a crisis of succession occurred over the Portuguese throne. John's eldest sons and granddaughter split the House of Braganza into three branches, the original House of Braganza, the Brazilian House of Braganza, and the Miguelist House of Braganza.

## Descendants

On 8 May 1785, John married Carlota Joaquina of Spain. The couple had 9 children.

### Maria Teresa of Braganza, Princess of Beira

| Descendant | Birth | Marriages | Death |
| Maria Teresa of Braganza, Princess of Beira 1793–1874 | 29 April 1793 Palace of Ajuda Daughter of John VI and Carlota Joaquina of Spain | Infante Pedro Carlos of Spain and Portugal 13 May 1810 1 Child Carlos V of Spain (Carlist) June 1838 No Children | 17 January 1874 Trieste Aged 80 |
| Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain 1811–1875 | 4 November 1811 Rio de Janeiro Son of Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira and Infante Pedro Carlos of Spain and Portugal | Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies 25 May 1832 no children Maria Cristina of Spain 19 November 1860 5 Children | 13 January 1875 Pau Aged 63 |
| Francisco María, Duke of Marchena 1861–1923 | 20 August 1861 Madrid Son of Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain and Maria Cristina of Spain | María del Pilar of Muguiro and Beruete 7 January 1886 3 Children | 17 November 1923 Neuilly-sur-Seine Aged 62 |
| María Cristina, Duchess of Marchena 1889–1981 | 27 July 1889 Paris Daughter of Francisco María, Duke of Marchena and María del Pilar of Muguiro and Beruete | Leopold Walford November 11, 1911 2 Children | 3 October 1981 London Aged 92 |
| Juan Jorge, Duke of Ansola and Marchena 1912–1999 | 20 August 1912 Paris Son of María Cristina, Duchess of Marchena and Leopold Walford | Emanuela Hawkins 1935 7 Children | 22 February 1999 London Aged 87 |
| Juan Jacobo, Duke of Marchena 1941–present | 27 July 1941 London Son of Juan Jorge, Duke of Ansola and Marchena and Emanuela Hawkins | Not married. | |

### Francisco António of Braganza, Prince of Beira

| Descendant | Image | Birth | Marriages | Death |
| Francisco António of Braganza, Prince of Beira 1795–1801 | | 21 March 1795 Queluz Palace Son of John VI and Carlota Joaquina of Spain | Never married | 11 June 1801 Queluz Palace Aged 6 |

### Maria Isabel of Braganza

| Descendant | Image | Birth | Marriages | Death |
| Maria Isabel of Braganza 1797–1818 | | 19 May 1797 Queluz Palace Daughter of John VI and Carlota Joaquina of Spain | Ferdinand VII of Spain 29 September 1816 1 child | 26 December 1818 Royal Palace of Madrid Aged 21 |

### Pedro I & IV
#### As Pedro IV of Portugal (senior branch)

| Descendant | Birth | Marriages | Death |
| Pedro IV of Portugal 1826–1826 | 12 October 1798 Queluz, Sintra son of John VI of Portugal and Charlotte of Spain | Maria Leopoldina of Austria 1817 7 children Amélie of Leuchtenberg 1829 1 child | 24 September 1834 Queluz, Sintra Aged 35 |
| Maria II of Portugal 1826–1853 | 4 April 1819 Rio de Janeiro daughter of Pedro I and IV of Brazil and Portugal and Maria Leopoldina of Austria | Auguste de Beauharnais, 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg 1834 No children Fernando of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1837 11 children | 15 November 1853 Lisbon Aged 34 |
| Pedro V of Portugal 1853–1861 | 16 September 1837 Lisbon son of Maria II of Portugal and Fernando II of Portugal | Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 1858 No children | 11 November 1861 Lisbon Aged 24 |
| Luís I of Portugal 1861–1889 | 31 October 1838 Lisbon son of Maria II of Portugal and Fernando II of Portugal brother of Pedro V of Portugal | Maria Pia of Savoy 1863 2 children | 19 October 1889 Lisbon Aged 50 |
| Carlos I of Portugal 1889–1908 | 28 September 1863 Lisbon son of Luís I of Portugal and Maria Pia of Savoy | Amélie of Orléans 1886 3 children | 1 February 1908 Lisbon Aged 44 |
| Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal 1908–1908 | 21 March 1887 Lisbon son of Carlos I of Portugal and Amélie of Orléans | Never married | 1 February 1908 Lisbon Aged 20 |
| Manuel II of Portugal 1908–1910 | 19 March 1889 Lisbon son of Carlos I of Portugal and Amélie of Orléans brother of Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal | Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 1913 No children | 2 July 1932 Fulwell, London Aged 42 |

#### As Pedro I of Brazil (junior branch)

| Descendant | Birth | Marriages | Death |
| Pedro I of Brazil 1821–1831 | 12 October 1798 Queluz, Sintra son of John VI of Portugal and Charlotte of Spain | Maria Leopoldina of Austria 1817 7 children Amélie of Leuchtenberg 1829 1 child | 24 September 1834 Queluz, Sintra Aged 35 |
| Pedro II of Brazil 1831–1891 | 2 December 1825 Rio de Janeiro son of Pedro I of Brazil and Maria Leopoldina of Austria | Teresa of the Two Sicilies 17 September 1842 4 children | 5 December 1891 Paris Aged 66 |
| Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil 1891–1921 | 29 July 1846 Rio de Janeiro daughter of Pedro II of Brazil and Teresa of the Two Sicilies | Gaston, Count of Eu 15 October 1864 3 children | 14 November 1921 Eu, Seine-Maritime Aged 75 |
| Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza 1921–1981 | 13 September 1909 Boulogne-Billancourt son of Prince Luís of Orléans-Braganza and Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies | Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria 19 August 1937 12 children | 5 July 1981 Vassouras Aged 71 |
| Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza 1981–2022 | 6 June 1938 Mandelieu-la-Napoule son of Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza and Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria | Never married | 15 July 2022 São Paulo Aged 84 |
| Prince Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza 2022–present | 2 February 1941 Mandelieu-la-Napoule son of Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza and Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria | Not married | |

### Maria Francisca of Braganza

| Descendant | Birth | Marriages | Death |
| Maria Francisca of Braganza 1800–1834 | 22 April 1800 Queluz Palace daughter of John VI and Carlota Joaquina of Spain | Infante Carlos, Count of Molina 22 September 1816 3 children | 4 September 1834 Alverstoke Aged 34 |
| Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin 1818–1861 | 31 January 1818 Madrid son of Maria Francisca of Portugal and Infante Carlos, Count of Molina | Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies 10 July 1850 No children | 13 January 1861 Trieste Aged 43 |
| Juan, Count of Montizón 1822–1887 | 15 May 1822 Royal Palace of Aranjuez son of Maria Francisca of Portugal and Infante Carlos, Count of Molina | Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este 6 February 1847 2 children | 18 November 1887 Hove Aged 65 |
| Carlos, Duke of Madrid 1848–1909 | 30 March 1848 Ljubljana son of Juan, Count of Montizón and Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este | Margherita of Bourbon-Parma 4 February 1867 5 children Berthe de Rohan 28 April 1894 No children | 18 July 1909 Varese Aged 61 |
| Jaime, Duke of Madrid 1870–1931 | 27 June 1870 Vevey son of Carlos, Duke of Madrid and Margherita of Bourbon-Parma | Never married | 2 October 1931 Paris Aged 61 |
| Infanta Blanca of Spain 1868–1949 | 7 September 1868 Graz daughter of Carlos, Duke of Madrid and Margherita of Bourbon-Parma | Leopold Salvator, Prince of Tuscany 24 October 1889 10 children | 25 October 1949 Viareggio Aged 81 |
| Anton, Prince of Tuscany 1901–1987 | 20 March 1901 Vienna son of Blanca of Spain and Leopold Salvator, Prince of Tuscany | Ileana of Romania 26 July 1931 6 children | 22 October 1987 Salzburg Aged 86 |
| Archduke Stefan of Austria 1932–1998 | 15 August 1932 Mödling son of Anton, Prince of Tuscany and Ileana of Romania | Mary Jerrine Soper 26 August 1954 5 children | 12 November 1998 Brighton Aged 66 |
| Christopher Habsburg-Lothringen 1957–present | 26 January 1957 Boston son of Archduke Stefan of Austria and Mary Jerrine Soper | Elizabeth Ann Blanchette 2 May 1987 2 children | |
| Saygan Genevieve Habsburg-Lothringen 1987–present | 31 October 1987 Mill Valley son of Christopher Habsburg-Lothringen and Elizabeth Ann Blanchette | Not married | |

### Isabel Maria of Braganza

| Descendant | Image | Birth | Marriages | Death |
| Isabel Maria of Braganza 1801–1876 | | 4 July 1801 Queluz Palace daughter of John VI and Carlota Joaquina of Spain | Never married | 22 April 1876 Belém Aged 74 |

### Miguel I of Portugal

| Descendant | Birth | Marriages | Death |
| Miguel I of Portugal 1802–1866 | 26 October 1802 Queluz Palace son of John VI and Carlota Joaquina of Spain | Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg 24 September 1851 7 children | 14 November 1866 Esselbach Aged 64 |
| Miguel, Duke of Braganza 1853–1927 | 19 September 1853 Kleinheubach son of Miguel I and Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg | Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis 17 October 1877 3 children Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg 8 November 1893 8 children | 11 October 1927 Seebenstein Aged 74 |
| Miguel, Duke of Viseu 1878–1923 | 22 September 1878 Reichenau an der Rax son of Miguel, Duke of Braganza and Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis | Anita Stewart Morris 15 September 1909 3 children (declared morganatic) | 21 February 1923 New York City Aged 44 |
| Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza 1907–1976 | 23 September 1907 Seebenstein son of Miguel, Duke of Braganza and Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg | Francisca of Orléans-Braganza 15 October 1942 3 children | 24 December 1976 Seebenstein Aged 69 |
| Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza 1945–present | 15 May 1945 Bern son of Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza and Francisca of Orléans-Braganza | Isabel Inês de Castro Curvelo de Herédia 13 May 1995 3 children | |
| Afonso, Prince of Beira 1996–present | 25 March 1996 Lisbon son of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza and Isabel Inês de Castro Curvelo de Herédia | Not married | |

### Maria da Assunção of Braganza

| Descendant | Image | Birth | Marriages | Death |
| Maria da Assunção of Braganza 1805–1834 | | 25 June 1805 Queluz Palace daughter of John VI and Carlota Joaquina of Spain | Never married | 7 January 1834 Santarém Aged 29 |

### Ana de Jesus Maria of Braganza

| Descendant | Birth | Marriages | Death |
| Ana de Jesus Maria of Braganza 1806–1834 | 23 October 1806 Mafra Palace daughter of John VI and Carlota Joaquina of Spain | Nuno de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, Duke of Loulé 5 December 1827 5 children | 22 June 1857 Rome Aged 50 |
| Pedro de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, Duke of Loulé 1830–1909 | 7 October 1830 Paris son of Ana de Jesus Maria of Portugal and Nuno de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, Duke of Loulé | Constança Maria de Figueiredo Cabral da Camara 19 April 1852 2 children | 2 March 1909 Belém Aged 79 |
| Maria de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, Duchess of Loulé 1853–1928 | 3 March 1853 Belém daughter of Pedro de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, Duke of Loulé and Constança Maria de Figueiredo Cabral da Camara | João Maria dos Enfermos da Camara Berquó 18 June 1887 1 child | 12 September 1928 Belém Aged 75 |
| Constança de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, Duchess of Loulé 1889–1967 | 18 August 1889 Belém daughter of Maria de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, Duchess of Loulé and João Maria dos Enfermos da Camara Berquó | José Pedro de Basto Feio Folque 22 May 1921 5 children | 14 December 1967 Belém Aged 79 |
| Alberto de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, Duke of Loulé 1923–2003 | 10 July 1923 Belém son of Constança de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, Duchess of Loulé and José Pedro de Basto Feio Folque | Maria Augusta Amélia de Morais Cardoso de Menezes 8 July 1953 8 children | 24 September 2003 Cascais Aged 80 |
| Pedro de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, Duke of Loulé 1958–present | 9 March 1958 Lisbon son of Alberto de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, Duke of Loulé and Maria Augusta Amélia de Morais Cardoso de Menezes | Margarida Corrêa de Barros Vaz Pinto 1997 2 children | |
| D. Henrique Nuno de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto 1997–present | 21 August 1997 Lisbon son of Pedro de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, Duke of Loulé and Margarida Corrêa de Barros Vaz Pinto | Not married | |