Religion Roman Catholic Name Infanta Josepha | ||
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Issue Sophie, Countess Hans Veit zu Torring-JettenbachElisabeth, Queen of the BelgiansMarie Gabrielle, Crown Princess of BavariaLudwig Wilhelm, Duke in BavariaFranz Joseph, Duke in Bavaria Mother Adelaide of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg Spouse Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (m. 1874) Children Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria Parents Adelaide of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Miguel I of Portugal Siblings Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal Similar People Karl Theodor - Duke in B, Infanta Maria Antonia o, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Miguel I of Portugal, Elisabeth of Bavaria - Queen of | ||
Infanta Maria José of Portugal (Maria José Joana Eulália Leopoldina Adelaide Isabel Carolina Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Francisca de Assis e de Paula Inês Sofia Joaquina Teresa Benedita Bernardina; 19 March 1857 – 11 March 1943), sometimes known in English as Maria Josepha, was a Portuguese infanta, later Duchess in Bavaria by marriage. She was the maternal grandmother of King Leopold III of Belgium.
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Maria José was the fourth child and third daughter of King Miguel I of Portugal and his wife Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. Among her sisters were Maria Ana, Grand Duchess of Luxemburg and Maria Antónia, Duchess of Parma. Her only brother was Miguel, Duke of Braganza.
On 29 April 1874 she married Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, the younger brother of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
The couple lived in Munich, where they founded the Herzog Carl Theodor Eye Clinic, that still exists today.
Maria José died in Munich at the age of 85, and is buried in Tegernsee Abbey.