Father Pedro II of Portugal House House of Braganza | Parents Peter II of Portugal Place of burial Sete Fontes, Portugal | |
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Mother Francisca Clara da Silva Died 3 June 1756, Ponte de Lima, Portugal Grandparents John IV of Portugal, Luisa de Guzmán Similar Infanta Francisca Josefa of, Infante António of Portugal, Infante Francisco - Duke of B, Infante Manuel - Count of, Isabel Luísa - Princess | ||
José of Braganza, Archbishop of Braga ([ʒuˈzɛ]; English: Joseph; Lisbon, May 6, 1703-Ponte de Lima, June 3, 1756) was a natural son of Portuguese King Peter II and a Portuguese lady named Francisca Clara da Silva.
He studied at the University of Évora and achieved a doctorate in Theology. He became Archbishop of Braga in 1739 and was consecrated in 1741.
He built in Braga the Sete Fontes a water supply system.
He is buried in the same city.
He was succeeded in his position by another natural-born noble, Gaspar of Braganza, Archbishop of Braga, son of his half-brother John V of Portugal.
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