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Petermarried his nieceMaria, Princess of Brazil, in 1760, at which time she was the heiress presumptive to the throne then held by his brother Joseph I. According to custom, Peter thus became King of Portugal inright of his wife, after the delivery of his first born child. They had six children, of whom the eldest surviving son succeeded Maria asJohn VI of Portugal on her death in 1816.
Peter made no attempt to participate ingovernment affairs, spending his timehunting or inreligious exercises.
He also defended thehigh nobility of Portugal, and sponsored the petitions of those accused inTávora affair, whose rehabilitation was subject of new lawsuits, in which the heirs demanded the restitution of their confiscated properties.
The couple married on 6 June 1760. At the time of their marriage, Maria was 25 and Peter was 42. Despite the age gap, the couple had a happy marriage. Peter automatically became co-monarch (as Peter III of Portugal) when Maria ascended the throne, as a child had already been born from their marriage. The couple had six children.[5]
José Francisco Xavier de Paula Domingos António Agostinho Anastácio marriedInfanta Benedita of Portugal and had no issue. His death lead to his younger brother becoming heir-apparent and later king.
João Francisco de Bragança
16 September 1763
10 October 1763
João Francisco de Paula Domingos António Carlos Cipriano was born at theAjuda National Palace.
^Encyclopædia Britannica Volume 17 1973 Page 518 "Pedro III (1717-1786), king-consort from 1777, was born in Lisbon on July 5, 1717, the younger son of John V of Portugal. He was married in July 1760 to the daughter of his elder brother, King Joseph I."
^David BirminghamA Concise History of Portugal 2003 Page 205 "Pedro III 1777-86"
Generations indicate descent fromAfonso, Duke of Braganza, founder of the House of Braganza, untilJoão II, Duke of Braganza, the first Braganza monarch of Portugal;italics indicate a head of the House
Generations indicate descent fromJohn IV, King of Portugal, formerly John II, Duke of Braganza, the first Braganza monarch of Portugal, untilManuel II, King of Portugal, the last monarch of Portugal, excluding the Miguelist line;italics indicate a head of the House
* also an infante of Castile and León, Aragon, Sicily and Naples,§also an infante of Spain and an archduke of Austria,#also an infante of Spain,‡also an imperial prince of Brazil,¶also a prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke in Saxony,◙also a prince of Braganza,¤title removed in 1920 as their parents' marriage was deemed undynastic,ƒclaimant infante
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