Benedita of Portugal Archives - History of Royal Women

Benedita of Portugal – A Princess in the shadows (Part two)

February 12, 2021 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. Benedita and Joseph would indeed not have any children, and Benedita is known to have taken water cures, hoping to fall pregnant. She reportedly suffered miscarriages in 1781 and 1786, and there was some talk of annulment in 1787. In any case, the marriage of Maria’s second son John now became [read more]

Benedita of Portugal – A Princess in the shadows (Part one)

February 10, 2021 Moniek Bloks 0

Infanta Benedita of Portugal was born on 25 July 1746 as the eighth child but fourth surviving one of Mariana Victoria of Spain and King Joseph I of Portugal. Benedita’s three elder sisters were Maria (the future Queen Maria I of Portugal), Mariana and Doroteia. Her mother had suffered several stillbirths and without a son, [read more]