Infante Alexandre of Portugal

Infante Alexandre of Portugal (Alexandre Francisco José António Nicolau; , 24 September 1723 – 2 August 1728) was a Portuguese infante, the sixth and last child of King John V of Portugal and his wife Maria Anna of Austria.

Biography Born on 24 September 1723 in the Ribeira Palace, in Lisbon, the infante was baptized on 6 December as Alexandre Francisco José António Nicolau de Bragança.

In his short life, he revealed an advanced intelligence for his age, through his prompt and ingenious observations, as described by the genealogist António Caetano de Sousa. boxstyle_1=background-color: #fcc; boxstyle_2=background-color: #fb9; boxstyle_3=background-color: #ffc; boxstyle_4=background-color: #bfc; boxstyle_5=background-color: #9fe; 1= 1. Alexandre of Braganza 2= 2. John V of Portugal 3= 3. Maria Anna of Austria 4= 4. Peter II of Portugal 5= 5. Maria Sophia of Neuburg 6= 6. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor 7= 7. Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg 8= 8. John IV of Portugal 9= 9. Luisa de Guzmán 10= 10. Philip William, Elector Palatine 11= 11. Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt 12= 12. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor 13= 13. Maria Anna of Austria 14= 14. Philip William, Elector Palatine (= 10) 15= 15. Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 11) 16= 16. Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza 17= 17. Ana de Velasco y Girón 18= 18. Juan Manuel de Guzmán y Silva, VIII Duke of Medina Sidonia 19= 19. Juana de Sandoval y la Cerda 20= 20. Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg 21= 21. Magdalene of Bavaria 22= 22. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt 23= 23. Sophia Eleonore of Saxony 24= 24. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor 25= 25. Maria Anna of Bavaria 26= 26. Philip III of Spain 27= 27. Margaret of Austria 28= 28. Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg (= 20) 29= 29. Magdalene of Bavaria (= 21) 30= 30. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 22) 31= 31. Sophia Eleonore of Saxony (= 23)