Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Full name
	German: Stephanie Josepha Friederike Wilhelmine Antonia; Portuguese: Estefânia Josefa Frederica Guilhermina Antónia

Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Queen consort of Portugal
Tenure	18 May 1858 – 17 July 1859
Born	15 July 1837; Krauchenwies, Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Died	17 July 1859 (aged 22); Necessidades Palace, Lisbon, Portugal
Burial	Pantheon of the Braganzas
Spouse	King Pedro V of Portugal
Full name
	German: Stephanie Josepha Friederike Wilhelmine Antonia; Portuguese: Estefânia Josefa Frederica Guilhermina Antónia
House	Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Father	Prince Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern
Mother	Princess Josephine of Baden
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Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (Stephanie Josepha Friederike Wilhelmine Antonia; Portuguese: Estefânia; 15 July 1837 – 17 July 1859) was the Queen consort of King Peter V of Portugal.

Family

Born in Krauchenwies, Sigmaringen, in 1837, Stephanie was the eldest daughter of Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, head of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and his wife Princess Josephine of Baden. Her maternal grandparents were Karl, Grand Duke of Baden, and Stéphanie de Beauharnais, adopted daughter of Napoleon.

She was also a younger sister of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, older sister of King Carol I of Romania, and aunt of King Albert I of Belgium.

Marriage

Stephanie married King Peter V of Portugal by proxy on 29 April 1858 at St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin, where her eldest brother Leopold stood in for the groom. She was then married in person on 18 May 1858 at the Church of St. Dominic in Lisbon. Both bride and groom were a few months short of their twenty-first birthdays. Stephanie was received with much luxury and wrote home that the Portuguese understood luxury better than dignity. However she fell ill with diphtheria and died only a year later in Lisbon at the age of 22. During her short period as queen, she made herself a good name from the foundation of hospitals.

There were no children from this marriage. Her body was interred at the Braganza Pantheon inside the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora in Lisbon.

Pedro never married again and died of cholera on 11 November 1861. He was succeeded by his younger brother Luís.

External links

Marek, Miroslav. "A listing of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen". Genealogy.EU.

Portuguese royalty
Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Cadet branch of the House of Hohenzollern Born: 15 July 1837 Died: 17 July 1859
Preceded by Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha	Queen consort of Portugal 18 May 1858 – 17 July 1859	Succeeded by Maria Pia of Savoy

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