Infante Afonso, Prince of Beira

Infobox Portuguese Royalty|prince
name =Infante Afonso
title =Prince of Beira
titles ="HRH" The Prince of Beira
"HRH" Infante Afonso, Duke of Barcelos
full name =Afonso de Santa Maria Miguel Gabriel Rafael
royal house =House of Braganza
father =Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza
mother =Isabel, Duchess of Braganza
date of birth =birth date and age|1996|3|25|df=y
place of birth =Lisbon, Portugal|

Dom Afonso de Bragança, Infante of Portugal, Prince of Beira, ("Afonso de Santa Maria Miguel Gabriel Rafael", born 25 March 1996, at Lisbon) is the elder son and heir of the current head of the House of Braganza and claimant to the throne of Portugal.

Afonso is the first born child of Duarte, Duke of Braganza, and of his wife Isabel de Herédia. ["L'infant du Portugal est né", "Point de Vue" (3 au 10 avril, 1996): 9.]

On 1 June 1996, in the Cathedral of Braga, Afonso was baptised by Eurico Dias Nogueria, Archbishop of Braga. He received the names "Afonso de Santa Maria Miguel Gabriel Rafael". His godparents were Princess Helene of the Two Sicilies and his mother's brother, Afonso Miguel de Herédia. ["Le Portugal baptise l'héritier de la couronne", "Point de Vue" (5 au 11 juin, 1996): 12-15.]

Afonso has the title "Prince of Beira", the title formerly borne by the second in line to the throne of Portugal, since his father uses the title "Duke of Braganza", the title formerly borne by the first in line to the throne. Afonso also has the title "Duke of Barcelos", the title traditionally borne by the eldest son of the Duke of Braganza.

Ancestry

Infante Afonso, Prince of Beira

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1= 1. Infante Afonso, Prince of Beira
2= 2. Duarte, Duke of Braganza
3= 3. Doña Isabel de Herédia
4= 4. Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza
5= 5. Princess Maria Francisca of Orleans-Braganza
6= 6. Don Jorge de Herédia
7= 7. Raquel Leonor Pinheiro Curvello
8= 8. Miguel II, Duke of Braganza
9= 9. Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenborg
10= 10. Prince Pedro de Alcantara of Orléans-Braganza
11= 11. Countess Elisabeth Dobrzensky
12= 12. Don Sebastião de Herédia
13= 13. Maria Isabel da Glória Brotas Cardoso
14= 14. Leonel de Castro Curvelo
15= 15. Beatriz da Graça Fernandes Pinheiro

References

External links

* [http://www.casareal.co.pt/ Official website of the Royal House of Braganza]