Infante Manuel, Count of Ourém

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Infante Manuel
Count of Ourém
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Born August 3, 1697
Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Died August 3, 1766
Quinta de Belas, Kingdom of Portugal
Burial Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza
Full name
Manuel José Francisco António Caetano Estêvão Bartolomeu
House House of Braganza
Father Pedro II of Portugal
Mother Maria Sofia of the Palatinate
Religion Roman Catholicism

Infante Manuel, Count of Ourém, KGF (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐnuˈɛɫ]; Manuel José Francisco António Caetano Estêvão Bartolomeu; (Lisbon, August 3, 1697 - Quinta de Belas, August 3, 1766) was a Portuguese infante (prince), seventh child of Peter II, King of Portugal, and his wife Marie-Sophie of Neuburg. He was the brother of King John V of Portugal.

Life

He was born on August 3, 1697 in Lisbon and died unmarried and without issue at the Quinta de Belas in the same city on the same day in 1766. He is buried at the Royal Pantheon of the Braganza Dynasty in Lisbon.

Manuel led an adventurous life. At the age of 18, he embarked in secret on an English ship with destination the Netherlands. Ordered by his brother King John V of Portugal to return home, he disobeyed and went to Paris and then to Germany.

On August 1, 1716, he offered his services to Prince Eugene of Savoy, to fight the Turks in Hungary. There he fought 4 days later in the Battle of Petrovaradin where he was slightly wounded but covered with glory. He also participated in the pursuit of the fleeing Turks and the siege and capture of Timişoara.

In 1717, now officially in the Austrian army, he again fought under Prince Eugen and participated in the conquest of Belgrade.

After the Treaty of Passarowitz, he obtained the title of Maréchal de camp.
After the war he travelled from court to court, living a life filled with pleasure, inspiring several contemporary writers.

In 1728 he become one of the candidates for the hand of the wealthy Maria Zofia Sieniawska supported by the Habsburgs in attempt to gain a strong position in Poland before the Royal Election.[1] Well known at the Austrian and Russian court, he was even proposed as the next King of Poland for a short time in 1733, in the onset of the War of Polish Succession.[2]

The next year he returned to Portugal, where he spent the last years of his life in the Quinta de Belas, leading a socially active life, surrounded by writers and artists.

Ancestry

Family of Infante Manuel, Count of Ourém
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. John I, 6th Duke of Braganza
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Teodósio II, 7th Duke of Braganza
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Infanta Catarina of Guimarães
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. John IV of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Juan Fernández de Velasco, 5th Duke of Frías
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Ana de Velasco y Girón
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Maria Tellez-Giron
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Peter II of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Juan Manuel Pérez de Guzmán, 8th Duke of Medina Sidonia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Ana de Sylva y Mendoza
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Luisa de Guzmán
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Juana Lorenza Gómez de Sandoval y la Cerda
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Catalina de la Cerda
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Infante Manuel, Count of Ourém
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Anna of Cleves
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Philip William, Elector Palatine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. William V, Duke of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Duchess Magdalene of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Duchess Renata of Lorraine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Maria Sofia of the Palatinate-Neuburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Margravine Magdalena of Brandenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. John George I, Elector of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Princess Sophia Eleonore of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

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