Life
Maria José was the fourth child and third daughter of King Miguel I of Portugal and his wife Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. Among her sisters were Maria Ana, Grand Duchess of Luxemburg and Maria Antónia, Duchess of Parma. Her only brother was Miguel II, Duke of Braganza.
She married on April 29, 1874, Karl-Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, the younger brother of Elisabeth of Bavaria, better known as "Sissi".
The couple lived in München, where they founded the Herzog Carl Theodor Eye Clinic, that still exists today.
Maria José died in 1943 at the age of 85, and is buried in Tegernsee Abbey.
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