João, Prince of Brazil

{{Short description|Heir apparent to Peter II of Portugal (1688)}}

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{{Infobox royalty

| name = João

| image = Infante D. João - Domenico Duprà.png

| caption = John, Duke of Braganza, by Domenico Duprà

| title = Prince of Brazil, Duke of Braganza (more...)

| full name = João Carlos Francisco António Xavier de Paula Domingos Miguel Gabriel Rafael

| house = Braganza

| father = Peter II of Portugal

| mother = Maria Sophia of Neuburg

| birth_date = 30 August 1688

| birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal

| death_date = 17 September 1688 (aged 18 days)

| death_place = Lisbon, Portugal

| burial_place = Royal Pantheon, Lisbon, Portugal

}}

João, Prince of Brazil (30 August 1688 – 17 September 1688) was the first child of Peter II of Portugal and Maria Sophia of Neuburg. He was made Prince of Brazil and Duke of Braganza upon his birth.{{cite web |title= John VI, King of Portugal and Brazil|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG110369}}

Ancestry

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|1= 1. João, Prince of Brazil

|2= 2. Peter II of Portugal

|3= 3. Maria Sophia of Neuburg

|4= 4. John IV of Portugal

|5= 5. Luisa de Guzmán

|6= 6. Philip William, Elector Palatine

|7= 7. Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

|8= 8. Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza

|9= 9. Ana de Velasco y Girón

|10= 10. Manuel, 8th Duke of Medina Sidonia

|11= 11. Juana de Sandoval y de la Cerda

|12= 12. Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg

|13= 13. Magdalene of Bavaria

|14= 14. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

|15= 15. Sophia Eleonore of Saxony

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