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Ferdinand II

king consort of Portugal
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Also known as: Ferdinand August Franz Anton, Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha
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Original name:
Ferdinand August Franz Anton, Prince (prinz) von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha
Born:
Oct. 29, 1816, Vienna, Austria
Died:
Dec. 15, 1885, Lisbon, Port. (aged 69)
Also Known As:
Ferdinand August Franz Anton, Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha
Notable Family Members:
spouse Maria II
son Peter V
son Louis
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Ferdinand II (born Oct. 29, 1816, Vienna, Austria—died Dec. 15, 1885, Lisbon, Port.) was the second husband of Queen Maria II of Portugal, who proclaimed him king consort with the title of Ferdinand II upon the birth of their first son (the future Peter V) in 1837.

The son of Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (and cousin of Prince Albert of Great Britain), he was married to Maria in January 1836, only 10 months after the sudden death of her first husband after two months of marriage. When Maria died in 1853, in childbirth, Ferdinand acted as regent for two years until Peter V came of age.

Well educated and versed in music and the arts, Ferdinand did much to foster the arts in his adopted country and tried to give a rigorous but broad education to all his children.

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