Mariana Victoria of Spain
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Mariana Victoria of Spain (31 March 1718 – 15 January 1781) was an Infanta of Spain by birth and was later the Queen of Portugal as wife of King Joseph I. The eldest daughter of Philip V of Spain and Elisabeth Farnese, she was engaged to the young Louis XV of France at the age of seven. Rejected due to her age, the marriage never took place and she was sent back to Spain. In 1729 she was married to the son of John V of Portugal. The mother of Maria I of Portugal, she also acted as regent of Portugal during the last months of her husband's life and acted as advisor to her daughter in her reign. Before her husband's accession to the throne in 1750 she was known as the "Princess of Brazil".
Infanta of Spain
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Mariana Victoria's father, King Philip V of Spain
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Mariana Victoria's mother in the year of her birth
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Infanta Mariana Victoria in circa 1720 by Miguel Jacinto Meléndez
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Mariana Victoria by Jean Ranc in circa 1726
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Mariana Victoria again by Ranc
Fiancée of Louis XV of France
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Medallion depicting the union of Louis XV and the infanta
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The infanta holding the French crown in 1721 by Gobert
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King Louis with Mariana Victoria in 1723 by François de Troy
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Louis XV pointing to a portrait of his bride elect by Belle in circa 1724
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Official portrait of Mariana Victoria by Nicolas de Largillière
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Infanta Mariana Victoria of Spain in a German drawing in circa 1725 titled "Queen of France"
Princess of Brazil and Queen of Portugal
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The infanta after her marriage in 1729 while "Princess of Barzil"
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Detail of a 1743 showing Mariana Victoria and her sister in law María Bárbara by Louis Michel van Loo
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Mariana Victoria while Princess of Brazil by Francisco Pavona
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Mariana Victoria following her husbands accession in 1750
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Painting of Mariana Victoria while queen
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Queen Mariana Victoria after Joao Silverio Carpinetti
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The queen by Miguel Antonio do Amaral
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Another portrait of the queen by Amaral
Children
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Mariana Victoria's first child the future Queen Maria I (monarch in her own right) unknown artist
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Her youngest daughter Infanta Benedita artist unknown