Infante Ferdinand of Portugal (Fernando Maria Luís de Saxe-Coburgo-Gotha e Bragança; Lisbon, 23 July 1846 - Lisbon, 6 November 1861) was the fourth son of King Ferdinand II

Ferdinand II of Portugal

Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , named Prince Ferdinand Augustus Francis Anthony of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry, was King of Portugal as husband of Queen Maria II of Portugal from the birth of their son in 1837 to her death in 1853.In keeping with Portuguese law, only after the birth of his son in...

 and Queen Maria II of Portugal.

Ferdinand was a Lieutenant in the Fifth Battalion of Hunters, and received the Grand Cross of the Order of Our Lady of the Conception of Vila Viçosa. With two of his brothers, King Pedro V

Pedro V of Portugal

* Duke of Barcelos* Marquis of Vila Viçosa* Count of Ourém* Count of Barcelos* Count of Arraiolos* Count of Guimarães-Honours:* Knight of the Garter* Knight of the Golden Fleece-Ancestry:...

 and Infante João, Duke of Beja

Infante João, Duke of Beja

Infante João of Portugal was a Portuguese infante and member of the House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.Infante João was born in Lisbon the third son of Queen Maria II of Portugal and King Ferdinand II...

, Ferdinand died of typhoid fever

Typhoid fever

Typhoid fever, also known as Typhoid, is a common worldwide bacterial disease, transmitted by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the feces of an infected person, which contain the bacterium Salmonella enterica, serovar Typhi...

 in late 1861. He was buried in the Panteão Real de São Vicente de Fora.

Ancestry