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Marie Louise of Orleans
Marie Louise of Orleans

On 1676, a marriage between Infante Peter of Portugal and Marie Louise of Orleans, she would be pleased by this new marriage, however her role as queen would be demanding as she would have to produce heirs soon and there would only be four that would survive and brought into term that would even survive adulthood, Infante Afonso (December 2, 1677), Infanta Maria (June 4, 1679), Infante Felipe (May 10, 1683) and Infanta Luisa (December 2, 1686).

Prior to the the birth of his three first children, King Peter II of Portugal would have been worried about the succession and Infanta Luisa would marry Charles II of Spain on 1686, but his death without children would have saved Infanta Isabel from her suffering but the whole country of Spain will suffer as he would die without children and Isabel, Princess of Beira would be married off to Elector Maximilian II Emmanuel of Bavaria(after his wife died due to a miscarriage in 1688) and Isabella Stuart of England would marry Infante Afonso of Portugal, Peter II of Portugal would be crowned alongside his queen on 1683, when his brother died, however, Queen Marie Louise of Orleans would die due to puerperal fever on the spring of 1687 due to her weak constitution.

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