NOBLEMAN

José, Prince of Brazil

1761 - 1788

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Dom José, Prince of Brazil, Duke of Braganza (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ]; 20 August 1761 – 11 September 1788) was the heir apparent to the Kingdom of Portugal until his death in 1788, as the eldest child of Queen Dona Maria I of Portugal and King Dom Pedro III of Portugal, members of the House of Braganza. José died of smallpox at the age of 27, causing his younger and ill-prepared brother, Infante João, to become heir-apparent, Prince Regent to their mentally ill mother and eventually King. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José, Prince of Brazil has received more than 90,530 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. José, Prince of Brazil is the 394th most popular nobleman (up from 407th in 2019), the 134th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 139th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Portuguese Nobleman.

Memorability Metrics

  • 91k

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  • 57.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, José, Prince of Brazil ranks 394 out of 1,415. Before him are Frances Shand Kydd, Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Charlene, Princess of Monaco, Princess Deokhye, Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg. After him are Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona, Otto-William, Count of Burgundy, Philip I, Count of Savoy, Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Princess Louise of Orléans, and William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1761, José, Prince of Brazil ranks 15. Before him are Philippe Buonarroti, Jean-Charles Pichegru, Sineperver Sultan, Louis-Léopold Boilly, Antoine Barnave, and Smithson Tennant. After him are Marie Harel, Marguerite Gérard, Marie-Gabrielle Capet, Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, François Hanriot, and August Batsch. Among people deceased in 1788, José, Prince of Brazil ranks 11. Before him are Thomas Gainsborough, Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Johann Georg Hamann, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, and Armand de Vignerot du Plessis. After him are Infante Gabriel of Spain, Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Nicole-Reine Lepaute, Toriyama Sekien, Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon, and Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, José, Prince of Brazil ranks 134 out of 633. Before him are Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal (1843), Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908), Ferdinand, Count of Flanders (1188), Infanta Antónia of Portugal (1845), Urraca of Portugal (1150), and Francisco Craveiro Lopes (1894). After him are Gaius Appuleius Diocles (104), Infanta Maria Francisca of Braganza (1800), Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu (1430), Sidónio Pais (1872), Jesualdo Ferreira (1946), and Manuel de Arriaga (1840).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Portugal

Among noblemen born in Portugal, José, Prince of Brazil ranks 5. Before him are Afonso de Albuquerque (1453), Miguel I of Portugal (1802), Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu (1521), and Ferdinand, Count of Flanders (1188). After him are Constance of Portugal (1290), Ferdinand the Holy Prince (1402), Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira (1669), Joanna, Princess of Portugal (1452), Peter, Constable of Portugal (1429), Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Braganza (1806), and Afonso, Duke of Porto (1865).

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