Marriages and Descendants
Fernando II married Maria II, Queen-regnant of Portugal, daughter of King Dom Pedro IV (and also Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil). Later in his life, after the death of Maria, he married in Lisbon on 10 June 1869 actress Elisa Hensler (Neuchâtel, 22 May 1836 – Lisbon, Coração de Jesus, 21 May 1929), created Gräfin von Edla, without issue.
He outlived eight of his eleven children.
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| By Maria II of Portugal (4 April 1819 – 15 November 1853; married on 9 April 1836) | |||
| Pedro V | 16 September 1837 | 11 November 1861 | Who succeeded his mother as Peter V, the King of Portugal. |
| Luís I | 31 October 1838 | 19 October 1889 | Who succeeded his brother Peter as the King of Portugal. |
| Infanta Maria | 4 October 1840 | 4 October 1840 | |
| Infante João | 16 March 1842 | 27 December 1861 | Duke of Beja. Died of cholera in 1861. |
| Infanta Maria Ana | 21 August 1843 | 5 February 1884 | Married King George of Saxony and was mother of King Frederick August III of Saxony, and grandmother of Charles I, the last Emperor of Austria. |
| Infanta Antónia | 17 February 1845 | 27 December 1913 | Married Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Singmaringen and was the mother of King Ferdinand I of Romania. |
| Infante Fernando | 23 July 1846 | 6 November 1861 | Died of cholera in 1861. |
| Infante Augusto | 4 November 1847 | 26 September 1889 | Duke of Coimbra. |
| Infante Leopoldo | 7 May 1849 | 7 May 1849 | |
| Infanta Maria da Glória | 3 February 1851 | 3 February 1851 | |
| Infante Eugénio | 15 November 1853 | 15 November 1853 | |
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