José, Prince of Brazil
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Portuguese Royalty
House of Braganza

John IV Children include    Teodósio, Prince of Brazil    Joana, Princess of Beira    Catarina, Queen of England    future Afonso VI    Peter II Afonso VI Peter II Children include    Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira    John V    Francisco, Duke of Beja    António    Manuel, Count of Ourém    Infanta Francisca    Luísa, Duchess of Cadaval (natural daughter)    José, Archbishop of Braga (natural son) John V Children include    Bárbara, Queen of Spain    Joseph I    Peter III Joseph I Children include    Maria I    Mariana Francisca    Doroteia     Benedita, Princess of Brazil Maria I and Peter III Children include    José, Prince of Brazil    John VI    Mariana Vitória John VI Children include    Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira    Maria Isabel, Queen of Spain    Pedro IV of Portugal, I of Brazil    Maria Francisca    Isabel Maria    Miguel I    Maria da Assunção    Ana de Jesus Maria, Marchioness of Loulé Pedro IV (I of Brazil) Children include    Maria II    Januária, Princess Imperial of Brazil    Princess Francisca, princess de Joinville    Pedro II of Brazil Michael I Children include    Maria, Duchess of San Jaime    Miguel II, Duke of Braganza    Maria Teresa, Archduchess of Austria    Maria José, Duchess in Bavaria    Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães, Countess di Bardi    Maria Ana, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg    Maria Antónia, Duchess of Parma Grandchildren include    Miguel, Duke of Viseu    Francis Jospeh    Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza Great-Grandchildren include    Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza    Miguel, Duke of Viseu    Henrique, Duke of Coimbra Great-Great-Grandchildren include    Afonso, Prince of Beira    Maria Francisca    Dinis, Duke of Porto Maria II and Ferdinand II Children include    Pedro V    Luís I    João, Duke of Beja    Maria Ana, Princess of Saxony    Antónia, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen    Augusto, Duke of Coimbra Grandchildren include    Carlos I Great-grandchildren include    Luís Filipe, Duke of Braganza    Manuel II

The Infante José, Prince of Brazil KGF (pron. IPA: [ʒu'zɛ]; José Francisco Xavier de Paula Domingos António Agostinho Anastácio de Bragança; Template:Lang-eng) (August 20, 1761 – September 11, 1788), was Prince of Beira, Duke of Braganza, Prince of Brazil and heir apparent to the throne of Portugal as the oldest son of Queen Maria I of Portugal and her King consort Peter III of Portugal.

Joseph was born at the Palace of Ajuda near Lisbon. His grandfather created him Prince of Beira, this being the first time when the title was given to a male. He was the heir apparent of his mother Maria, the then Princess of Brazil and proclaimed heiress of the crown.

On February 21, 1777, when he was 15 years old, he married his 30-year-old aunt Benedita, Dowager Princess of Brazil. They had no children. Three days after their wedding, José's grandfather and Benedita's father the old king Joseph died, and his mother succeeded as queen regnant. Infante José became the new crown prince, being accorded the titles Prince of Brazil and 16th Duke of Braganza.

Joseph died at the age of 27 of smallpox. Upon Joseph's death, his younger brother John became heir to the throne and the new Prince of Brazil.

Joseph is buried in the national pantheon at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora in Lisbon.