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: Two of King D.Manuel I of Portugal were
: Cardinals:
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: Infante D.Afonso de Portugal, cardinal
: (1509-1540), archbishop of Évora and Lisbon.
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: His younger brother, Cardinal D.Henrique,
: was the last king of Portugal of the Aviz
: dynasty (1512-1580).
:
: Felipe V of Spain's youngest son, Infante
: D.Luis was elevated to cardinal but
: renounced a religious career and contracted
: a morganatic marriage.
:
: Some Habsburg archdukes were cardinals:
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: Albert of Habsburg, Maximilian II's son, was
: a cardinal and vice-roy of Portugal.
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: Andreas, Margrave of Burgau
:
: And there is of course Duke Amedeo VIII of
: Savou who abdicated and was elected
: Anti-Pope (jumping the cardinal style)
:
: One of his descendants was cardinal Maurizio
: di Savoia (1593-1657)
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: Can anyone provide a list of double princes,
: in European royal history? By which I mean:
: those royals who got elevated to the Sacred
: College. Cardinals, as I understand, are
: "princes of the Church" -- ranking
: directly behind only the Pope, the supreme
: pontiff. As such, they are the Catholic
: religion's version of royalty.
:
: The only real prince I personally can think
: of offhand, who became a prince of the
: Church, however, is Henry Stuart -- younger
: son of James the Pretender (whose father,
: King James VII/II, got deposed from the
: British throne during the Glorious
: Revolution).
:
: Any other examples? I'm sure there must be
: lots -- just as there have been numerous
: royal women who took up religious life.
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