Princess Francisca of Brazil Royalty

Dona Francisca (2 August 1824 – 27 March 1898) was a princess of the Empire of Brazil. She was a daughter of Emperor Dom Pedro I, who also reigned as King Dom Pedro IV of Portugal, and his first wife Dona Maria Leopoldina. She married a son of Louis Philippe I and had three children. Through her only surviving daughter, she is an ancestor of Prince Henri, Count of Paris, the present Orléanist pretender to the French throne.

Personal facts

Princess Francisca of Brazil
Birth dateAugust 02, 1824
Birth place
Brazil , Rio de Janeiro , Empire of Brazil , Paço de São Cristóvão
Date of deathMarch 27, 1898
Resting place
Dreux , Chapelle royale de Dreux
Parents
Maria Leopoldina of Austria
Pedro I of Brazil
Spouse
François d'Orléans Prince of Joinville
TitlePrincess of Joinville

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