Infanta Francisca Josefa of Portugal
| Francisca Josefa | |
|---|---|
| File:Infanta D. Francisca Josefa filha do Rei D. Pedro II e irmã do Rei D. João V.jpg | |
| Born | 30 January 1699 Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Died | 15 July 1736 (aged 37) Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Burial | Pantheon of the House of Braganza, Lisbon, Portugal |
| House | Braganza |
| Father | Peter II of Portugal |
| Mother | Maria Sophia of Neuburg |
Infanta Francisca Josefa Maria Xaviera[1](Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɐ̃ˈsiʃkɐ ʒuˈzɛfɐ]; English: Frances Josepha) (30 January 1699 – 15 July 1736) was a Portuguese infanta (princess) and the last of eight children of King Peter II of Portugal and his second wife Marie Sophie of Neuburg.
Francisca Josefa was born and died in Lisbon. Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia was proposed as a possible marriage for the infanta in 1720–21, but nothing came of it. She never married nor had issue and she died when she was 37 years old. She is buried at the Royal Pantheon of the Braganza Dynasty.
Ancestry
- Ancestors of Infanta Francisca Josefa of Portugal[2]
- 8. Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza
- 4. John IV of Portugal
- 9. Ana de Velasco y Girón
- 2. Peter II of Portugal
- 10. Manuel, 8th Duke of Medina Sidonia
- 5. Luisa de Guzmán
- 11. Juana de Sandoval y de la Cerda
- 1. Francisca Josefa of Braganza
- 12. Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg
- 6. Philip William, Elector Palatine
- 13. Magdalene of Bavaria
- 3. Maria Sophia of Neuburg
- 14. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
- 7. Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
- 15. Sophia Eleonore of Saxony
References
- Back to citation "Francisca Josefa of Portugal de Bragança". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- Back to citation Ammon, Christoph Heinrich von (1768). Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans, reduite en 114 tables... (in French). Aux Depens de L'Auteur, Se Vend Chez Etienne de Bourdeaux. p. 13.