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| Born | (1824-08-02)2 August 1824 Palace of São Cristóvão,Rio de Janeiro,Empire of Brazil | ||||
| Died | 27 March 1898(1898-03-27) (aged 73) Paris,France | ||||
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| House | Braganza | ||||
| Father | Pedro I of Brazil | ||||
| Mother | Maria Leopoldina of Austria | ||||
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DonaFrancisca (2 August 1824 – 27 March 1898) was a princess of theEmpire of Brazil (as daughter of EmperorDomPedro I, who also reigned as King Dom Pedro IV ofPortugal, and his first wifeMaria Leopoldina of Habsburg), who becamePrincess of Joinville upon marryingFrançois d’Orléans, son of theFrench kingLouis Philippe I. The couple had three children. Through their oldest daughter, Francisca and François are the ancestors ofJean, Count of Paris, the presentOrléanist pretender to the French throne.
Francisca was born on 2 August 1824 in thePalace of São Cristóvão, inRio de Janeiro, capital of theEmpire of Brazil. Her name in full was Francisca Carolina Joana Carlota Leopoldina Romana Xavier de Paula Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga.[1] Through her father, EmperorDomPedro I, she was a member of the Brazilian branch of theHouse of Braganza (Portuguese:Bragança) and was referred to using the honorific "Dona" (Lady) from birth.[2] Her mother was the ArchduchessMaria Leopoldina of Austria, daughter ofFranz II, the lastHoly Roman Emperor. Through her, Francisca was a niece ofNapoleon Bonaparte and first cousin of EmperorsNapoleon II of France,Franz Joseph I (Francis Joseph I) ofAustria-Hungary andDonMaximiliano I (Maximilian I) ofMexico.[3]
Francisca marriedPrince François of Orléans, the third son ofLouis Philippe I and his ItalianQueenMaria Amalia of Naples. François called the Prince of Joinville, and Francisca married inRio de Janeiro on 1 May 1843. The bride was 19, the groom 25. Her portrait was painted when she arrived in Paris, in 1844, byAry Scheffer (coll.Musée de la Vie romantique, Paris).
Their only daughterPrincess Françoise of Orléans married her first cousinPrince Robert, Duke of Chartres and became the mother of the Orléanist pretenderPrince Jean, Duke of Guise. Her son Pierre never married, but had two illegitimate children by a married woman.
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When the Orléans family fled France, they settled in England living atClaremont; It was there that Francisca gave birth to a stillborn daughter in 1849; the next year, the exiled King Louis Philippe I died himself. After the fall of theHouse of Bonaparte of theSecond Empire, the Orléans family returned to France; Francisca herself died in Paris aged 73. By the end of her life, she was very deaf.[4] Her husband outlived her by two years, dying in Paris in 1900.
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