Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal (b. 1997)

Maria Francisca
Infanta of Portugal
Born (1997-03-03) 3 March 1997
Lisbon, Portuguese Republic
Full name
Maria Francisca Isabel Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Paula
House Braganza
Father D. Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza
Mother D. Isabel Inês de Castro Curvello de Herédia
Religion Roman Catholic

D. Infanta Maria Francisca (born 3 March 1997) is an Infanta of Portugal as a member of the Portuguese Royal Family. The second child of D. Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, the current pretender to the defunct throne of Portugal, and D. Isabel de Castro Curvello de Herédia, Infanta Maria Francisca is third in the Line of succession to the former Portuguese throne, after her two brothers, D. Afonso, Prince of Beira and Infante D. Diniz, Duke of Porto.

Life

Maria Francisca Isabel Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Paula was born on 3 March 1997, in Lisbon, as the second child of D. Duarte Pio and D. Isabel Inês, Duke and Duchess of Braganza. She is third in the line of succession to the throne of the deposed Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves, being after her father, Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, her older brother, D. Afonso, Prince of Beira, and her younger brother Infante D. Diniz, Duke of Porto.

Her godparents are her paternal uncle Infante D. Henrique, Duke of Coimbra and her second cousin Princess Marie of Liechtenstein.

Portuguese Royal Family

HRH The Duke of Braganza
HRH The Duchess of Braganza


HH The Duke of Viseu


HH The Duke of Coimbra

Titles, honours, and styles

Titles and styles

Infante Maria Francisca's styling as an Infanta of Portugal:

Ancestry

References

  1. http://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00425675&tree=LEO
Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal (b. 1997)
Cadet branch of the House of Aviz
Born: 3 March 1997
Lines of succession
Preceded by
Infante Dinis, Duke of Porto
Line of succession to the former Portuguese throne
3rd position
Succeeded by
Infante Miguel, Duke of Viseu


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