Infanta Maria Francisca, Duchess of Coimbra
| Infanta Maria Francisca | |
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| Duchess of Coimbra | |
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| Born | 3 March 1997 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Spouse | |
| Full name | |
| Maria Francisca Isabel Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Paula de Bragança | |
| House | Braganza |
| Father | Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza |
| Mother | Isabel de Herédia |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Dona Maria Francisca, Duchess of Coimbra (born 3 March 1997) is a member of the Portuguese royal family, as the daughter of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza and Isabel, Duchess of Braganza, being third in the line of succession to the Portuguese throne.
Titles
3 March 1997-4 July 2018 Her Highness Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal
4 July 2018 Her Highness The Duchess of Coimbra
Life[edit]
Maria Francisca was born on 3 March 1997, in Lisbon, as the second child of D. Duarte Pio and D. Isabel, 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, her older brother, D. Afonso, Prince of Beira, and her younger brother, Infante D. Dinis, Duke of Porto.
Her godparents are her paternal uncle Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra, and her second cousin Princess Marie d'Orléans.
On 4 July 2018, feast day of St. Elizabeth of Portugal, Infanta Maria Francisca was created Duchess of Coimbra by her father, the Duke of Braganza, in a ceremony that took place in the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Nova, Coimbra, therefore succeeding her deceased uncle, Infante Henrique.[1] At the same time, she was named a Dame of the Order of St Isabel by her mother, the Duchess of Braganza.[2]
Educataion[edit]
The Duchess of Coimbra studied Social and Cultural Communication in the Catholic University of Portugal.[3]
Engagement[edit]
On 15 December 2022 the Duke and Duchess of Braganza announced Infanta Maria Francisca's engagement with Duarte de Sousa Araújo Martins (b. 1992). The couple became engaged in East Timor earlier in the month.[4]
On 19 May 2023, Infanta Maria Francisca's parents announced her wedding will take place on 7 October 2023 at the Jerónimos Monastery in Lisbon.[5]
Ancestry[edit]
| 8. Miguel Januário, Duke of Braganza | |||||||||||||||
| 4. Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza | |||||||||||||||
| 9. Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg | |||||||||||||||
| 2. Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza | |||||||||||||||
| 10. Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará | |||||||||||||||
| 5. Princess Maria Francisca of Orléans-Braganza | |||||||||||||||
| 11. Countess Elisabeth Dobrzensky of Dobrzenicz | |||||||||||||||
| 1. Infanta Maria Francisca, Duchess of Coimbra | |||||||||||||||
| 12. D. Sebastião de Freitas Branco de Herédia | |||||||||||||||
| 6. D. Jorge de Herédia | |||||||||||||||
| 13. Maria Isabel da Glória Brotas Cardoso | |||||||||||||||
| 3. D. Isabel Inês Castro Curvello de Herédia | |||||||||||||||
| 14. Leonel de Castro Curvello | |||||||||||||||
| 7. Raquel Leonor Pinheiro Curvello | |||||||||||||||
| 15. Beatriz da Graça Fernandes Pinheiro | |||||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ↑ "Aos 21 anos e cada vez mais bonita, Maria Francisca de Bragança já é duquesa!". Flash! (in Portuguese). 5 July 2018
- ↑ [1] "Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal proclaimed Duchess of Coimbra". Royal Central.
- ↑ Manha, Correio da. "Duquesa de Coimbra elogiada pela imprensa internacional" (in Portuguese).
- ↑ Infanta Maria Francisca, filha dos duques de Bragança, está noiva (15 December 2022). Expresso
- ↑ Duques de Bragança anunciam casamento da sua filha, a Infanta D. Maria Francisca (19 May 2023)