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.
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Born | 30 January 1699 Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Portugal |
Died | 15 July 1736 Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Portugal | (aged 37)
Burial | Pantheon of the House of Braganza, Lisbon, Portugal |
House | Braganza |
Father | Peter II of Portugal |
Mother | Maria Sophia 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.
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Bibliography
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edit- ^ "Francisca Josefa of Portugal de Bragança". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2010.