Princess Francisca of Brazil

Francisca of Brazil
Princess of Joinville
Born(1824-08-02)2 August 1824
Palace of São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil
Died27 March 1898(1898-03-27) (aged 73)
Paris, France
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1843)
Issue
Detail
Names
Portuguese: Francisca Carolina Joana Carlota Leopoldina Romana Xavier de Paula Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga
French: Françoise Caroline Jeanne Charlotte Léopoldine Romane Xavier de Pauline Michelle Gabrielle Raphaëlle Gonzague
HouseBraganza
FatherPedro I of Brazil
MotherMaria Leopoldina of Austria
SignatureCursive signature in ink

Dona Francisca (2 August 1824 – 27 March 1898) was a princess of the Empire of Brazil (as daughter of Emperor Dom Pedro I, who also reigned as King Dom Pedro IV of Portugal, and his first wife Maria Leopoldina of Habsburg), who became Princess of Joinville upon marrying François d’Orléans, son of the French king Louis Philippe I. The couple had three children. Through their oldest daughter, Francisca and François are the ancestors of Jean, Count of Paris, the present Orléanist pretender to the French throne.