Infanta Francisca Josefa of Portugal
Portuguese infanta (1699–1736)
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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.
Born30 January 1699
Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Portugal
Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Portugal
Died15 July 1736 (aged 37)
Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Portugal
Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Portugal
Burial
Pantheon of the House of Braganza, Lisbon, Portugal
| Francisca Josefa | |
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| Born | 30 January 1699 Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Died | 15 July 1736 (aged 37) Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Portugal |
| 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.
Ancestry
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