Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal

Infanta Maria Francisca
Countess of Molina
Born (1800-04-22)22 April 1800
Queluz Palace, Kingdom of Portugal
Died 4 September 1834(1834-09-04) (aged 34)
Alverstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Spouse Infante Carlos, Count of Molina
Issue Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin
Infante Juan, Count of Montizón
Infante Fernando
Full name
Maria Francisca de Assis da Maternidade Xavier de Paula e de Alcântara Antónia Joaquina Gonzaga Carlota Mónica Senhorinha Sotera e Caia de Bourbon e Bragança
House House of Braganza
Father John VI of Portugal and Brazil
Mother Carlota Joaquina of Spain
Religion Roman Catholicism

Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal (or of Bragança; Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐˈɾiɐ fɾɐ̃ˈsiʃkɐ]; English: Mary Frances; full name: Maria Francisca de Assis da Maternidade Xavier de Paula e de Alcântara Antónia Joaquina Gonzaga Carlota Mónica Senhorinha Sotera e Caia de Bourbon e Bragança; 22 April 1800 – 4 September 1834) was a Portuguese infanta (princess) daughter of King John VI of Portugal and his spouse Carlota Joaquina of Spain.

Biography

Maria was born in Queluz, Portugal. On 22 September 1816 in Madrid, she married her uncle Infante Carlos Maria Isidro of Spain, "Count of Molina". The couple had three children:

In 1833, Maria Francisca, her husband and children were exiled from Spain because they refused to recognize Isabella II as heiress to the Spanish throne. They went first to Portugal and then to Alverstoke, Hampshire, UK. While in Hampshire, Maria became ill and died on 4 September 1834.

A crowd of several thousand were known to have visited the village to pay their respects as her body lay at the rectory of St Mary's Gosport, where her funeral was held and a marble stone honours her memory. [1] Although initially interred in St Mary's Catholic Church Gosport, Maria Francisca's remains were later transferred to Trieste Cathedral in Italy, for burial at the Royal Pantheon of the Braganza Dynasty.

Four years after her death, Carlos remarried, to Maria Francisca's own sister Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira.

Ancestry

References

  1. ↑ "Carlist Queen Maria Francisca of Spain". St Mary's Catholic Parish.
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