She was a Portuguese infanta (princess) daughter of John VI, King of Portugal, and his wife, Infanta Carlota Joaquina of Spain. She married her uncle Infante Carlos Maria Isidro of Spain, Conde de 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, England. She died one year later. Carlos remarried, to Maria Francisca's own sister Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira.
(also known as Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal)
Maria Francisca, her husband and children were exiled from Spain in 1833 because they refused to recognize Isabella II as heiress to the Spanish throne. They went first to Portugal and then to Alverstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom, where she died one year later. A crowd of several thousand were known to have visited the village to pay their respects as her body lay at the rectory awaiting 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.
Although initially interred in Gosport Catholic Church, Maria Francisca's remains were later transferred to Trieste Cathedral in Italy, next to those of her husband and children.
(also known as Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal)
Maria Francisca, her husband and children were exiled from Spain in 1833 because they refused to recognize Isabella II as heiress to the Spanish throne. They went first to Portugal and then to Alverstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom, where she died one year later. A crowd of several thousand were known to have visited the village to pay their respects as her body lay at the rectory awaiting 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.
Although initially interred in Gosport Catholic Church, Maria Francisca's remains were later transferred to Trieste Cathedral in Italy, next to those of her husband and children.
She was a Portuguese infanta (princess) daughter of John VI, King of Portugal, and his wife, Infanta Carlota Joaquina of Spain. She married her uncle Infante Carlos Maria Isidro of Spain, Conde de 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, England. She died one year later. Carlos remarried, to Maria Francisca's own sister Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira.
(also known as Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal)
Maria Francisca, her husband and children were exiled from Spain in 1833 because they refused to recognize Isabella II as heiress to the Spanish throne. They went first to Portugal and then to Alverstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom, where she died one year later. A crowd of several thousand were known to have visited the village to pay their respects as her body lay at the rectory awaiting 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.
Although initially interred in Gosport Catholic Church, Maria Francisca's remains were later transferred to Trieste Cathedral in Italy, next to those of her husband and children.
(also known as Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal)
Maria Francisca, her husband and children were exiled from Spain in 1833 because they refused to recognize Isabella II as heiress to the Spanish throne. They went first to Portugal and then to Alverstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom, where she died one year later. A crowd of several thousand were known to have visited the village to pay their respects as her body lay at the rectory awaiting 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.
Although initially interred in Gosport Catholic Church, Maria Francisca's remains were later transferred to Trieste Cathedral in Italy, next to those of her husband and children.
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