Franziska of Brazil
Franziska von Brazil , baptismal name: Dona Francisca Carolina Joana Leopoldina Romana Xavier de Paula Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Gonzaga de Bragança e Áustria , (born August 2, 1824 in Rio de Janeiro ; † March 27, 1898 in Paris ) was a princess of Brazil and an infanta from Portugal .
Life
Franziska was the daughter of the first emperor of Brazil and later king of Portugal Peter I./IV. and the Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria .
She married on May 1, 1843 in Rio de Janeiro with the French prince François d'Orléans, prince de Joinville , a son of King Ludwig Philip I and his wife Maria Amalia of Naples-Sicily . Princess Franziska died in Paris at the age of 73.
The city of Dona Francisca , founded in 1851 in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina , was named after her. The following year the city was renamed Joinville in honor of her husband.
progeny
- Françoise d'Orléans , Princess of France (* 1844, † 1925)
- Pierre d'Orléans, duc de Penthièvre (* 1845, † 1919)
- Son (* / † 1849)
literature
- Victorine Emilie de Langsdorff: O Diário da Viagem de D. Francisca de Bragança. A "Bela Chica", Alteza Imperial do Brasil, Infanta de Portugal e Princesa Real de França . Aletheia, Lisbon 2006, ISBN 989-622-040-9 .
- Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd (Ed.): Burke's Royal Families of the World. Volume 1: Europe & Latin America . Burke's Peerage, London 1977, p. 49.
Web links
- Dias Lopes: A princesa ea sopa de papagaio (Portuguese)
- Franziska Caroline de Bragança, Infanta de Portugal e Brasil on thepeerage.com , accessed on September 11, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ H. Montgomery-Massingberd (Ed.): Burke's Royal Families of the World. Volume 1 , p. 49.
- ^ H. Montgomery-Massingberd (Ed.): Burke's Royal Families of the World. Volume 1 , p. 92.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Franziska of Brazil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Joinville, Françoise de; Gonzaga de Bragança, Francisca Carolina Joana Leopoldina Romana Xavier de Paula Micaela Rafaela Gabriela |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Infanta of Portugal and Brazil |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 2, 1824 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rio de Janeiro |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 1898 |
| Place of death | Paris |