Princess Francisca of Brazil
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Dona Francisca was a princess of the Empire of Brazil, who became Princess of Joinville upon marrying François d’Orléans, son of the French king Louis Philippe I. The couple had three children. Throug
Photograph by Ludwig Angerer, around 1865
Francisca of Brazil, Princess of Joinville, 1850s. Painting by Franz Xaver Winterhalter
Tomb of Princess Francisca in the Royal Chapel of Dreux
Francisca with her siblings, Pedro II and Januária in 1839.
François d'Orléans, Prince de Joinville was the third son of Louis Philippe, King of the French, and his wife Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily. An admiral of the French Navy, François was famous for
Princess Francisca of Brazil
…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…
François d'Orléans, prince de Joinville, Jacottin
Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1843
Photograph of François
François d'Orléans (second from right) with staff and dignitaries of General McClellan (center), during the American Civil War