Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal

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Dona Maria Francisca de Bragança

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

She was married in 1816 to Infante Carlos Maria Isidro of Spain and died in 1834. The couple had three children:

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

She is buried at the Catholic Church of Gosport, England.