Infante Francis, Duke of Beja
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The Infante Francis, 7th Duke of Beja (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɐ̃ˈsiʃku]; Francisco Xavier José António Bento Urbano; English: Francis Xavier Joseph Anthony Bennedict Urban) was a Portuguese infante (prince) son of Peter II, King of Portugal and his second wife Maria Sofia of the Palatinate.
Francis was born on May 25, 1691 in Lisbon. He was given the Duchy of Beja and was made Grand-Prior of Crato and Lord of the Infantado. Plans for him to marry Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria sister of Queen Maria Anna failed in the early stages.
He died unmarried and without legitimate issue (in spite of two illegitimate children from Mariana da Silveira) on July 21, 1742 at the Quinta das Gaeiras in Óbidos. He is buried at the Royal Pantheon of the Braganza Dynasty in Lisbon.
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