Infanta Doroteia of Portugal

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The Infanta Doroteia (Portuguese pronunciation: [duɾuˈtɐiɐ]; Maria Francisca Doroteia de Bragança; English: Mary Frances Dorothea of Braganza) was a Portuguese infanta (princess) daughter of King Joseph I of Portugal and his wife Infanta Mariana Victoria of Spain.

Doroteia was born on September 21, 1739 in Lisbon and was the third of four daughters of King Joseph. She was named after her great-grandmother, Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg. She died in Lisbon on January 14, 1771 and her body was moved to the national pantheon in the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora in Lisbon.