Person
Dona Maria Francisca was a member of the House of Orléans-Braganza and the wife of Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, the pretender to the Portuguese throne. She was the daughter of Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, head of the Petrópolis line of the House of Orléans-Braganza. She married Duarte Nuno in 1942, a union that was seen as a reconciliation between the two branches of the Portuguese Royal House. Together they had three sons, the eldest of whom, Duarte Pio, is the current pretender to the throne.
