Dona Maria Francisca de Orléans e Bragança, Duchess of Braganza was the wife of Duarte Nuno de Bragança, a pretender to the Portuguese throne, and the daughter of Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, pretender to the throne of the Empire of Brazil. The Duke and Duchess had three sons, the eldest of whom, Duarte Pio de Bragança, is the current pretender to the throne of Portugal.