Dom Duarte Nuno (1907-1976) and Dona Maria Francisca, Duke and Duchess of Bragança‏

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Dom Duarte Nuno (Duarte Nuno Fernando Maria Miguel Gabriel Rafael Francisco Xavier Raimundo António de Bragança) was born in September 23, 1907 and died in December 24, 1976. He was a claimant to the Throne of Portugal from 1920 until his death.

He was born at Schloss Seebenstein in Austria, as the son of Miguel II, Duke of Braganza and of his second wife, Princess Marie Therese of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. Duarte Nuno had two older half-brothers and eight sisters.

On October 15, 1942, in the Cathedral of Petropolis in Brazil, Duarte Nuno married Princess Maria Francisca of Orleans-Braganza (September 8 1914; January 15, 1968).

The marriage was particularly popular since Maria Francisca was the great-granddaughter of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil, the younger brother of Queen Maria II of Portugal. The marriage thus united the two rival lines of the Portuguese royal family. Maria Francisca and her family were also viewed as representatives of a liberal monarchy as opposed to the traditional conservatism of Duarte Nuno’s family.

Duarte Nuno and Maria Francisca had three sons:

* Duarte Pio, thecurrent Duke of Braganza (born 1945).
* Miguel, 7th Duke of Viseu (born 1946).
* Henrique, 4th Duke of Coimbra (born 1949).