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Princess Francisca, Duchess of Braganza

Eu, 8 Sep 1914 – Lisbon, 15 Jan 1968

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Facts and their sources

A life in time

  1. 8 Sep 1914

    Born in Eu

  2. 1945–1949

    3 children are born

  3. 15 Jan 1968

    Dies in Lisbon, aged 53

Family

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Parents

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Children · 3

During her lifetime

She lived through 6 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Eu.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1910s · Princess is born in Eu

Who governed

In the news1918–1920

Spanish Flu Pandemic

Between 1918 and 1920, the Spanish flu pandemic killed an estimated 100,000 people in Portugal.

Music

Instruments of the Paris Bal Musette

In the early 20th century, the cabrette, a small bagpipe, was the signature instrument of Parisian bal musette, but it was gradually joined or replaced by the accordion introduced by Italian immigrants.

The First World War. From 1914 to 1918 the great powers fought in trenches across Europe and beyond; some 20 million people died. Brazil joined the Allies in 1917.Around the world · 1914–1918

The First World War. From 1914 to 1918 the great powers fought in trenches across Europe and beyond; some 20 million people died. Brazil joined the Allies in 1917.

Collection DocAnciens/docpix.fr · public domain

Daily life

Lighting, water, and cooking at home

In 1900, many families still used oil lamps for lighting and drew water from communal pumps or wells, while city apartments often featured small charcoal furnaces for cooking at a low cost.

In the news1917

Wartime Food Shortages and Riots

During World War I, Portugal faced severe food shortages leading to the 1917 potato revolt and high inflation.

What people wore

Alsatian folk dress used on political parades

In Alsace, traditional Tracht was tied to religious occasions like weddings and first communions, but it later became common at political rallies; when Kaiser Wilhelm II visited Strasbourg in 1877, women were greeted in Tracht. The text also describes how the costume’s symbolism shifted with politics over the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Getting around

Train vendors moved between carriages via footboards

Traveling by train was often an adventure, with vendors known as swallows selling goods like perfume and cognac while moving between compartments via exterior footboards.