Background
She was the seventh of eight children of João Agostinho de Freitas Brito Figueiroa e Albuquerque (Funchal, Santa Maria Maior, 14 June 1793 - London, 27 October 1862), Successor in many Majorats, Colonel of Auxiliary Artillery, 372nd Commander of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (14 April 1852), and wife (m Machico, Porto da Cruz, 1811) Carlota Amália de Ornelas e Vasconcelos (Funchal, Santa Maria Maior, 2 June 1797 - Funchal, São Pedro, 15 October 1860), sister of the..th Lord of the Majorat and 1st Baron of São Pedro.