| Infante Francisco | |
| Duke of Beja | |
| House: | House of Braganza |
| Father: | Pedro II of Portugal |
| Mother: | Maria Sofia of the Palatinate |
| Birth Date: | 25 May 1691 |
| Birth Place: | Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal |
| Death Place: | Óbidos, Kingdom of Portugal |
| Issue: | Pedro of Braganza João da Bemposta |
| Burial Place: | Royal Pantheon of the Braganza Dynasty |
| Full Name: | Francisco Xavier José António Bento Urbano |
Infante Francisco, Duke of Beja[1] (pronounced as /pt/) (Lisbon, 25 May 1691 – Lisbon, 21 July 1742) was a Portuguese infante (prince) son of Peter II, King of Portugal, and his second wife, Maria Sofia of the Palatinate.
Francisco Xavier José António Bento Urbano was born on 25 May 1691 in Lisbon. He was given the Duchy of Beja and was made Grand-Prior of Crato and Lord of the Infantado. Plans for him to marry Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria sister of Queen Maria Anna failed in the early stages.
Responding to a request by Pope Clement XI to aid in the fight against the Turks, in 1716, King John V of Portugal (Infante Francisco's brother) sent a fleet of Portuguese ships to aid Venice and Austria in their fights against the Turks, led by the Count of Rio Grande, the Count of São Vicente and by the Duke of Beja.
He died unmarried and without legitimate issue on 21 July 1742 at the Quinta das Gaeiras in Óbidos. He is buried at the Royal Pantheon of the Braganza Dynasty in Lisbon.
He had two natural children with Mariana Silveira, a nun, who died during the 1755 Lisbon earthquake: