Francisca Duarte

Francisca Duarte (Antwerp, 1595 – , 1640) was a Portuguese singer. She was active as a court singer at the court of the governor in the Spanish Netherlands. She was the daughter of the banker and jeweler Diego Duarte (1545? -1628) and Leonora Duarte Rodrigues (1565? -1632?), Jewish converts to Catholicism who emigrated from Portugal to the Spanish Netherlands, and married Francisco Ferdinand du Pas (1586-1646) in 1613.

Francisca Duarte

Francisca Duarte (Antwerp, 1595 – , 1640) was a Portuguese singer. She was active as a court singer at the court of the governor in the Spanish Netherlands. She was the daughter of the banker and jeweler Diego Duarte (1545? -1628) and Leonora Duarte Rodrigues (1565? -1632?), Jewish converts to Catholicism who emigrated from Portugal to the Spanish Netherlands, and married Francisco Ferdinand du Pas (1586-1646) in 1613.