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The Bragança Dynasty
GENEALOGY
[1891 - 1921] H.I.H.
Princess Senhora Dona Isabel Cristina Leopoldina Augusta
Michaela Gabriela Raphaela Gonzaga, Princess Imperial of
Brazil. b. at the Palace of São Cristóvão,
Quinta de Boa Vista, Rio de Janeiro, 29th June
1846, eldest daughter and heiress of H.M. Senhor Dom
Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, KG, by his wife, H.M.
Empress Senhora Dona Thereza, educ. privately.
Heiress Presumptive with the title of Princess
Imperial of Brazil with the style of Her
Imperial Highness 11th June 1847 to 19th
July 1848, and from 10th January 1850 to 5th
December 1891. Regent of the Empire 25th May
1871-31st March 1872, 20th March-28th
September 1876, 30th June 1887-22nd August
1888, when she signed the decree for the abolition of
slavery, 13th May 1888, which freed 700,000
souls and earned her the epiphet A Redentora or
'the redemptress'. Succeeded her father as Head of the
Imperial House of Brazil and as Grand Mistress of the
Imperial Orders of Dom Pedro I, the Cross of Brazil, and
of the Rose, 5th December 1891. Rcvd:
GC of the Orders of Christ, St Benedict of Aviz and St
James of the Sword of Brazil, Dame of the Orders of St
Isabel of Portugal, the Starry Cross of Austria and Maria
Luísa of Spain, DC of the Sovereign Military Order of
Malta, and recipient of the Papal Golden Rose. m.
at the Cathedral of de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Rio de
Janeiro, 15th October 1864, Marshal H.R.H.
Prince Senhor Dom Luiz Filippe Maria Fernando Gastão de
Orléans e Saxe-Coburgo, Prince of Brazil, Count d'Eu (b.
at Neuilly-sur-Siene, 28th April 1842; d.
at sea on board the Massilia when returning to Brazil to
celebrate the centenary of independence, 28th
August 1922, bur. at the Orléans Mausoleum, Royal
Chapel of St Louis, Dreaux, France, and reburied at the
Imperial Mausoleum, Cathedral of São Pedro de
Alcântara, Petrópolis, Brazil, 12th May
1971), educ. at the Artillery Officers's Coll.,
Segovia, cmsnd 18th Regt. of Cav.
"Caçadores de Albuera", Royal Spanish Army
22/12/1859, served in the Spanish-Moroccan War 1859-1860,
trsnf. 19th Regt. of Cavalry "Princess's
Hussars" 11/1/1860, prom. Lieut. 24/3/1860, prom.
Capt. of Cav. 6/4/1863, Lieut. 5th Regt. of
Artillery 7/4/1863, transf. 3rd Regt. of
Artillery 29/8/1863, resig. 26/11/1863, appointed to the
Brazilian service as Marshal of the Army 15/10/1864,
Cmdt-Gen. of the Artillery 19/11/1865, Counsillor of
State 6/7/1870 all until 15/11/1889, served in the
Uruguay campaign 1865-1866, and as C-in-C Paraguay
campaign 22/3/1869-15/3/1870, rcvd: GC of t he
Imperial Orders of Dom Pedro I (15.10.1864), Cross
(2.9.1864), and of the Rose (15.10.1864), and the
Military Orders of Christ (15.10.1864), St Benedict of
Aviz (15.10.1864) and St James of the Sword (15.10.1864),
the Medal of Military Merit (20.2.1869 ) , and the medals
for the Paraguay and Uruguay campaigns of Brazil, Knt. of
the Orders of the Golden Fleece of Spain (1881), and St
Hubert of Bavaria (1868), GC of the Ducal Saxe-Ernestine
House Order (1865), and the Orders of Carlos III of Spain
(4.1.1865 ) , the Tower & Sword for Valour, Loyalty
& Merit (25.1.1865), and the United Military Orders
of Christ and St Benedict of Aviz (3.7.1865) of Portugal,
the Royal Hungarian Order of St Stephen (1865), the
Orders of the Mexican Eagle (10.3.1865), Leopold of B
elgium (mil.) (3.2.1868), Legion of Honour of France
(1879), and the Rising Sun of Japan, Knt. 1st class
of the Order of St Ferdinand (6.2.1860), and the African
War Medal (12.2.1861) of Spain, elder son of
Lieutenant-General H.R.H. Prince Louis Charles Philippe
Raphael d'Orléans, Duke de Nemours, by his wife H.R.H.
Princess Victoire Françeoise Antionette Julienne Louise
d'Orléans, Duchess de Nemours, née Princess of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony, only daughter
of General of Cavalry H.H. Duke Ferdi nand Georg August
of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, GCB, GCH. She d.
at Château d'Eu, France, 14th November 1921 (bur.
at the Orléans Mausoleum, Royal Chapel of St Louis,
Dreaux, France, and reburied at the Imperial Mausoleum,
Cathedral of São Pedro de Alcântara, Petrópolis,
Brazil, 12th May 1971), having had issue,
three sons and one daughter (recognised as Princes and
Princesses of Orléans-Bragança, while in exile, 26th
April 1909):- 1)
H.I.H. Prince Senhor Dom Pedro de Alcântara Luiz
Philippe Maria Gastão Miguel Gabriel Raphael
Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança, Prince of
Brazil, Prince of Orléans-Braganza. b. at
Petrópolis, 15th October 1875, educ.
Renounced all his rights to the Imperial throne
of Brazil for himself and his descendants at
Cannes, France 30th October 1908 but
permitted to retain his styles and titles for
life. Styled Prince of Grão Pará 15th
October 1875 to 30th October 1908.
Cmsnd. into the Austro-Hungarian Army as Lieut. 4th
Regt. of Uhlans "The Emperor's", Capt.
(reserve). Rcvd: GC of the Orders of Dom
Pedro I, Cross of Brazil, and of the Rose of
Brazil, and 1st class Order of the Rising Sun of
Japan. m. at Versailles, France, 14th
November 1908, Maria Elisabeth Adelheid Theresia
[H.R.H. Princess Senhora Dona Maria Elisabeth
Adelheid Theresia de Orléans e Bragança] (b.
at Chötebor, Bohemia, 7th December
1875; d. at Sintra, Portugal, 11th
June 1951), rcvd: Dame of the Order of the
Starry Cross of Austria, daughter of Johann
Wenzel, Count Dobrzensky de Dobrzenicz, of
Chötebor, Dobkau, Nemojov, and Nejepin, etc.,
sometime Member of the Austrian House of Lords,
by his wife, Countess Alsbietta, eldest daughter
of Josef, Count Kottulinsky, Baron de Kottulin,
Krzizkowitz und Dobrzenicz, sometime Imperial and
Royal Chamberlain. He d. at Grão Pará
Palace, Pétropolis, 29th January 1940
(bur. there at the Imperial Mausoleum,
Cathedral of São Pedro de Alcântara), having
had issue, two sons and three daughters:
- a)
H.I.R.H. Prince Senhor Dom Pedro de
Alcántara Gastão João Maria Felipe
Lourenço Humberto Miguel Gabriel Raphael
Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança, Prince
of Orléans-Braganza [Dom Pedro Gastão].
b. at the Château d'Eu, France,
19th February 1913, educ.
Assumed the headship of the Imperial
House of Brazil together with style of Imperial
and Royal Highness and the Grand
Mastership of the Imperial Orders of Dom
Pedro I, Cross of Brazil, and of the
Rose, in contravention of his father's
renunciation, 1946. Rcvd: Knt. of
the Order of San Januarius of Sicily
(1960), GC of the Orders of Christ of
Portugal, and the Redeemer of Greece,
Bailiff GC of Justice with collar of the
Constantinian Order of St George,
Sovereign Order of Malta (1966), and Real
Maestranza de Caballeria de Seville. m.
at the Cathedral of Santa María de la
Sede, Seville, Andalucia, Spain, 18th
December 1944, H.R.H. Senhora Dona
Maria de la Esperanza Amália
Raniera Maria del Rocío Luisa Gonzagade
Borbón e Borbón, Princess Consort of
Brazil, Princess of Orléans-Braganza (b.
at Madrid, Spain, 14th June
1914; d. at the Palace of
Villamanrique de la Condesa, Seville,
Andalucia, Spain, 8th August
2005, bur. there in the
Tabernacle Chapel, Church of Santa María
Magdalena), née Infanta of Spain,
Princess Bórbon of the Two Sicilies, educ.
Coll. de las Irlandesas de Castilleja de
la Cuesta, rcvd: GC of Justice of
the Constantinian Order of St George,
fourth daughter of Captain-General H.R.H.
The Serene Señor Don Carlos
Maria Francisco d'Asissi Pascuale
Fernando António de Padova Francisco de
Paola Alfonso Andrea Avelino Tancredo de
Borbón y Borbón, Infant of Spain,
Prince Bórbon of the Two Sicilies, GCB,
GCVO, by his second wife, H.R.H. The
Serene Señora Princess Dona Luisa
Francisca Maria Laura de Orléans y
Bórdon, Infanta of Spain, Princess
Bórbon of the Two Sicilies, née
Princess d'Orléans, fourth daughter of
H.R.H. Prince Louis Philippe Albert of
Orléans, Count of Paris, Head of the
Royal House of France. He had issue, four
sons and two daughters:
- i)
H.R.H. Prince Senhor Dom Pedro de
Alcántara Carlos João Lourenço
Miguel Raphael Gabriel Gonzaga de
Orléans e Bragança, Prince of
Orléans-Braganza [Dom Pedro
Carlos]. b. at Rio de
Janeiro, 31st October
1945, educ. Real Estate
Agent in Seville. Rcvd: GC
of the Orders of Dom Pedro I, the
Rose, and Christ, and of the
Constantinian Order of St George.
m. (first) at Petrópolis,
2nd September 1975,
Senhora Dona Rony de Orléans e
Bragança (b. at São
Paulo, 20th March
1938; d. at Petropolis, 14th
January 1979), née Rony de Souza
Kuhn, daughter of Alfredo Kuhn,
by his wife, Maria das Graças
Mercedes, née de Souza. m.
(second) at Fazenda Sào Geraldo,
Paraiba do Sul, 16th
July 1981, Senhora Dona Patricia
Alexandra de Orléans e Bragança
(b. at Petropolis, 22nd
November 1964), née Patricia
Alexandra Brascombe, daughter of
Frank Brascombe, by his wife
Maria, née Braumeyer. He has
issue, two sons by each of his
wives:
- (1) H.R.H. Prince Senhor Dom Pedro Tiago Maria Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gongaza de Orléans e Bragança, Prince of Orléans-Braganza. b. at Petropolis, 12th January 1979 (s/o Rony), educ. Policeman. Rcvd: GC of the Orders of Dom Pedro I and of the Rose.
- (2) H.R.H. Prince Senhor Dom Felipe Rodrigo Alexandre Francisco Cristóvão Miguel Gabriel Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança, Prince of Orléans-Braganza. b. at Brasilia, 31st December 1982 (s/o Patricia), educ. Rcvd: GC of the Orders of Dom Pedro I and of the Rose.
- ii)
H.R.H. Prince Senhor Don Affonso
Duarte Francisco Marcos
Miguel Raphael Gabriel Gonzaga de
Orléans e Bragança, Prince of
Orléans-Braganza. b. at
Grão Pará Palace, Petrópolis,
25th April 1948, educ.
Rcvd: GC of the Imperial
Orders of Dom Pedro I, of the
Rose, and Christ, Knt. of the
Orders of Montesa and and Real
Maestranza de Caballeria de
Sevilla, GC of the Constantinian
Order of St George. m.
(first) at Seville, Spain, 3rd
January 1973 (div. 1998),
Señora Dona Maria Parejo y
Gurruchaga (b. at Seville,
Spain, 13th May 1954),
daughter of Señor Don Isidro
Parejo, by his wife, Señora Dona
Maria Vitória Gurruchaga. m.
(second) at Petrópolis, 19th
November 2002, Senhora Dona
Sylvia Amélia de Orléans e
Bragança (b. at Rio de
Janeiro, 29th July
1953), née Senna de Hungria
Machado, daughter of Senhor Paulo
Eduardo de Hungria Machado, by
his sife, Senhora Sylvia Emília,
née de Melo Franco Denna,
daughter of Senhor Mucio Senna
Filho. He had issue, two
daughters by his first wife:
- (1) H.R.H. Princess Senhora Dona Maria de Orléans e Bragança, Princess of Orléans-Braganza. b. at Seville, Spain, 14th January 1974.
- (2) H.R.H. Princess Senhora Dona Julia Maria de Orléans e Bragança, Princess of Orléans-Braganza. b. at Petrópolis, 18th September 1977.
- iii)
H.R.H. Prince Señor Don Manoel
Álvaro Raineiro Miguel Raphael
Gabriel Gonzaga de Orléans e
Bragança y Borbon, Prince of
Orléans-Braganza. b. at
Grão Pará Palace, Petrópolis,
17th June 1949, educ.
Brazilian Cmnr. EXPO Seville
1992. Rcvd: GC of the
Imperial Orders of Dom Pedro I,
of the Rose, and Christ, Knt. of
the Orders of Montesa and and
Real Maestranza de Caballeria de
Sevilla, GC of the Constantinian
Order of St George. m.
(first) at Malaga, Spain, 12th
December 1977 (div. 1995)
Señora Dona Margarita de
Orléans e Bragança (b.
at Malaga, Spain, 10th
December 1945), daughter of
Señor Oskar Haffner, by his
wife, Señora Linda Lancha y
Pacheco. m. (second) 1995,
Señora Dona Elizabeth de
Orléans e Bragança. He had
issue, two sons and one daughter:
- (1) H.R.H. Prince Señor Don Manuel Maria Afonso de Orléans e Bragança y Haffner, Prince of Orléans-Braganza. b. at Seville, Spain, 7th March 1981 (s/o Dona Margarita).
- (2) another son. b. 1996 (s/o Dona Elizabeth).
- (1) H.R.H. Princess Señora Dona Lúiza Maria Cristina de Orléans e Bragança y Haffner, Princess of Orléans-Braganza. b. 28th July 1978 (d/o Dona Margarita).
- iv)
H.R.H. Prince Senhor Don Francisco
Humberto Miguel Raphael Gabriel
Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança,
Prince of Orléans-Braganza. b.
at Grão Pará Palace,
Petrópolis, 9th
December 1956, educ. Rcvd:
GC of the Orders of Dom Pedro I
and of the Rose. m.(first)
at Petrópolis, 28th
January 1978 (div.),
Senhora Dona Christina de
Orléans e Bragança (b.
at Rio de Janeiro, 14th
January 1953), daughter of
Gaubert Schmidt, by his wife,
Alice Peçanha. m.
(second) (morganatic) at
Petrópolis, 1980, Senhora Dona
Rita de Orléans e Bragança,
née Rita de Cássia Pires. He
has issue, two sons and one
daughter:
- (1) H.R.H. Prince Senhor Dom Francisco Teodoro de Orléans e Bragança, Prince of Orléans-Braganza. b. at Petrópolis, 25th September 1979 (s/o Dona Christina). Rcvd: GC of the Orders of Dom Pedro I and of the Rose.
- (2) Senhor Dom Gabriel Pires de Orléans e Bragança. b. at Petrópolis, 1989 (s/o the second wife).
- (1) Senhora Dona Maria Isabel Pires de Orléans e Bragança. b. at Brasilia, 2nd July 1982 (d/o Dona Christina).
- i)
H.R.H. Princess Senhora Dona Maria
da Glória Henriquetta
Dolores Lúcia Michaela Raphaela
Gabriela Gonzaga de Orléans e
Bragança, Princess of
Orléans-Braganza [H.R.H.
Princess Doña María Da Gloria
de Orléans Braganza y Borbón,
Duchess de Segorbe]. b. at
Grão Pará Palace, Petrópolis,
13th December 1946. m.
(first) at Villamanrique de la
Condesa, Seville, Andalucia,
Spain, 1st July 1972 (div.
at Washington, DC, USA, May 1985)
H.R.H. Alexander, Crown Prince
and Head of the Royal House of
Yugoslavia (b. at
Claridges Hotel, London, 17th
July 1945; m. second, at
London, 20th September
1985, Catherine Clairy Batis),
son of H.M. Peter II, King of
Yugoslavia, GCStJ, by his wife
H.M. Queen Alexandra, the only
daughter of H.M.Alexandros I,
King of the Hellenes, Prince of
Denmark, GCB. m. (second)
at Seville, Spain, 24th
October 1985, H.E. The Most
Excellent Señor Don Ignacio de
Medina y Fernández de Córdoba,
Duke de Segorbe, a Grandee 1st
class of Spain, and Count
de Ampurias (b. at
Seville, Spain, 23rd February
1947), architect, former husband
of Doña Mercedes Maier y
Allende, and third son of The
Most Illustrious Señor Don
Rafael de Medina y Vilallonga, by
his wife, H.E. The Most Excellent
Señora Doña Maria Victoria
Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba y
Fernández de Henestrosa, 18th
Duchess de Medinaceli, de
Camiña, de Ciudad Real, de
Denia, de Tarifa, de Alcalá de
los Gazules, Grandee 1st
class of Spain, etc., daughter of
H.E. The Most Excellent Señor
Don Jusus Maria Fernández de
Córdoba y de Salabert, 17th
Duchess de Medinaceli, etc. She
had issue, three sons by her
first husband, and two daughters
by her second husband:
- (1) Señora Doña Sol María de la Blanca de Medina y Orléans Braganza. b. at New York, USA, 8th August 1986.
- (2) Señora Doña Anna Luna de Medina y Orléans Braganza. b. at New York, USA, 4th May 1988.
- ii)
H.R.H. Princess Senhora Dona Cristina
Maria do Rosário Leopoldina
Michaela Gabriela Raphaela
Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança,
Princess of Orléans-Braganza. b.
at Grão Pará Palace,
Petrópolis, 16th
October 1950. m. (first)
at the private chapel at Grão
Pará Palace, Petrópolis, 16th
May 1980 (div. 1988)
H.S.H. Prince Jan-Pavel Maria
Sapieha-Rozansky (b. at
Warsaw, Poland, 26th
August 1935), former husband of
Claudine Cumberlege, and eldest
son of H.S.H. Prince Jan Andréj
Sapieha-Rozansky, by his wife,
H.S.H. Princess Maria
Sapieha-Rozansky, née
Zdziechowska. m. (second)
at Rio de Janeiro, October 1992 (div.
January 1997) José Carlos Calmon
de Brito. She had issue, two
daughters by her first husband:
- (1) Princess Anna Theresa Sapieha-Rozansky. b. at Petropolis, 25th May 1981.
- (2) Princess Paula Maria Sapieha-Rozansky. b. at London, 26th April 1983.
- i)
H.R.H. Prince Senhor Dom Pedro de
Alcántara Carlos João Lourenço
Miguel Raphael Gabriel Gonzaga de
Orléans e Bragança, Prince of
Orléans-Braganza [Dom Pedro
Carlos]. b. at Rio de
Janeiro, 31st October
1945, educ. Real Estate
Agent in Seville. Rcvd: GC
of the Orders of Dom Pedro I, the
Rose, and Christ, and of the
Constantinian Order of St George.
m. (first) at Petrópolis,
2nd September 1975,
Senhora Dona Rony de Orléans e
Bragança (b. at São
Paulo, 20th March
1938; d. at Petropolis, 14th
January 1979), née Rony de Souza
Kuhn, daughter of Alfredo Kuhn,
by his wife, Maria das Graças
Mercedes, née de Souza. m.
(second) at Fazenda Sào Geraldo,
Paraiba do Sul, 16th
July 1981, Senhora Dona Patricia
Alexandra de Orléans e Bragança
(b. at Petropolis, 22nd
November 1964), née Patricia
Alexandra Brascombe, daughter of
Frank Brascombe, by his wife
Maria, née Braumeyer. He has
issue, two sons by each of his
wives:
- b)
Lieutenant-Colonel H.R.H. Prince Senhor
Dom João Maria Felipe Miguel
Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga de Orléans e
Bragança, Prince of Orléans-Braganza. b.
at Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine,
France, 15th October 1916, educ.
Lieut-Col. Brazilian Air Force (reserve),
Vice-Presdt. Panair do Brasil (now
Varig). Rcvd: GC of the Orders of
Dom Pedro I and of the Rose. m. at
Sintra, Portugal, 29thApril
1949 (div. 1971), Fatima Sharifa (b.
at Cairo, 19th April 1923; m.
third, at Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Bahout,
and d. at Rio de Janeiro, 14th
March 1990), converted to Roman
Catholicism at Rio de Janeiro 24th
December 1958, widow of Nabil
Hasan Tusun Bey of Egypt, and
daughter of (Sahib ul-Izza)
Husain Ismail Shirin Bey, by his
wife Aisha Khanum, née
Mussallam. m. (second) at
Petropolis 29th April (civ.)
and at Rio de Janeiro, 11th
May 1990 (rel.) Senhora Dona Thereza de
Jesus Cezar de Orléans e Bragança (b.
at Uba, Minas Gerais, 11th
January 1929), former wife of Carlos
Eduardo Souza Campos, and daughter of
Jose Leite, by his wife Blanche, née
Cezar. He d. at Rio de Janeiro,
26th June 2005, having had
issue, an only son by his first wife:
- i)
H.R.H. Prince Senhor Dom João
Henrique de Orléans e Bragança,
Prince of Brazil, Prince of
Orléans-Braganza. b. at
Rio de Janeiro, 25th
April 1954 (s/o Fatima), educ.
Rcvd: GC of the Orders of
Dom Pedro I and of the Rose, GO
of the Order of SS Maurice &
Lazarus of the House of Savoy. m.
at Rio de Janeiro, 26th
June 1986, Senhora Dona Stella
Cristina de Orléans e Bragança
(b. at São Paulo, 20th
June 1958), a famous
Brazilian architect, rcvd:
DC of the Order of SS Maurice
& Lazarus of the House of
Savoy, daughter of Senhor Hersias
Morado Lutterbach, by his wife
Senhora Stella Carmen, née
Corrêa Pinto. He had issue, one
son and one daughter:
- (1) H.R.H. Prince Senhor Dom João Philippe de Orléans e Bragança, Prince of Brazil, Prince of Orléans-Braganza. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 27th November 1986. Rcvd: GC of the Orders of Dom Pedro I and of the Rose.
- (1) H.R.H. Princess Senhora Dona Maria Cristina de Orléans e Bragança, Princess of Brazil, Princess of Orléans-Braganza. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 26thDecember 1989.
- i)
H.R.H. Prince Senhor Dom João
Henrique de Orléans e Bragança,
Prince of Brazil, Prince of
Orléans-Braganza. b. at
Rio de Janeiro, 25th
April 1954 (s/o Fatima), educ.
Rcvd: GC of the Orders of
Dom Pedro I and of the Rose, GO
of the Order of SS Maurice &
Lazarus of the House of Savoy. m.
at Rio de Janeiro, 26th
June 1986, Senhora Dona Stella
Cristina de Orléans e Bragança
(b. at São Paulo, 20th
June 1958), a famous
Brazilian architect, rcvd:
DC of the Order of SS Maurice
& Lazarus of the House of
Savoy, daughter of Senhor Hersias
Morado Lutterbach, by his wife
Senhora Stella Carmen, née
Corrêa Pinto. He had issue, one
son and one daughter:
- a) H.R.H. Princess Senhora Dona Isabel Maria Amélia Luiza Vitória Thereza Joanna Michaela Gabriela Raphaela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança, Princess of Orléans-Braganza [H.R.H. Isabelle, Countess of Paris]. b. at the Château d'Eu, France, 13th August 1911, educ. privately. Rcvd: Dame of the Order of the Starry Cross of Austria. m. at Palermo, Italy, 8th April 1931 (div. 1975), H.R.H. Prince Henri Robert Ferdinand Marie Louis Philippe, Count of Paris (cre. 1928), Head of the Royal House of France (b. at the Château Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache, Aisne, France, 5th July 1908; d. 19th June 1999, bur. Royal Chapel of St Louis, Dreaux), rcvd: Knt. of the Order of the Annunziata of Italy (7.2.1948), eldest son of H.R.H. Prince Jean Pierre Clément Marie, Duke de Guise and Head of the Royal House of France, by his wife, H.R.H. Princess Isabelle Marie Laure Mercédes Ferdinande, Duchess de Guise, third daughter of H.R.H. Prince Louis Philippe Albert of France, Count of Paris. She d. at Paris, France, 5th July 2003 (bur. at the Royal Chapel of St Louis, Dreaux), having had issue, five sons and six daughters.
- b) H.R.H. Princess Senhora Dona Maria Francisca Amélia Luiza Vitória Thereza Elisabeth Michaela Gabriela Raphaela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança, Princess of Orléans-Braganza. b. at the Château d'Eu, France, 8th September 1915, educ. privately. m. at Rio de Janeiro, 13thOctober (civ.) and at Petrópolis, 15th October 1942 (relig.), H.R.H. The August Senhor Prince Dom Duarte Nuno Fernando Maria Miguel Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga Francisco Xavier Raimundo António, Duke of Bragança, Duke and Count of Barcelos, Duke and Count of Guimaraes, Marquis of Vila Viçosa, Count of Arrayolos, of Ouren, of Faria, of Neiva, etc., Infant and and Head of the Royal House of Portugal (b. at Seebenstein Castle, Lower Austria, 23rd September 1907; d. at Lisbon, Portugal, 24th December 1976), third son of H.R.H. The August Senhor Dom Miguel Maria Carlos Egídio Constantino Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga Francisco de Paula e de Assis Januário, Duke of Bragança and Head of the Royal House of Portugal, by his second wife, H.R.H. Princess Dona Maria Thereza Sofia Pia Anna Melchiora, Duchess of Bragança, daughter of H.S.H. Karl Heinrich Franz, 6th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. She d. at Lisbon, Portugal, 15th January 1968, having had issue, three sons.
- c)
H.R.H. Princess Dona Thereza Maria
Teodora Michaela Gabriela Raphaela
Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança, Princess
of Orléans-Braganza. b. at
Boulogne-Billancourt, 18th
June 1919, educ. privately. m.
at Sintra, Portugal, 7th
October 1957, Señor Ernesto António
Maria Martorell y Caldéró (b. at
Lisbon, Portugal, 1921; d. at
Madrid, Spain, 10th January
1985), Industrialist, son of Señor José
Martorell y Panyellas, by his wife,
Señora Dona Maria de la Concepción
Caldéró y Coronas. She has issue, two
daughters:
- i)
Senhora Dona Elisabeth Maria
Francisca Joanna Pia e Todos los
Santos Martorell y de Orléans e
Bragança. b. at Madrid,
14th February 1959. m.
(first) at Sintra, Portugal, 26th
December 1986 (div.),
João Espírito Santo Silva
Salgado (b. 1952), son of
João Carlos Roma Machado Cardoso
Salgado, by his wife, Maria de la
Conceição Espirito Santo Silva.
m. (second) 2000, José
Maria Calem. She had issue, one
daughter by her first husband,
and one daughter by her second
husband:
- (1) Senhora Dona Maria Thereza Orléans e Bragança Martorell Silva Salgado. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 14th September 1988.
- (2) Senhora Dona Maria de Carmo Orléans e Bragança Calem. b. 2002.
- ii) Senhora Dona Núria Francisca Joanna de Santissima Trinidade Martorell y de Orléans e Bragança. b. at at Lisbon, Portugal, 16th October 1960.
- i)
Senhora Dona Elisabeth Maria
Francisca Joanna Pia e Todos los
Santos Martorell y de Orléans e
Bragança. b. at Madrid,
14th February 1959. m.
(first) at Sintra, Portugal, 26th
December 1986 (div.),
João Espírito Santo Silva
Salgado (b. 1952), son of
João Carlos Roma Machado Cardoso
Salgado, by his wife, Maria de la
Conceição Espirito Santo Silva.
m. (second) 2000, José
Maria Calem. She had issue, one
daughter by her first husband,
and one daughter by her second
husband:
- a)
H.I.R.H. Prince Senhor Dom Pedro de
Alcántara Gastão João Maria Felipe
Lourenço Humberto Miguel Gabriel Raphael
Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança, Prince
of Orléans-Braganza [Dom Pedro Gastão].
b. at the Château d'Eu, France,
19th February 1913, educ.
Assumed the headship of the Imperial
House of Brazil together with style of Imperial
and Royal Highness and the Grand
Mastership of the Imperial Orders of Dom
Pedro I, Cross of Brazil, and of the
Rose, in contravention of his father's
renunciation, 1946. Rcvd: Knt. of
the Order of San Januarius of Sicily
(1960), GC of the Orders of Christ of
Portugal, and the Redeemer of Greece,
Bailiff GC of Justice with collar of the
Constantinian Order of St George,
Sovereign Order of Malta (1966), and Real
Maestranza de Caballeria de Seville. m.
at the Cathedral of Santa María de la
Sede, Seville, Andalucia, Spain, 18th
December 1944, H.R.H. Senhora Dona
Maria de la Esperanza Amália
Raniera Maria del Rocío Luisa Gonzagade
Borbón e Borbón, Princess Consort of
Brazil, Princess of Orléans-Braganza (b.
at Madrid, Spain, 14th June
1914; d. at the Palace of
Villamanrique de la Condesa, Seville,
Andalucia, Spain, 8th August
2005, bur. there in the
Tabernacle Chapel, Church of Santa María
Magdalena), née Infanta of Spain,
Princess Bórbon of the Two Sicilies, educ.
Coll. de las Irlandesas de Castilleja de
la Cuesta, rcvd: GC of Justice of
the Constantinian Order of St George,
fourth daughter of Captain-General H.R.H.
The Serene Señor Don Carlos
Maria Francisco d'Asissi Pascuale
Fernando António de Padova Francisco de
Paola Alfonso Andrea Avelino Tancredo de
Borbón y Borbón, Infant of Spain,
Prince Bórbon of the Two Sicilies, GCB,
GCVO, by his second wife, H.R.H. The
Serene Señora Princess Dona Luisa
Francisca Maria Laura de Orléans y
Bórdon, Infanta of Spain, Princess
Bórbon of the Two Sicilies, née
Princess d'Orléans, fourth daughter of
H.R.H. Prince Louis Philippe Albert of
Orléans, Count of Paris, Head of the
Royal House of France. He had issue, four
sons and two daughters:
- 2)
H.I.H. Prince Senhor Dom Luíz Felippe
Pedro de Alcántara Maria Gastão Miguel Raphael
Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança, Prince Imperial
of Brazil, Prince of Orléans-Braganza. b.
at the Princesa Palace, Petrópolis, 26th
November 1878, educ. privately. Assumed
the title of Prince Imperial of Brazil with
style of His Imperial Highness when his
elder brother renounced his rights to the
Imperial Crown of Brazil, 30th October
1908. Cmsnd. into the Austro-Hungarian Army as
Lieut. 3rd Corps of Artillery
"The Archduke William", retd. as Lieut.
(reserve) 5th Regt. of Hussars. Rcvd:
GC of the Orders of Pedro I, Cross, and the Rose
of Brazil, and Carlos III of Spain, Knt. of the
Order of the Legion of Honour of France. m.
at Cannes, France, 4th November 1908,
H.I.H. Princess Senhora Dona Maria das
Graças Pia Clara Anna Thereza Isabel
Lutgarda Apolina Agata Cecilia Filomena Antonia
Lucia Cristina Caterina de Borbone e Borbone,
Princess of Brazil, Princess of Orléans-Braganza
(b. at Cannes, 12th August
1878; d. at Mandelieu, 20th
June 1973, bur. at the Orléans Mausoleum,
Royal Chapel of Dreux, France), née Princess
Bourbon of the Two Sicilies, rcvd: Dame of
the Order of St. Elisabeth of Bavaria, and the
Constantinian Order of St George, third daughter
of H.R.H. The Serene Prince Alfonso
Maria Giuseppe Alberto, Count of Caserta, Prince
Bourbon of the Two Sicilies, Head of the Royal
House of the Two Sicilies, by his wife, H.R.H.
The Serene Princess Maria Antonietta Giuseppina
Leopoldina, Countess of Caserta, Princess Bourbon
of the Two Sicilies, eldest daughter of H.R.H.
The Serene Prince Francesco di Paola Luigi
Emanuele of the Two Sicilies, Count of Trapani.
He d.v.p. from an
illness contracted on active service, at Cannes,
France, 26th March 1920 (bur.
at the Orléans Mausoleum, Royal Chapel of Dreux,
France), having had issue, two sons and one
daughter:
- a) H.I.H. Prince Senhor Dom Pedro Henrique de Orléans e Bragança, Prince and Head of the Imperial House of Brazil, Prince of Orléans-Braganza - see below.
- b) H.R.H. Prince Senhor Dom Luíz Gastão António Maria Felipe de Orléans e Bragança, Prince Imperial of Brazil, Prince of Orléans-Braganza. b. at Cannes, France, 19th February 1911, educ. privately. Assumed the title of Prince Imperial of Brazil with the style of His Imperial Highness 14th November 1921. Rcvd: GC of the Orders of Pedro I and of the Rose. He d. unm. at Neuilly sur Seine, France, 8th September 1931 (bur. at the Orléans Mausoleum, Royal Chapel of St Louis, Dreux).
- a)
H.R.H. Princess Dona Pia Maria
Rainiera Isabel Antonietta Vitória
Thereza Amélia Gerarda Raimunda Anna
Michaela Raphaela Gonzaga de Orléans e
Bragança, Princess of Orléans-Braganza.
b. at Boulogne-Billancourt,
France, 4th March 1913, educ.
privately. Heiress Presumptive with the
title of Princess Imperial of Brazil
and style of Her Imperial Highness
8th September 1931 to 6th
June 1938. Rcvd: Cdr. of the
National Order of Merit, Officer of the
Order of Arts and Letters and Knt. of the
Order of the Legion of Honour of France. m.
at Paris, 11th August (civ.)
and 12th August 1948 (rel.) René
Jean Marie Nicholas de Nicolay, Count de
Nicolay (b. at Château de Le
Lude, Sarthe, France, 17th
January 1910; d. at Paris, 24th
November 1954), younger son of Aymard
Marie Jean de Nicolay, Marquis de
Goussainville, by his wife Yvonne
Léonie Marie Anne Georgine, Marquise de
Goussainville, née de Talhouet Roy. She d.
at Château de Le Lude, Sarthe, France,
24th October 2000, having had
issue, two sons:
- i)
Louis-Jean de Nicolay, Marquis de
Goussainville. b. at Le
Mans, Sarthe, 18th
September 1949. Lic-en-Droit,
Dip. de Sc. Pol. m. at the
Chapel of Château de Hex,
Luxembourg, 23rd
August 1980, Barbara
Marie Anne, Marquise de
Goussainville (b.
Elizabethville, Congo, 8th
August 1958), daughter of Count Michel
Alfred Isabelle Marie d'Ursel de
Bousies, by his wife, Marquesse
Ferdinanda Diana. He has issue,
two sons and two daughters:
- (1) Antoine de Nicolay, Count de Nicolay. b. at Le Mans, Sarthe, 7th September 1988.
- (2) Arnoud de Nicolay. b. at Le Mans, Sarthe, 25th August 1991.
- (1) Marie Adélaide de Nicolay. b. at Brussels, 22nd July 1982.
- (2) Marguerite de Nicolay. b. at Brussels, 22nd July 1984.
- ii) Robert
Marie Pie Benoit de Nicolay. b.
at Neuilly-sur-Seine, Upper
Seine, 17th February
1952, educ. Coll. Antoine
de Saint-Exupéry, Mains;
l'École Sainte-Genevieve,
Versailles; l'École nationale
supériure des mines; and
l'École nationale
d'administration, Paris. Civil
Engineer (Mining). Head of
Mission to the Sec-Gen.
Ministry of National Defence
1981-1984, and for the
Secretariat-General of the
government 1984-1992, Public
Auditor and Magistrate of the
Court of Auditors since 1992,
Presdt. of Branics. Rcvd:
Knt. of the Order of National
Merit, and the Academic Palms. m.
at Paris, 5th February
1983, H.H. Princess Nathalie
Laetitia Jeanne Yvonne Marie (b.
at Neuilly, France, 5th
April 1961), eldest daughter of
H.H. Prince Napoléon Joachim
Louis Maurice Murat, by his wife
H.H. Inès Simone Jeanne Marie
Thérèse Charlotte, Princess
Murat, eldest daughter of Philippe
Anne Louis Marie Dieudonné Jean
d'Albert de Luynes, 11th
Duke de Luynes and 12th
Duke de Chevreuse. He has issue,
two sons and three daughters:
- (1) René de Nicolay. b. at Boulogne, 29th April 1991.
- (2) Christian de Nicolay. b. 11th January 2002.
- (1) Irène de Nicolay. b. at Boulogne, 6th November 1985.
- (2) Louise de Nicolay. b. at Boulogne, 15th March 1987.
- (3) Elvire de Nicolay. b. at Boulogne, 7th August 1988.
- i)
Louis-Jean de Nicolay, Marquis de
Goussainville. b. at Le
Mans, Sarthe, 18th
September 1949. Lic-en-Droit,
Dip. de Sc. Pol. m. at the
Chapel of Château de Hex,
Luxembourg, 23rd
August 1980, Barbara
Marie Anne, Marquise de
Goussainville (b.
Elizabethville, Congo, 8th
August 1958), daughter of Count Michel
Alfred Isabelle Marie d'Ursel de
Bousies, by his wife, Marquesse
Ferdinanda Diana. He has issue,
two sons and two daughters:
- 3) Captain H.R.H. Prince Senhor Dom António Gastão Felipe Francisco de Assis Maria Miguel Raphael Gabriel Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança, Prince of Brazil, Prince of Orléans-Braganza, MC (16.8.1917). b. at Rue Faisanderie, Paris, France, 9th August 1881, educ. privately. Trooper Natal Carbineers served Zulu Rebellion 1906 (rcvd. Natal Rebellion medal with clasp), Cmsnd. Lieut. 6th Regt. of Hussars, Austro-Hungarian Army 1908, resigned 1914, Cmsnd. as Lieut. British Army 1914, attached Royal Canadian Dragoons, served in the Great War with Army intelleigence (MID, immediate MC, 1915 star, British War and Allied Victory medals), prom. Capt. 1918. Rcvd: GC of the Orders of Pedro I, the Cross of Brazil, and of the Rose, Carlos III of Spain, Christ of Portugal, and Merit (Civil) of Bulgaria, the Order of the Rising Sun 1st class of Japan, and Knt. of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France (1917). He d. unm. in a flying accident, at Edmonton, London, 29th November 1918 (bur. at the Orléans Mausoleum, Royal Chapel of Dreux, France).
- 1) H.R.H. Princess Senhora Dona Luiza Vitória de Orléans e Bragança, Princess of Brazil, Princess of Orléans-Braganza. b. and d. at Rio de Janeiro, 28th July 1874.
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