BRAZIL

The headship of this family is somewhat in dispute. In 1908 Prince Pedro (1875-1940) renounced his rights to the Brazilian throne for himself and for his descendants. This renunciation, if valid, acted to make his nephew, Pr Pedro Henrique, head of the family upon the death of the Princess Imperial in 1921. Since that time members of the senior branch, descended from Prince Pedro, have disputed the validity of his renunciation. If the renunciation was valid, then the current head of this family is Dom Luíz Gastão (b.1938). If, however, it was not valid, then the head may be among the descendants of Dom Pedro Gastão (1913-2007).

All the members of the family (in male line) bear the title Prince(ss) of Orleans-Braganza with the style Royal Highness, even if they do not descend from an equal marriage. The descendants of Prince Dom Pedro Henrique bear the style Prince(ss) of Brazil, Prince(ss) of Orleans-Braganza with the style Imperial and Royal Highness, only if they descend from an equal marriage. The princes who contract non-equal marriages have to renounce those titles but keep the title of Prince(ss) of Orleans-Braganza with the style Royal Highness.

Pedro de Alcantara Francisco Antônio João Carlos Xavier de Paula Miguel Rafael Joaquim José Gonzaga Pascual Cipriano Serafim, Infant of Portugal, was b.at Queluz 12 Oct 1798 [see PORTUGAL]; he succeeded his father as King Pedro IV of Portugal and the Algarves 10 Mar 1826; he had been proclaimed Emperor PEDRO I of Brazil 12 Oct 1822; he abdicated the Portuguese throne in favor of his eldest daughter 29 Apr 1826; he d.Queluz 24 Sep 1834; he m.1st by proxy at Vienna 13 May 1817 and in person at Rio de Janeiro 5 Nov 1817 Maria Leopoldina Archdss of Austria (Vienna 22 Jan 1797-Rio de Janeiro 11 Dec 1826); m.2d by proxy at Munich 2 Aug 1829 and in person at Rio de Janeiro 17 Oct 1829 Amélia de Beauharnais Pss von Leuchtenberg (Milan 31 Jul 1812-Lisbon 26 Jan 1873)

1a) Maria II da Glória, Queen of Portugal and the Algarves; see PORTUGAL

2a) Miguel, b.and d.Rio de Janeiro 24 Apr 1820

3a) João Carlos Pedro Leopoldo, Pr of Beira (Rio de Janeiro 6 Mar 1821-Rio de Janeiro 4 Feb 1822)

4a) Januária Maria Joana Carlota Leopoldina Cándida Francisca Xavier de Paula Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, Pss Imperial of Brazil (Imperial Highness) from birth until the birth of the first child of Pedro II (Rio de Janeiro 11 Mar 1822-Nice 13 Mar 1901); m.Rio de Janeiro 28 Apr 1844 Luigi Pr of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Cte di Aquila (Naples 19 Jul 1824-Paris 5 Mar 1897)

5a) Paula Mariana Joana Carlota (Rio de Janeiro 17 Feb 1823-Rio de Janeiro 16 Jan 1833)

6a) Francisca Carolina Joana Carlota Leopoldina Romana Xavier de Paula Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Gonzaga (Rio de Janeiro 2 Aug 1824-Paris 27 Mar 1898); m.Rio de Janeiro 1 May 1843 François d'Orléans Pr de Joinville (Neuilly-sur-Seine 14 Aug 1818-Paris 16 Jun 1900)

7a) PEDRO II de Alcântara João Carlos Leopoldo Salvador Bibiano Francisco Xavier de Paula Leocãdio Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga, Emperor of Brazil until he was deposed 15 Nov 1889 (Rio de Janeiro 2 Dec 1825-Paris 5 Dec 1891); m.by proxy at Naples 30 May 1843 and in person at Rio de Janeiro 4 Sep 1843 Teresa Pss of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (Naples 14 Mar 1822-Oporto 28 Dec 1889)

1b) Afonso Pedro de Alcântara Cristiano Leopoldo Filipe Eugénio Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga, Pr Imperial of Brazil (Rio de Janeiro 23 Feb 1845-Rio de Janeiro 11 Jun 1847)

2b) ISABEL Cristina Leopoldina Augusta Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, Pss Imperial of Brazil (Rio de Janeiro 29 Jul 1846-Château d'Eu 14 Nov 1921); m.Rio de Janeiro 1 Oct 1864 Gaston Pr d'Orléans, Cte d'Eu (Neuilly 28 Apr 1842-d.at sea 28 Aug 1922)

1c) Pedro de Alcântara Luiz Felipe Maria Gastão Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga, Pr of Grão Pará (Petrópolis 15 Oct 1875-Petrópolis 29 Jan 1940); m.Versailles 14 Nov 1908 Elisabeth Gfn Dobrzensky von Dobrzenicz (Chotebor, Bohemia 7 Dec 1875-Sintra, Portugal 11 Jun 1951)

1d) Isabelle Maria Amélia Luiza Vitoria Teresa Joana Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga (Château d'Eu 13 Aug 1911-Paris 5 Jul 2003); m.Palermo 8 Apr 1931 Pr Henri d'Orléans, Cte de Paris (Château Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache 5 Jul 1908-19 Jun 1999)

2d) Pedro de Alcântara Gastão João Maria Felipe Lourenço Humberto Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga (Château d'Eu 19 Feb 1913-Seville 27 Dec 2007); m.Seville 18 Dec 1944 Maria de la Esperanza Pss of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (Madrid 14 Jun 1914-Villamanrique de la Condesa 8 Aug 2005)

1e) Pedro de Alcântara Carlos João Lourenço Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 31 Oct 1945; m.1st (morganatically) Petrópolis 2 Sep 1975 Rony Kuhn de Souza (São Paulo 20 Mar 1938-Petrópolis 14 Jan 1979); m.2d (morganatically) Fazenda São Geraldo 16 Jul 1981 Patricia Alexandra Brascombe (b.Petrópolis 22 Nov 1964)

1f) Pedro Tiago Maria Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga, b.Petrópolis 12 Jan 1979

2f) Filipe Rodrigo Alexandre Francisco Cristóvão Miguel Gabriel Gonzaga, b.Brasilia 31 Dec 1982

2e) Maria da Glória Henriqueta Dolores Lúcia Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Gonzaga, b.Petrópolis 13 Dec 1946; m.1st Villamanrique de la Condesa, Spain 1 Jul 1972 (div 1985) Alexander Crown Pr of Yugoslavia (b.London 27 Jul 1945); m.2d Seville 24 Oct 1985 Don Ignacio de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba Duque de Segorbe Cde de Ampurias (b.Seville 23 Feb 1947; see Fernández de Córdoba)

3e) Afonso Duarte Francisco Marcos Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga, b.Petrópolis 25 Apr 1948; m.1st (morganatically) Seville 3 Jan 1973 (div 1998) Maria Parejo (b.Seville 13 May 1954); m.2d Petropolis 19 Nov 2002 Silvia-Amalia Hungria de Silva Machado (b.Rio de Janeiro 29 July 1953)

1f) Maria, b.Seville 14 Jan 1974

2f) Julia, b.Petrópoilis 18 Sep 1977

4e) Manoel Alvaro Rainiero Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga, b.Petrópolis 17 Jun 1949; m.(morganatically) Malaga 12 Dec 1977 (div 1995) Margarita Haffner (b.Malaga 10 Dec 1945)

1f) Luiza Cristina, b.Seville 25 Jul 1978

2f) Manoel Afonso, b.Seville 7 Mar 1981

5e) Cristina Maria do Rosario Leopoldina Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Petrópolis 16 Oct 1950; m.1st Petrópolis 16 May 1980 Jan Pr Sapieha-Rozánski (b.Warsaw 26 Aug 1935); m.2d Rio de Janeiro Oct 1992 (div 1996) José Carlos Calmon de Brito

6e) Francisco Humberto Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga, b.Petrópolis 9 Dec 1956; m.1st (morganatically) Petrópolis 28 Jan 1978 Christina Schmidt Peçanha (b.Rio de Janeiro 14 Jan 1953); m.2d Petrópolis 1980 Rita de Cascia Pires (b.1961)

1f) Francisco Teodoro, b.Petrópolis 25 Sep 1979

2f) Gabrielle Pires d'Orleans e Bragança, b.Petrópolis 1989

3f) Manuela, b.Petrópolis 1997

3d) Maria Francisca Amélia Luiza Vitória Teresa Elisabeth Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga (Château d'Eu 8 Sep 1914-Lisbon 15 Jan 1968); m.(civ) Rio de Janeiro 13 Oct 1942 (rel) Petrópolis 15 Oct 1942 Duarte Nuno Infant of Portugal Duke of Braganza (Seebenstein 23 Sep 1907-Lisbon 24 Dec 1976)

4d) João Maria Felipe Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga (Boulogne-sur-Seine 15 Oct 1916-Rio de Janeiro 26 Jun 2005); m.1st Sintra, Portugal 29 Apr 1949 (div 1971) Fátima Scherifa Chirine (Cairo 19 Apr 1923-Rio de Janeiro 14 Mar 1990); m.2d (morganatically) (civ) Petrópolis 29 Apr 1990 (rel) Rio de Janeiro 11 May 1990 Tereza de Jesus Cesar Leite (b.Uba, Minas Gerais 11 Jan 1929)

1e) João Henrique, b.Rio de Janeiro 25 Apr 1954; m.(morganatically) Rio de Janeiro 26 Jun 1986 (div 2007) Stella Christina Lutterbach (b.Rio de Janeiro 20 Jun 1958)

1f) João Filipe, b.Rio de Janeiro 27 Nov 1986

2f) Maria Cristina, b.Rio de Janeiro 26 Dec 1989

5d) Teresa Maria Teodora Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Boulogne-sur-Seine 18 Jun 1919; m.Sintra, Portugal 7 Oct 1957 Ernesto Martorell y Calderó (Lisbon 1921-Madrid 10 Jan 1985)

2c) Luíz Maria Filipe Pedro de Alcântara Gastão Miguel Rafael Gonzaga (Petrópolis 26 Nov 1878- Cannes 26 Mar 1920); m.Cannes 4 Nov 1908 Maria Pia Pss of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (Cannes 12 Aug 1878-Mandelieu 20 Jun 1973)

1d) PEDRO HENRIQUE Afonso Felipe Maria Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga (Boulogne-sur-Seine 13 Sep 1909-Vassouras, Brazil 5 Jul 1981); m.Nymphenburg 19 Aug 1937 Maria Pss of Bavaria (b.Nymphenburg 9 Sep 1914)

1e) LUÍZ GASTÃO Maria José Pio, b.Mandelieu 6 Jun 1938

2e) Eudes Maria Ranieri Pedro José; he renounced his rights to the throne for himself and his descendants in 1966; b.Mandelieu 8 Jun 1939; m.1st São Paulo 8 May 1967 (div 1976) Ana Maria de Moraes e Barros (b.São Paulo 20 Nov 1945); m.2d Rio de Janeiro 1976 Mercedes Neves da Rocha (b.Petrópolis 26 Jan 1955)

1f) Luíz Filipe Maria José Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 3 Apr 1969

2f) Anna Luíza Maria Josefa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 19 Jun 1971; m. São Paulo 18 May 1996 Paulo Ibrahim Mansour (b.São Paulo 2 Feb 1962)

3f) Eudes, b.Rio de Janeiro 17 Dec 1977; m.Rio de Janeiro 15 Mar 2008 Patricia Annechino Landau

4f) Maria Antonia, b.Rio de Janeiro 18 Aug 1979; m.Rio de Janeiro 15 Jun 2007 Eduardo de Carvalho Moreira

5f) Maria Francisca, b.Rio de Janeiro 18 Aug 1979; m.Rio de Janeiro 7 May 2005 Bernardo Almeida Braga Ratto

6f) Guy, b.Rio de Janeiro 8 Oct 1985 [1984?]

3e) Bertrand Maria José Pio Januario, b.Mandelieu 2 Feb 1941

4e) Isabel Maria Josepha Henriquetta Francisca, b.La Bourboule 5 Apr 1944

5e) Pedro de Alcântara Henrique Maria Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga; he renounced for himself and his issue the rights to the throne in 1972; b.Petrópolis 1 Dec 1945; m.Rio de Janeiro 4 Jul 1974 Maria de Fátima Lacerda Rocha (b.Rio de Janeiro 14 Jul 1952)

1f) Maria Pia Josefa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 23 Aug 1975; m.Rio de Janeiro 25 Aug 2001 Rodrigo Otavio Broglia Mendes (b.Rio de Janeiro 7 Nov 1974)

2f) Maria Carolina Josefa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 19 Sep 1978; m.Capela da Imperial Irmandade do Outeiro da Glória, Rio de Janeiro, 2 Dec 2005 Nuno de Carvalho Moreira (b.Rio de Janeiro 20 Sep 1974)

3f) Gabriel José Miguel Rafael Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 1 Dec 1980

4f) Maria de Fátima Isabel Josefa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 13 May 1988

5f) Maria Manoela Josefa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 26 May 1989

6e) Fernando Diniz Maria José Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga; he renounced for himself and his descendants the rights to the throne in 1975; b.Petrópolis 2 Feb 1948; m.Rio de Janeiro 19 Mar 1975 Maria de Graça Baere de Araújo (b.Rio de Janeiro 27 Jun 1952)

1f) Isabel Maria Eleonora Josefa Francisca Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 30 Jan 1978

2f) Maria da Glória Cristina Josefa Joana Eleonora Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 11 Nov 1982

3f) Luíza Carolina Maria de Fatima Josefa Julia Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 27 Oct 1984

7e) Antônio João Maria José Rasso Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 24 Jun 1950; m.Beloeil (civ) 25 Sep 1981 (rel) 26 Sep 1981 Christine Pss de Ligne (b.Beloeil 11 Aug 1955)

1f) Pedro Luíz Maria José Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 12 Jan 1983

2f) Amélia Maria de Fátima Josefa Antonia Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Brussels 15 Mar 1984

3f) Rafael Antonio Maria José Francisco Miguel Gabriel Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 24 Apr 1986

4f) Maria Gabriela Josefa Fernanda Yolanda Micaela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 8 Jun 1989

8e) Leonor Maria Josefa Rosa Filipa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Jacarèzinho 20 May 1953; m.Rio de Janeiro 10 Mar 1981 Michel Pr de Ligne (b.Beloeil 26 May 1951)

9e) Francisco Maria José Rasso Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga; he renounced for himself and his descendants the rights to the throne in 1980; b.Jacarèzinho 6 Apr 1955; m.Rio de Janeiro 28 Dec 1980 Claudia Regina Godinho (b.Rio de Janeiro 11 Jul 1954)

1f) Maria Elisabeth Josefa Angela Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 1 Mar 1982

2f) Maria Tereza Cristiana Josefa Albertina Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 31 Jan 1984

3f) Maria Eleonora Josefa Antonia Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 31 Jan 1984

10e) Alberto Maria José João Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga; he renounced for himself and his descendants the rights to the throne in 1982 (b.Jundiai do Sul, Paraná 23 Jun 1957); m.Rio de Janeiro 11 Jan 1983 Maritza Ribas Bockel (b.Rio de Janeiro 29 Apr 1961)

1f) Pedro Alberto Maria José Francisco Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 31 May 1988

2f) Maria Beatriz Isabel Guilhermina Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 27 Jul 1990

3f) Ana Thereza Maria Francisca Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 10/11 Feb 1995

4f) Antonio Alberto Maria José Henrique Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 29 May 1997

11e) Maria Teresa Adelgunda Luíza Josefa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Jundiai do Sul 14 Jul 1959; m.Rio de Janeiro 4 Nov 1995 Jan Hessel de Jong (b.Joure, Netherlands 5 Mar 1954)

12e) Maria Gabriela Dorotea Isabella Josefa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Jundiai do Sul 14 Jul 1959; m.Petropolis 20 Dec 2003 (div 2005) Teodoro Hungria de Silva Machado (b.1952)

2d) Luiz Gastão Antônio Maria Filipe (Cannes 19 Feb 1911-Neuilly-sur-Seine 8 Sep 1931)

3d) Pia Maria Raniera Isabella Antonia Vitoria Thereza Amélia Gerarda Raimunda Anna Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Gonzaga (Boulogne-sur-Seine 4 Mar 1913-Lude 24 Oct 2000); m.Paris 12 Aug 1948 René Cte de Nicolay (Le Lude 17 Jan 1910-Paris 25 Nov 1954)

3c) Antônio Gastão Luís Filipe Francisco de Assis Maria Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga (Paris 9 Aug 1881-London 29 Nov 1918)

3b) Leopoldina Teresa Francisca Carolina Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga (Rio de Janeiro 13 Jul 1847- Vienna 7 Feb 1871); m.Rio de Janeiro 15 Dec 1864 August Pr of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Château d'Eu 9 Aug 1845-Karlsbad 14 Sep 1907)

4b) Pedro Afonso Cristiano Leopoldo Eugénio Fernando Vicente Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga, Pr Imperial of Brazil (Rio de Janeiro 19 Jul 1848-Santa Cruz 9 Jan 1850)

8a) Maria Amélia Augusta Eugénia Josefina Luisa Teodelinda Heloisa Francisca Xavier de Paula Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga (Paris 14 Dec 1831-Funchal, Madeira 4 Feb 1853)