THE EMPIRE OF BRAZIL
House of Orleans-Braganza

The Empire of Brazil was a political entity that comprised present-day Brazil
under the rule of Emperors Pedro I and his son Pedro II. Founded in 1822, it
was replaced by a republic in 1889.

As a result of the Napoleonic occupation of Portugal, the Portuguese royal
family, the Braganzas (Portuguese: os Braganças), went into exile in Brazil,
the most important of the Portuguese colonies. What followed was a period
when Brazil actually became the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal,
Brazil and the Algarves, a whole new status, and enjoyed self-government
under the Braganza dynasty, with no reference to the authorities in Lisbon.
This nurtured a distaste for the idea of returning to status quo ante upon
the overthrow of Napoleon's influence over Portugal. Therefore, Brazil came
to be independent of Portugal, albeit under the rule of a member of the
Portuguese royal family.

After its independence from the Portuguese on September 7, 1822 Brazil became
a monarchy, the Empire of Brazil, which lasted until the establishment of a
republican government on November 15, 1889. Two emperors occupied the throne
in that period: Pedro I, from 1822 to 1831; and Pedro II, from 1831 to 1889.
King João VI of Portugal also held the title of Emperor of Brazil as
stipulated by the treaty recognizing Brazilian independence.

The end of the Empire in 1889 and the foundation of the republic was
a reactionary development following the abolition of slavery in 1888,
which had created a serious threat to the interests of the economic
and political oligarchy.

 

 The Headship of the Imperial House & 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 is Dom Pedro Gastão (b.1913).

 

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 or

Princess 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 or Princess of Orleans-Braganza

with the style Royal Highness.

 

The Genealogy of The Imperial and Royal House 

 

 

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 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; the 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, b.Château d'Eu 19 Feb 1913; 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;

m.Rio de Janeiro 28 Jan 2005 Patricia Lima

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 Jun 1978

2f) Manoel Afonso, b.Seville 9 Apr 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 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)

1e) Elizabeth d'Orléans y Braganza Martorell, b.Estoril 14 Feb

1959; m.1st Sintra 1986 (div) João Espirito Santo Silva

Salgado (b.1952); m.2d 2000 José Maria Calem

1f) Maria Thereza Martorell Salgado,

b.Rio de Janeiro 14 Sep 1988

2f) Maria do Carmo Calem, b.2002

2e) Nuria d'Orléans y Braganza Martorell,

b.Lisbon 16 Oct 1960.

 

 

 

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)

1g) Rodrigo Rui Orleans-Braganca Mansour

(b.São Paulo 19 Jul 1997)

2g) Guilherme Orleans-Braganca Mansour

(b.São Paulo 13 Nov 2002)

3f) Eudes, b.Rio de Janeiro 17 Dec 1977 [12 Dec 1977?]

4f) Maria Antonia, b.Rio de Janeiro 18 Aug 1979

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)

1g) Antonio Broglia Mendes, b.São Paulo 21 Oct 2004

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)

1f) Johannes Pedro Michel Marie de Jong, b.London 24 Apr 1997

2f) Maria Pia de Jong, b.Brussels 12 Jul 2000

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)

1e) Ct Louis Jean de Nicolay, b.Le Mans 18 Sep 1949; m.Hex,

Luxemburg 9 Aug 1980 (rel) 23 Aug 1980 Barbara Css

d'Ursel de Boudies (b.Elizabethville, Congo 8 Aug 1958)

1f) Cts Marie-Adelaide de Nicolay, b.Brussels 16 Aug 1982

2f) Cts Marguerite de Nicolay, b.Brussels 22 Jul 1984

3f) Cte Antoine de Nicolay, b.Mans 7 Sep 1988

4f) Cte Arnoud de Nicolay, b.Mans 25 Aug 1991

2e) Ct Robert de Nicolay, b.Neuilly-sur-Seine 17 Feb 1952; m.Paris 4

Feb 1983 (rel) 5 Feb 1983 Nathalie Pss Murat (b.Neuilly 5 Apr 1961)

1f) Cte René de Nicolay, b.Boulogne 29 Apr 1991

2f) Cts Irène de Nicolay, b.Boulogne 6 Nov 1985

3f) Cts Louise de Nicolay, b.Boulogne 15 Mar 1987

4f) Cts Elvira de Nicolay, b.Boulogne 7 Aug 1988

5f) Cte Christian de Nicolay, b.Boulogne 11 Jan 2002

 

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)
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