BRAZIL

The Bragança Dynasty

GENEALOGY

• 1) H.I.R.H. The August Senhor Dom Luíz Gastão Maria José Pio Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Wittelsbach, Prince and Head of the Imperial House of Brazil, Prince of Orleans and Braganza – see below.
• 2) Captain H.H. Prince Senhor Dom Eudes Maria Ranieri Pedro José de Orléans e Bragança e Wittelsbach. b. at Mandelieu, Alpes-Maritimes, France, 8^th June 1939, educ. Colégio Santo Inácio, Rio de Janeiro, Escola Naval Brasileira, Ilha de Villegagnon and Escola de Submarinos da Marinha do Brasil (CIAMA), Ilha de Mocanguê Grande, Niteroi, and Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Rio de Janeiro, and Cambridge Univ. Captain Brazilian Naval Reserve (submariner), resigned 1964 and left for the USA where he worked as a life insurance salesman, in chemical sales with Pittsburgh Plate and Glass and in the export departments of several firms in Pennsylvania until 1970, when he returned to Brazil, Founder & Dir Multiplic I Corretora de Valores 1970-1975, in Europe 1975-1976, Presdt Karmann-Ghia Automóveis, Conjuntos e Sistemas LTDA since 2014. Renounced his rights of succession to the Imperial throne of Brazil for himself and his descendants at Rio de Janeiro, 3^rd June 1966. MD Grupo Brazil. Presdt Brazilian Golf Fed. Vice-Presdt Federação da Câmara de Comércio Exterior (Foreign Trade Chamber of Commerce). Mbr Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, etc. Rcvd: GC of the Imperial Orders of Dom Pedro I, and of the Rose, and Bailiff GC of the Constantinian Military Order of St George of the Royal House of the Two Sicilies, Knt of the Order of Naval Merit ‘Admiral Tamandare’ of Brazil, Knt of Honour & Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (24.6.1974), etc. m. (first) at São Paulo, 8^th May 1967 (div. 22^nd March 1976), Senhora Dona Ana Maria de Cerqueira César Moraes de Barros (b. at São Paulo, 20^th November 1945, m. second, 1976, Baldomero Barbara), styled H.H. Princess Dona Ana Maria de Orléans e Bragança during her marriage to Dom Eudes 1967-1976, daughter of Senhor Luíz Moraes de Barros, of Fazenda Santa Maria da Posse, Itupeva, Estado de São Paulo, sometime Presdt Assoc of Bankers of the State of São Paulo, by his wife, Senhora Maria do Carmo Cerqueira César Moraes de Barros. m. (second) at Rio de Janeiro, 26^th March 1976 (civ.) (morganatic) Senhora Dona Mercedes Willemsens Neves da Rocha de Orléans e Bragança (b. at Petrópolis, 26^th January 1955), daughter of Senhor Dr Guy de Provença Neves da Rocha, by his wife, Senhora Lia Viega Willemsens Neves da Rocha. He has issue, one son and one daughter by his first wife, and two sons and two daughters by his second wife (who do not enjoy Royal styles and titles):
  • a) H.H. Prince Senhor Dom Luiz Philippe Maria José Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Moraes de Barros. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 3^rd April 1969 (s/o Anna Maria), educ. Leland Stanford Junior Univ (B.Econ.), Stanford, California, USA, and the European Inst of Business Administration (INSEAD) (MBA), Fontainebleau, France. Dir of Business Development for AOL Latin America in São Paulo. Rcvd: GC of the Imperial Orders of Dom Pedro I, and of the Rose. m. 2008, H.H. Princess Dona Fernanda Ferrari Miguita de Orléans e Bragança [Dr Fernanda Ferrari Miguita] (b. 1978). He has issue, one son:
    • i) H.H. Prince Senhor Dom Maximilian Maria José Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Miguita. b. at São Paulo, 2012.
  • b) Senhor Dom Eudes Maria José Miguel Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Neves da Rocha. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 17^th December 1977 (s/o Mercedes), educ. Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro (BBA), Gávea, Rio de Janeiro. m. at the Church of Nossa Senhora de Buen Suceso, Rio de Janeiro, 15^th March 2008, Senhora Dona Patrícia Annechino Landau de Orléans e Bragança (b. at Rio de Janeiro, 18^th June 1984), educ. Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro (BA 2007), Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, architect. He has issue twins, a son and daughter:
    • i) Senhor Dom Eudes Maria José Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Orleans e Bragança e Landau. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 8^th June 2011.
    • i) Senhorita Dona Valentina Maria Josefa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Orleans e Landau. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 8^th June 2011.
  • c) Senhor Dom Guy Maria José Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Neves da Rocha. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 8^th October 1985 (s/o Mercedes), educ. Univ Cãndido Mendes (LLB), Rio de Janeiro. Mbr Confederação Brasileira de Golfe (CBG), Gávea Golf & Country Club, etc.
  • a) H.H. Princess Senhora Dona Anna Luiza Maria Josefa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Moraes de Barros. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 21^st June 1971 (d/o Anna Maria). m. at the Church of  Nossa Senhora de Lourdes, Idaiatuba, São Paulo, 18^th May 1996, Senhor Paulo-Ibrahim Mansour (b. at São Paulo, 5^th February 1962), son of Ibrahim Wadih Ibrahim Mansour, of São Paulo, originally from Beit Millat, the Lebanon, by his wife Regina, née Chamiê. She has issue, two sons:
    • i) Senhor Rodrigo Rui de Orléans e Bragança Mansour. b. at São Paulo, 19^th July 1997.
    • ii) Senhor Guilherme de Orléans e Bragança Mansour. b. at the Albert Einstein Hospital, São Paulo, 13^th November 2002.
  • b) Senhora Dona Maria Francisca Josefa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Neves da Rocha. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 18^th August 1979 (twin with her sister Dona Maria Antonia) (d/o Mercedes), educ. Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro (BA Industrial Design), Gávea, Rio de Janeiro. m. at Rio de Janeiro, 7^th May 2005 (div. 2013), Senhor Bernardo de Almeida Braga Ratto (b. 1977), educ. Univ of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA, a businessman from Rio de Janeiro, MD & CEO of Ratto Software since 2009, only son of Gianni Ratto, the Italian film director, set designer and actor, by his wife, Maria do Carmo [Kati] Nabuco de Almeida Braga [Senhora José Arnaldo Rossi], banker and businesswoman, daughter of Antônio Carlos de Almeida Braga, of Sintra, Portugal, the well known Brazilian banker. m. (second) at Rio de Janeiro, 15^th July 2017, Michael Anthony Whyte [Mike Whyte] (b. 3^rd June 1978), educ. Escola Americana do Rio de Janeiro, and Florida International Univ Coll of Business, Miami, Florida, USA, Credit Suisse Hedging-Griffo, Mbr Gavea Golf & Country Club, former husband of Carolina Carvalho dos Santos (by whom he had two children), and son of Donald Anthony Whyte, of São Paulo, Brazil, sometime Presdt Innova, originally from McAllen, Texas, USA, by his first wife, Victoria Anne [Vicky Whyte], daughter of Seymour Marvin, of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, originally from Brooklyn, New York, USA. She had issue, one son and one daughter by her first husband:
    • i) Senhor Lucas de Orléans e Bragança Ratto. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 28^th November 2007.
    • i) Senhorita Maria de Orléans e Bragança Ratto. b. at Rio de Janeiro, December 2010.Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • c) Senhora Dona Maria Antonia Josefa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Neves da Rocha. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 18^th August 1979 (twin with her sister Dona Maria Francisca) (d/o Mercedes), educ. Univ Santa Úrsula (BA 2002), and Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) (MBA 2007), Rio de Janeiro. Architect, Assoc Trinca Arquitetura 2002-2005, freelance architect 2005-2007, Architect with Capuri Architecture 2007-2008, Commercial Capture with Banco CR2 2008, Architect and Urban Planner with MAOB Arquitetura since 2009. m. at Capela da Reitoria, Rio de Janeiro, 15^th June 2007, Senhor João Eduardo de Carvalho Moreira (b. at Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 7^th July 1978), an economist, younger son of H.E. Senhor César de Faria Domingues Moreira, sometime Senator and Ambassador to Norway and Iceland, by his wife, Senhora Maria Guadalupe de Carvalho Moreira. She has issue, a son:
    • i) Senhor Eduardo de Orléans e Bragança Moreira. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 27^th March 2010.
• 3) H.I.R.H. Prince Senhor Dom Bertrand Maria José Pio Januario Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Wittelsbach, Prince and Head of the Imperial House of Brazil, Prince of Orleans and Braganza – see below.
• 4) H.H. Prince Senhor Dom Pedro de Alcántara Henrique Maria Miguel Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Wittelsbach. b. at the Palace of Grão Para, Petrópolis, 1^st December 1945, educ. Bennett Methodist Inst, Rio de Janeiro. Renounced his rights of succession to the Imperial throne of Brazil for himself and his descendants, 28^th December 1972. Economist. Rcvd: GC of the Imperial Orders of Dom Pedro I and of the Rose. m. at the Church of Nossa Senhora de la Glória de Onteiro, Rio de Janeiro, 4^th July 1974, H.H. Princess Senhora Dona Maria de Fátima de Orléans e Bragança (b. at Rio de Janeiro, 14^th July 1952), née Maria de Fátima Baptista de Oliveira Rocha, second daughter of Senhor Dr Orlando de Lacerda Rocha, MD, of Paraná, by his wife, Senhora Silvia Maria de Andrada Baptista de Oliveira Rocha, daughter of Senhor Dr Francisco de Salles Baptista de Oliveira, MD and diplomat, sometime Dir Banco de Credito Real de Minas Gerais S.A. He has issue, one son and four daughters:
  • a) H.H. Prince Senhor Dom Gabriel José Miguel Rafael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Rocha. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 1^st December 1980, educ. Univ Cândido Mendes (UCAM) (LLB 2003), Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), and the Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro (LLM Com. 2013), Gávea, Rio de Janeiro. Advocate licensed to practise in the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Partner with Sergio Bermudes Advogados Assocs since 2008. Mbr Comissão de Direito Bancário da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (OAB) for Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, the OAB Cmsn for Financial Institutions, Brasil Turnaround Management Assoc (TMA), etc. Rcvd: GC of the Imperial Orders of Dom Pedro I and of the Rose. m. at Rio de Janeiro, 8^th July 2009 (civil) and at the Church of the Imperial Brotherhood of Nossa Senhora de la Glória de Onteiro, Rio de Janeiro, 19^th July 2009 (relig.), H.H. Princess Senhora Dona Luciana de Sousa Oliveira Guaspari de Orléans e Bragança (b. at Rio de Janeiro, 14^th September 1981), educ. Univ Candido Mendes (UCAM) (LLM Econ 2008), Rio de Janeiro, daughter of Senhor Attílio Guaspari, of São Paulo, CEO Produtores Energéticos de Manso S.A., by his wife, Senhora Regina Oliveira de Souza Guaspari. He has issue, one son:
    • i) H.H. Prince Senhor Dom Gabriel Pedro Maria José Miguel Rafael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Guaspari. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 12^th April 2013. Rcvd: GC of the Imperial Orders of Dom Pedro I and of the Rose.
  • a) H.H. Princess Senhora Dona Maria Pia Josefa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Rocha. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 23^rd August 1975, educ. Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro (LLB 1998). Employed with Castro Barros Xavier Bragança Law Partners. m. at the Church of Nossa Senhora da Glória do Outeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 25^th th August 2001, Professor Dr Rodrigo Octávio Broglia Mendes (b. at Rio de Janeiro, 7^th January 1974), ^th Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro (LLD), Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, and Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Univ (LLM), Frankfurt-am-Main, Hesse, Germany, Partner Mendes Advogados Assocs, Professor in the faculties of law in the Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, and Univ of SãoPaolo, son of Senhor Dr António Carlos Mendes, LLD, Snr Partner Mendes Advogados Assocs, sometime Professor in the faculties of law at the Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro and the Univ of São Paulo, by his wife, Senhora Sônia Maria Broglia Mendes, Partner Mendes Advogados Assocs, Professor of Coordenadoria Geral de Especialização, Aperfeiçoamento e Extensão (COGEAE) at the Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro, Gávea, and in the Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos Tributários (IBET). She has issue, two sons:
    • i) Senhor Antonio de Orléans e Bragança Mendes. b. at São Paolo, 21^st October 2004.
    • ii) Senhor Pedro de Orléans e Bragança Mendes. b. at São Paulo, 30^th January 2009.
  • b) H.H. Princess Senhora Dona Maria Carolina Josefa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Rocha. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 19^th September 1978, educ. Univ Cândido Mendes (BA Industrial Design), Rio de Janeiro. Designer. m. at the Church of Nossa Senhora da Glória do Outeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 2^nd December 2005, Senhor Nuno de Carvalho Moreira (b. at Rio de Janeiro, 20^th September 1974), financier, elder son of H.E. Senhor César de Faria Domingues Moreira, sometime Senator and Ambassador to Norway and Iceland, by his wife, Senhora Maria Guadalupe de Carvalho Moreira, sometime Dir Vera Empreendimentos Imobiliarios Ltda. She has issue, one son and one daughter:
    • i) Senhor Joaquim Pedro de Orléans e Bragança e Moreira. b. at São Paulo, 13^th April 2009.
    • i) Senhorita Maria Sofia de Orléans e Bragança e Moreira. b. São Paulo, 10^th October 2010.
  • c) H.H. Princess Senhora Dona Maria de Fátima Isabel Josefa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Rocha. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 13^th May 1988, educ. Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro (BA Arch.), Gávea, Rio de Janeiro.
  • d) H.H. Princess Senhora Dona Maria Manuela Josefa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Rocha. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 26^th May 1989, educ. Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro (BBA 2010), Gávea, and Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Rio de Janeiro. Risk Trainee with Banco Prosper 2009-2010, Risk Analyst Mercatto Gestão de Recursos 2010-2012, Partner and Risk Analyst ARSA Investimentos since 2012.
• 5) H.H. Prince Senhor Dom Fernando Diniz Maria José Miguel Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Wittelsbach. b. at Petrópolis, 2^nd February 1948, educ. Bennet Methodist Inst, Rio de Janeiro. Industrialist. Renounced his rights of succession to the Imperial throne of Brazil for himself and his descendants at Rio de Janeiro, 24^th February 1975. Rcvd: GC of the Imperial Orders of Dom Pedro I and of the Rose. Economist and industrialist. m. at the Church of Nossa Senhora da Glória do Outeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 19^th March 1975, H.H. Princess Senhora Dona Maria de Graça de Siqueira Carvalho Baere de Araújo de Orléans e Bragança (b. at Rio de Janeiro, 27^th June 1952), educ. Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, Hon Citizen of Viçosence 2009, rcvd: Benemérito Award of the State of Rio de Janeiro (25.8.2003), daughter of Colonel Walter Baere de Araújo, late Brazilian Corps of Engineers (son of Marshal João Batista Braga de Araújo), by his wife, Senhora Maria Madalena de Sousa-Carvalho e Siqueira-Carvalho Baere de Araújo, eldest daughter of Senhor Dr Júlio de Siqueira Carvalho, of Viçosa do Ceará, advocate and merchant, sometime Dir J. Torquato & Cia. He has issue, three daughters:
  • a) H.H. Princess Senhora Dona Isabel Maria Eleonora Josefa Francisca Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Baere de Araújo [Dona Isabel Eleonora]. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 31^st January 1978, educ. Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro (B. Psy. 2003), M. Psyc. 2005), Gávea, Rio de Janeiro. Lady Protectoress of the Imperial Hermitage of Nossa Senhora da Glória do Outeiro, 17^th May 2015. m. at the Church of Nossa Senhora da Glória do Outeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 16^th October 2009, H.Il.H. Count Alexander Heinrich Martin Christoph Antonius Franziskus Xaverius Benedictus Hubertus Maria zu Stolberg-Stolberg (b. at Frankfurt-am-Main, Hesse, Germany, 26^th February 1974), educ.Univ of St Gallen (B.Econ. 1997), Switzerland, investment banker, eldest son of H.Il.H. Count Josef Emanuel Johannes Albertus Franziskus (Franz) Antonius Hubertus Maria zu Stolberg-Stolberg, LLD, banker, of Turin, Italy, by his wife, H.Il.H. Countess Jacqueline zu Stolberg-Stolberg, eldest daughter of Henri Georges Marcel Robert Florin de Duikinberg, of Brussels, Belgium, banker, sometime Presdt Royal Belgian Assoc of Bibliophiles. She has issue, two sons:
    • i) H.Il.H. Count Louis-Bernhard Josef Maximilian Diniz Rafael Nuno Karl Pius Baudouin Maria zu Stolberg-Stolberg. b. at Brussels, Belgium, 16^th December 2014.
    • ii) H.Il.H. Count /em>Lorenz zu Stolberg-Stolberg. b. at Brussels, Belgium, 5^th September 2016.
  • b) H.H. Princess Senhora Dona Maria da Glória Cristina Josefa Joana Eleonora Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Baere de Araújo [Dona Maria da Glória]. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 11^th November 1982, educ. Father Antonio Vieira Sch, and Univ Santa Úrsula, Rio de Janeiro.
  • c) H.H. Princess Senhora Dona Luísa Carolina Maria de Fatima Josefa Julia Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragançae Baere de Araújo [Dona Luísa Carolina]. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 27^th October 1984, educ. Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro.Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• 6) H.R.H. Prince Senhor Dom Antonio João Maria José Jorge Miguel Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Wittelsbach. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 24^th June 1950, educ. Brookfield, and the General Coll and Univ Barra do Pirai (B.Eng. 1976), Estado de Rio. Civil engineer, employed with the National Steel Co and with a nuclear engineering co in Germany. Painter in watercolours. Rcvd: GC of the Imperial Orders of Dom Pedro I and of the Rose, Bailiff GC of the Constantinian Military Order of St George of the Royal House of the Two Sicilies, and Knt of Honour & Devotion SMO of Malta (24.6.2010), Medal of Merit of the Emperor’s Grenadiers (14.9.2012). m. at the Church of Saint Pierre de Beloeil, Belgium, 25^th September (civ.) and at Brussels, 26^th September 1981 (rel.) H.R.H. Princess Senhora Dona Christine Marie Elisabeth de Orléans e Bragança (b. at the Château de Beloeil, Belgium, 11^th August 1955), née Princess de Ligne, educ. Dominican Convent Sch of Froyennes, Tournai, Hainault, and the Higher Inst of Interpretation and Translation, Brussels, Belgium, rcvd: GC of the Imperial Orders of Dom Pedro I and of the Rose, Dame of the Order of St Isabel of the Royal House of Portugal (27.10.2012), second daughter of Major H.H. Antoine Marie Joachim Lamoral, 14^th Prince de Ligne, Prince d’Amblise and d’Epinoy, RBAF (reserve) by his wife, H.R.H. Princess Alix Marie Anne Antonia Charlotte Gabrielle, Princess de Ligne, née Princess of Luxembourg, Princess of Bourbon-Parma, youngest daughter of H.R.H. Charlotte Adelgunde Élise Marie Wilhelmine, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, etc, GCVO, by her husband, General H.R.H. Prince Félix Marie Vincent, Prince of Luxembourg and Prince of Bourbon-Parma, KBE. He had issue, two sons and two daughters:
  • a) H.R.H. Prince Senhor Dom Pedro Luiz Maria José Miguel Raphael Gabriel Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Ligne, Prince of Brazil, Prince of Orléans-Braganza. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 12^th January 1983, educ. Instituto Social São José and Colégio Ipiranga, Petrópolis, Inst Brasileiro de Mercado de Capitais (IPMEC) (BBA 2005), Brasilia, and Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Rio de Janeiro. Intern with Bank Mariani in Rio de Janeiro 2006-2007, and Financial Consultant with BNP Paribas S.A. in Luxembourg 2007-2009. Hon Presdt Brazilian Monarchist Youth Org 1999-2009. Rcvd: GC of the Imperial Orders of Dom Pedro I and of the Rose. He was k. when the aircraft he was travelling in from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, Air France 447 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, 1^st June 2009 (bur. Imperial Family Tomb, Cemitério da Irmandade de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Vassouras, Estado do Rio).
  • b) H.R.H. Prince Senhor Dom Raphael António Maria José Francisco Miguel Gabriel Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Ligne, Prince of Brazil, Prince of Orléans-Braganza. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 24^th April 1986, educ. Instituto Social São José and Colégio Ipiranga, Petrópolis, and the Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro (B. Eng. 2010), Gávea, Rio de Janeiro. Joined AmBev as Management Trainee 2010, Price Analyst 2010-2011, Sales Superviser 2011-2012, Specialist Sales Process 2012-2013, Sales Mngr 2013-2014, Specialist Budgeting & Business Performance since 2014. Mbr Petrópolis Golfe Club. Rcvd: GC of the Imperial Orders of Dom Pedro I and of the Rose.
  • a) H.R.H. Princess Senhora Dona Amélia Maria de Fátima Josefa Antonia Michaela Gabriela Raphaela Gonzaga Luiz de Orléans e Bragança e Ligne, Princess of Brazil, Princess of Orléans-Braganza. b. at Brussels, Belgium, 15^th March 1984, educ. Instituto Social São José and Colégio Ipiranga, Petrópolis, and the Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro (B. Arch. 2007), Gávea, Rio de Janeiro. Architect and Interior Designer Marcia Muller Arquitetura in Rio de Janeiro 2007-2008, Architect & Expansion Coordinator Brasil Estudio Lamela in Madrid 2008-2010, Architect Atelier d’Architecture Frédéric de Bonhome sprl in Brussels 2012, Architect & Interior Designer with Camu & Morrison in London 2012-2014, freelance architect and designer in Madrid since 2014. m. at the Imperial Chapel of Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Rio de Janeiro, 16^th July 2014, Alexander James Spearman (b. at Perth, Scotland, 27^th March 1984), educ. Eton Coll, Windsor, Berkshire, and the Univ of Edinburgh (BA 2007), Scotland, employed with Stanhope Capital Investments, elder son of Lochain Alexander Spearman, of the Baronets Spearman, Dir of CBS Private Capital SLP Ltd, NCM Fund Services Ltd, Olva Ltd and other companies, by his wife, Dona Pilar Garrigues y Carnicer, youngest daughter of Don Mariano Garrigues y Díaz-Cañabate, architect. She has issue, one son:
    • i) Alexander Joaquim Pedro Spearman. b. at Madrid, Spain, 30^th August 2016.
  • b) H.R.H. Princess Senhora Dona Maria Gabriela Fernanda Josefa Franziska Jolanda Michaela Raphaela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Ligne, Princess of Brazil, Princess of Orléans-Braganza. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 8^th June 1989, educ. Instituto Social São José and Colégio Ipiranga, Petrópolis, and the Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro (B. Soc. Com. 2012), Gávea, Rio de Janeiro. Mbr Meninas Cantoras de Petrópolis.
• 7) H.H. Prince Senhor Dom Francisco Maria José Rasso Miguel Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Wittelsbach. b. at Jacarézinho, Paranà, 26^th April 1955, educ. Bennet Methodist Inst, Rio de Janeiro. Economist. Renounced his rights of succession to the Imperial throne of Brazil for himself and his descendants at Rio de Janeiro, 11^th December 1980. Rcvd: GC of the Imperial Orders of Dom Pedro I and of the Rose. m. at the Church of Nossa Senhora da Glória do Outeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 28^th December 1980, H.H. Princess Senhora Dona Cláudia Regina Lisboa Martins Godinho de Orléans e Bragança (b. at Rio de Janeiro, 11^th July 1954), née Cláudia Regina Martins Goudinho, Commercial Dir Irgel Imobiliaria Regiangel S.A., daughter of Dr Eurico Borges Godinho, of Rio de Janeiro, sometime Presdt Dir Irgel Imobiliaria Regiangel S.A., by his wife, Senhora Nilza Leite Martins Godinho.
  • a) H.H. Princess Senhora Dona Maria Elisabeth Josefa Ângela Michaela Gabriela Raphaela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Godinho [Princess Senhora Dona Maria Elisabeth, Senhora de Souza]. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 1^st March 1982 , educ. Coll Corcovado, Botafogo, Univ Gama Filho (MB BS), Rio de Janeiro, and Univ of Antwerp, Belgium. Employed with the NGO “Doctors Without Borders”, having worked in Africa and Central America, now Resident Pediatrician at the Inst Fernandes Figueira. m. at the Church of Nossa Senhora da Glória do Outeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 6^thAugust 2011, Dr Pablo Trinidade de Souza (b. at Rio de Janeiro, 1^st May 1981), educ. Univ Gama Filho (MB BS), Rio de Janeiro, and the Pontifical Catholic Univ of Rio de Janeiro, Plastic Surgeon at São Gonçalo Public Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Mbr Brazilian Soc of Plastic Surgeons since 2014, son of Senhor Evandro Romeo de Souza, by his wife, Senhora Isis Maria Trinidade de Souza. She has issue, a daughter:
    • i) Senhorita Maria Isabel de Orléans e Bragançade Souza. b. at the Clínica Perinatal Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro, 29^th November 2015.
  • b) H.H. Princess Senhora Dona Maria Theresa Cristiana Josefa Albertina Michaela Gabriela Raphaela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Godinho. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 31^st January 1984 (twin with her sister Dona Maria Eleonora), educ. Escola Alemã Corcovado, Botafogo, and the Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro (BSc 2007), Gávea, Rio de Janeiro. Researcher with Interage Consultoria 2009, Psychologist Santa Casa de Misericordia Rio de Janeiro 2010-2011, Clinical Psychologist in private practice since 2007, and Consulting Clinical Psychologist with Ong Entre Amigas since 2009, and the Viva Clinic since 2011.
  • c) H.H. Princess Senhora Dona Maria Eleonora Josefa Antonia Cristiana Michaela Gabriela Raphaela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Godinho . b. at Rio de Janeiro, 31^st January 1984 (twin with her sister Dona Maria Theresa), educ. Escola Alemã Corcovado, Botafogo, and Univ Estácio de Sá (B. Hotel Management 2009), Rio de Janeiro. Events Intern at JW Marriott Hotel Rio de Janeiro 2006-2007, Sales Intern Costão do Santinho Resort Golf e Spa 2009, Commercial Analyst Mundi 2011-2013, Business Development Exec at Kelkoo since 2014.
• 8) H.H. Prince Senhor Dom Alberto Maria José João Miguel Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Wittelsbach. b. at Jundiaí do Sul, Paranà, 23^rd June 1957, educ. at the National Sch of Law, Federal Univ of Rio de Janeiro (LLB 1980), and the Inst of Economic Law Studies (IDED) (LLM), Rio de Janeiro. Renounced his rights of succession to the Imperial throne of Brazil for himself and his descendants at Rio de Janeiro, 22^nd December 1982. Advocate. Employed with Norton Rose in London, Partner Castro Barros Xavier Bragança & Assocs, Foreign Assoc International Maritime Organization (London). Professor of Commercial Law at the Univ Cândido Mendes. Mbr Order of Advocates of Brazil and Portugal. Vice-Presdt Rio de Janeiro International Bar Assoc of Rio de Janeiro. Vice-Chair American International Bar Assoc (Brazilian Section), etc. Rcvd: GC of the Imperial Orders of Dom Pedro I and of the Rose. m. at the Church of Nossa Senhora da Glória do Outeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 11^th January 1983, H.H. Princess Senhora Dona Maritza Bulcão Ribas Bokel de Orléans e Bragança (b. at Rio de Janeiro, 29^th April 1961), educ. Univ Veiga de Almeida, garden and landscape designer, MD & CEO MTZ Landscaping, daughter of Senhor Jaddo Barbosa Bokel, by his wife, Senhora Dona Marisa Bulcão Ribas Bokel, a descendant of the Barons de São Francisco, in Bahia province, daughter of Senhor José da Rocha Ribas, dental surgeon. He has issue, one son and two daughters:
  • a) H.H. Prince Senhor Dom Pedro Alberto Maria José Francisco Miguel Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Bockel. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 31^st May 1988, educ. Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro (BE 2013), Gávea, Rio de Janeiro. Credit Analyst at Itaú BBA 2012-2014, Investor Relations Exec at Leste Global Investments since 2014. Rcvd: GC of the Imperial Orders of Dom Pedro I and of the Rose.
  • b) H.H. Prince Senhor Dom António Alberto Maria José Henrique Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Bockel. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 28^th May 1997, educ. at the Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro (LLB), Gávea, Rio de Janeiro. Employed with KTM in the USA. Rcvd: GC of the Imperial Orders of Dom Pedro I and of the Rose.Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • a) H.H. Princess Senhora Dona Maria Beatriz Isabel Guilhermina Michaela Gabriela Raphaela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Bockel. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 27^th July 1990, educ. at the Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro (LLB), Gávea, Rio de Janeiro. Advocate, employed with Andrade & Fichtner 2013-2016, and Bocater Camargo Costa e Silva Advogados Associados 2016-2017.
  • b) H.H. Princess Senhora Dona Ana Thereza Maria Francisca Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Bockel. b. at Rio de Janeiro, 24^th April 1995, educ. The British Sch of Rio de Janeiro, and the Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro. Volunteer with Sonhar Acordado Rio de Janeiro. Employed with FGV Projetos, Botofago.
• 1) H.R.H. Princess Senhora Dona Isabel Maria Josefa Henriqueta Françisca Michaela Gabriela Raphaela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Wittelsbach. b. at La Bourboule, Puy-de-Dôme, France, 5^th April 1944, educ. Univ of Paris, Sorbonne, Paris, France, and Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Presdt Brazilian Red Cross Org. Hon Citizen of the State of Rio de Janeiro (2004). She d. unm. at Rio de Janeiro, 5^th November 2017 (bur. Imperial Family Tomb, Cemitério da Irmandade de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Vassouras, Estado do Rio).
• 2) H.R. H. Princess Senhora Dona Eleonora Maria Josefa Rosa Filipa Michaela Gabriela Raphaela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Wittelsbach [H.H. Princess Eléonore, Princess de Ligne]. b. at Jacarézinho, Paranà, 20^th May 1953, educ. at the Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro (Lic. Hist. 1979), Gávea, Rio de Janeiro. Rcvd: Dame of the Order of St Isabel of the Royal House of Portugal (27.10.2012). m. at the Church of Nossa Senhora de la Glória de Onteiro, Rio de Janeiro, 10^th March 1981, Colonel H.H. Prince Michel Charles Eugène Marie Lamoral, 14^th Prince de Ligne, Prince d’Amblise and d’Epinoy, Marquis de Roubaix, Count de Fauquemberg, Viscount de Leyden, Baron de Belœil, d’Antoing, de Cisoing, de Werchin and de Wassenaar (b. at the Château de Belœil, Hainaut, Belgium, 26^th May 1951), Col RBAF, para-commando and helicopter pilot, Hon Presdt Belgian Antique Dealers’ Fair since 1992, Patron Chapelle Musicale Reine-Élisabeth, and of the Belœil Marathon and Half Marathon, Mbr Cttee of Honour Royal Inst for the Deaf & Blind, etc. a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, raised to the rank of a Grande 1^st class of Spain 28^th April 2009, rcvd: Knt of the Order of the Golden Fleece of the House of Hapsburg-Loraine (2011), Officer of the Orders of Leopold, Crown, and Leopold II of Belgium, GC of the Imperial Orders of Dom Pedro I and of the Rose of Brazil (10.3.1981), etc, eldest son of Major H.H. Antoine Marie Joachim Lamoral, 14^th Prince de Ligne, Prince d’Amblise and d’Epinoy, etc, RBAF (reserve), sometime Presdt Royal Aero-Club of Belgium, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) and l’Union Nationale des Cadets du Travail, by his wife H.R.H. Princess Alix Marie Anne Antonia Charlotte Gabrielle, youngest daughter of H.R.H. Charlotte Adelgunde Élise Marie Wilhelmine, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, etc, GCVO, by her husband General H.R.H. Prince Félix Marie Vincent, Prince of Luxembourg and Prince of Bourbon Parma, KBE. She has issue, one son and one daughter:
  • a) H.H. Prince Henri Antoine Gabriël Wauthier Marie Lamoral, Hereditary Prince de Ligne. b. at Brussels, Belgium, 1^st March 1989, educ. Maastricht Univ (LLM), the Netherlands, and the Univ of Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain.
  • a) H.H. Princess Alix Marie Isabelle Aldegonde Eleonore de Ligne [Countesss Guillaume de Dampierre]. b. at Brussels, Belgium, 3^rd July 1984, educ. Solvay Brussels Sch of Economics and Management, Brussels, Belgium, Waseda Univ, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, and the Gemological Inst of America (GIA), Carlsbad, California, USA. Jewellery designer in Paris, France. Renounced her rights of succession to the Imperial throne of Brazil for herself and her descendants, 17^th June 2016. m. at the Church of St Pierre de Belœil, Hainaut, Belgium, 18^th June 2016, Count Guillaume Aymar Emmanuel de Dampierre (b. at Paris, France, 4^th May 1985), educ. Lycée Saint-Joseph, Reims, France, Univ of Karlsruhe (BME), Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and at the European Business Sch (ESPC Europe) (MBA), Paris, France, Marketing Strategist Psa Peugeot Citroën in Paris, Assoc with Mckinsey & Co financial consultancy at Rio de Janeiro, only son of Count Audoin Marie Michel Pierre Armand de Dampierre, by his second wife, Countesss Roselyne Claude Marie Thérèse de Dampierre, only daughter of H.E. Count Jean Emmanuel Alvar de Biaudos de Castéja, sometime Ambassador to Chile.
• 3) H.H. Princess Senhora Dona Maria Thereza Aldegonda Luiza Josefa Michaela Gabriela Raphaela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Wittelsbach. b. at Jundiaí do Sul, Paranà, 14^th July 1959 (twin with her sister Dona Maria Gabriela), educ. at the Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro (Dipl industrial design), Gávea, Rio de Janeiro. Renounced her rights of succession to the Imperial throne of Brazil for herself and her descendants, 30^th October 1995. Painter. m. at the Church of the Imperial Fraternity of Nossa Senhora de la Glória do Outeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 4^th November 1995, Johannes [Jan] Hessel de Jong (b. Joure, Friesland, the Netherlands, 5^th March 1954), of Brussels, Belgium, son of Johannes Cornelis de Jong, by his wife, Madeleine Marie, née Thole. She has issue, one son and one daughter:
  • a) Senhor Dom Johannes Pedro Michel Marie de Orléans e Bragança e Jong. b. at London, 24^th April 1997.
  • a) Senhora Dona Maria Pia Gabriela de Orléans e Bragança e Jong. b. at Brussels, Belgium, 12^th July 2000.
• 4) H.H. Princess Senhora Dona Maria Gabriela Dorotéa Michaela Raphaela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Wittelsbach [Lelli de Orléans e Bragança. b. at Jundiaí do Sul, Paranà, 14^th July 1959 (twin with her sister Dona Maria Thereza), educ. at the Pontifical Catholic Univ (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro (Lic. Tec. 1982), Gávea, Rio de Janeiro. Artist and painter with an expertise in trompe l’oeil, specializing in historic home and building restorations in both Brazil and Europe. Renounced her rights of succession to the Imperial throne of Brazil for herself and her descendants, 18^th December 2003. m. at the Church of Nossa Senhora da Soldedade, Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro, 20^th December 2003 (div. 2005), Senhor Theodore Senna de Hungria da Silva Machado (b. at at Petrópolis, 12^th July 1954), son of Senhor Paulo Eduardo de Hungria da Silva Machado e Outra, by his sife, Senhora Sylvia Emília de Melo Franco Senna de Hungria Machado, eldest daughter of Senhor Dr Múcio Emilio Nelson de Senna. No issue.