Brazilian Imperial Family
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| Country | Brazil |
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| Ancestral house | House of Orléans (France) House of Braganza (Portugal and Empire of Brazil) |
| Titles | Prince of Orléans-Braganza |
| Founder | Gaston of Orléans, Count d'Eu and Dona Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil |
| Current head | Prince Dom Luís of Orléans-Braganza (Vassouras branch) Prince Dom Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza (Petrópolis branch) |
| Founding | 1864 (year of the marriage between Dona Isabel of Braganza, Princess Imperial of Brazil, and Gaston of Orléans, count d'Eu), or 1875 (year of the born of the first Orléans-Braganza, Dom Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará), or 1909 (date of the creation of the title of Prince of Orléans-Braganza, even the title not being recognized by the royal House of France, with the title is inherently linked), or 1912 (when Dona Isabel of Braganza, now head of the Imperial House of Brazil - Empress of Brazil de jure -, died, and one of her children - therefore one Orléans-Braganza -, became the head of the Imperial House of Brazil) |
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On September 7, 1822, Dom Pedro of Braganza, Prince Royal of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, member of the House of Braganza, heir apparent to the Portuguese throne and the King's representative in Brazil, declared the country's independence from the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves and proclaimed himself Emperor of Brazil. The imperial title was officially bestowed upon him on October 12, 1822. This resulted in the Brazilian Declaration of Independence. In 1825, signing the treaty of Rio de Janeiro of this date, his father, King Dom João VI, recognized the independence of the new state, the former Portuguese dominion, now Empire of Brazil.
Brazil, from 1530 to 1815 a colony of the Portuguese Empire, had been officially elevated to the status of United Kingdom (with Portugal) in 1815, in the reign of Queen Maria I of Portugal, by the Prince Regent Dom João of Braganza (future John VI). Between 1815 and 1822, the kingdom was known officially as the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves.
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[edit] Emperors of Brazil (1822–1889)
The Empire of Brazil remained a constitutional monarchy until 1889 - when the republic was proclaimed after a military coup d'état, and had two reigning emperors, both from the House of Braganza:
- Dom Pedro I of Brazil (1822–1831): Born in 1798, deceased in 1834. Was also King of Portugal in 1826, as Pedro IV.
- Dom Pedro II of Brazil (Regency 1831–1840; Reigned personally 1840–1889): Born in 1825 and deceased in 1891.
[edit] Pretenders to the Brazilian throne since 1889
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- Dom Pedro II of Brazil (1889–1891)
- Dona Isabel (I) of Brazil (1891–1921): Born in 1846, died in 1921. Princess Imperial and former Regent of Brazil, she was the elder daughter of Dom Pedro II; her husband, Gaston of Orléans, Count d'Eu, was considered, after the death of Dom Pedro II, the de jure "emperor-consort".
[edit] The Vassouras line
- Prince Dom Pedro (III) Henrique of Orléans-Braganza (1921–1981): Born in 1909, died in 1981. Grandson of Dona Isabel, son and heir of her second son, Prince Dom Luís of Orléans-Braganza (1878-1920).
- Prince Dom Luiz (I) of Orléans-Braganza (1981 - present): Born in 1938, the eldest son of Prince Dom Pedro Henrique
- Heir: Prince Dom Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza (born in 1941)
[edit] The Petrópolis line
- Prince Dom Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (1940–2007): Born in 1913, son of Dona Isabel's eldest son, who had renounced all rights to the Brazilian throne for himself and his descendants. The validity of the renunciation was disputed by Dom Pedro Gastão.[1]
- Prince Dom Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza (2007 – present): eldest son of Dom Pedro Gastão. He doesn't put in question the validity of the renunciation. Contrariwise, he declared himself a republican.[2]
- Heir Prince Dom Pedro Thiago of Orléans-Braganza (born in 1979)
[edit] Past members and some descendants of the imperial family
- Dom Pedro I of Brazil (1798–1834)
- Dona Maria II of Portugal (1819–1853)
- Prince Dom Miguel of Brazil (1820–1820)
- Dom João Carlos, Prince of Beira (1821–1822)
- Dona Januária Maria, Princess Imperial of Brazil (1822–1901)
- Princess Dona Paula Mariana of Brazil (1823–1833)
- Princess Dona Francisca Carolina of Brazil (1824–1898)
- Dom Pedro II of Brazil (1825–1891)
- Dom Afonso Pedro de Alcântara, Prince Imperial of Brazil (1845–1847)
- Dona Isabel Cristina, Princess Imperial of Brazil (1846–1921)
- Dom Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão Para (1875–1940)
- Dona Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (1911–2003)
- Dom Pedro Gastão, Prince of Orléans-Braganza (1913–2007)
- Prince Dom Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1945)
- Prince Dom Pedro Thiago of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1979)
- Prince Filipe of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1982)
- Princess Dona Maria da Glória of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1946)
- Prince Dom Afonso Duarte of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1948)
- Prince Dom Manuel Álvaro of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1949)
- Princess Cristina Maria do Rosário of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1950)
- Prince Francisco Humberto of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1956)
- Prince Dom Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1945)
- Princess Dona Maria Francisca of Orléans-Braganza (1914–1968)
- Prince Dom João of Orléans-Braganza (1916–2005)
- Princess Teresa of Orléans-Braganza (1919–2011)
- Prince Dom Luiz Maria of Orléans-Braganza (1878–1920)
- Dom Pedro Henrique, Prince of Grão-Pará (1909–1981)
- Prince Dom Luis Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1938)
- Prince Dom Eudes Maria of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1939)
- Prince Dom Bertrand Maria José Pio Januário of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1941)
- Princess Dona Isabel Maria of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1944)
- Prince Dom Pedro de Alcântara Henrique of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1945)
- Prince Dom Fernando Diniz of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1948)
- Prince Dom Antônio João of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1950)
- Princess Dona Eleonora Maria of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1953)
- Prince Dom Francisco Maria of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1955)
- Prince Dom Alberto Maria of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1957)
- Princess Dona Maria Teresa of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1959)
- Princess Dona Maria Gabriela of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1959)
- Prince Dom Luís Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (1911–1931)
- Princess Dona Pia Maria of Orléans-Braganza (1913–2000)
- Dom Pedro Henrique, Prince of Grão-Pará (1909–1981)
- Prince Dom Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (1881–1918)
- Dom Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão Para (1875–1940)
- Princess Dona Leopoldina of Brazil (1847–1871)
- Dom Pedro Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil (1848–1850)
- Princess Dona Maria Amélia of Brazil (1831–1853)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Bodstein, Astrid (2006). "The Imperial Family of Brazil". Royalty Digest Quarterly (3).
- ^ Bernardo Gutiérrez, "La familia real brasileña defiende los nuevos ideales", Príncipes Republicanos (09/01/2008)
[edit] External links
- Imperial House of Brazil Official Website of the Vassouras Line
- Imperial Brazil Institute
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