Isabel, Duchess of Braganza

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Isabel
Duchess of Braganza
Spouse Duarte Pio, Duke of Bragança
Issue
Infante Afonso, Prince of Beira
Infanta Maria Francisca
Infante Dinis, Duke of Porto
House House of Braganza
Father Jorge de Herédia
Mother Raquel Leonor Pinheiro Curvelo
Born 22 November 1966 (1966-11-22) (age 45)

Dona Isabel Inês, Duchess of Braganza (née Isabel Inês de Castro Curvelo de Herédia; born 22 November 1966 in Lisbon, daughter of Architect Jorge de Herédia, great-grandson of Francisco Correia de Herédia, 1st Viscount da Ribeira Brava), and wife Raquel Leonor Pinheiro Curvelo, is the wife of Dom Duarte Pio, Duke of Bragança, current claimant to the Portuguese throne and Duchess of Bragança. Portugal is now a Republic, but state protocol in general grants her the style of HRH The Duchess of Braganza.

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[edit] Life

Portuguese Royal Family
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HRH The Duke of Braganza
HRH The Duchess of Braganza


Dona Isabel de Herédia lived between Portugal and Angola until 1975, when her family moved to São Paulo, Brazil. She studied in the Jesuit Colégio São Luís. In 1990, she obtained a degree in business administration from the Fundação Getúlio Vargas and returned to Portugal to a job in BMF — Sociedade de Gestão de Patrimónios, S.A. She specialized as an asset manager.

She is the third granddaughter of Madeiran Francisco Correia de Herédia, 1st Viscount of Ribeira Brava, a renowned Republican, who was involved in the 28 January 1908 failed republican uprising.

Since 1995, Dona Isabel Herédia is a patron of several charity institutions, mainly concerned with the help and support of uncared children and awareness of diseases like Down syndrome. The Duchess of Bragança is Great Master of a Portuguese Order of chivalry, the (Ordem Real de Santa Isabel).

[edit] Mariage to the Duke of Braganza

On 13 May 1995 she married the Duke of Bragança, forfeiting her professional life to dedicate herself entirely to her family. The couple have three children:

[edit] Titles and Styles

Isabel's styling as Duchess of Braganza:

[edit] Ancestry

Royal styles of
Isabel, Princess Royal of Portugal, Duchess of Braganza
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Reference style Her Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness
Alternative style Ma'am

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