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For the son of Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza, see Prince Antônio of Orléans-Braganza.
Prince Antônio Gastão
Prince Antoine d'Orleans et Braganza, MC
Portrait by William Orpen, 1918
Born(1881-08-09)August 9, 1881
Paris, France
DiedNovember 29, 1918(1918-11-29) (aged 37)
Edmonton, London, United Kingdom
Burial
Royal Chapel, Dreux, France
Names
Antônio Gastão Filipe Francisco de Assis Maria Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga
HouseHouse of Orléans-Braganza
FatherPrince Gaston, Count of Eu
MotherIsabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Captain Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza MC; (Template:Lang-pt; 9 August 1881 – 29 November 1918) was a Brazilian prince who served in the forces of the British Empire during World War I.

Life

Antônio was born in Paris, the third and last son of Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, and her husband Gaston of Orléans, count of Eu.[1] His father was a grandson of the last Bourbon king of France, Louis Philippe I, and his mother was the eldest daughter and heir of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil. He was baptized on 27 August 1881.[2] His full name was Antônio Gastão Luiz Filipe Francisco de Assis Maria Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga;[1] his family affectionately called him "Totó".[3]

After his grandfather was deposed in a military coup in Brazil, he and his family were sent into exile in Europe. As a child he was chronically sick with bronchitis.[4] He was educated in Paris, and at the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.[5] After graduation, he was a Hussar lieutenant in the Austro-Hungarian Army between 1908 and 1914.

When World War I broke out, Antônio was prevented from joining the French armed forces by a law that forbade members of the deposed French royal family from serving in the military.[6] Instead, he was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Dragoons where he served attached to the Royal Flying Corps as a pilot and intelligence officer. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1915, and was promoted to Captain in 1918. He was aide-de-camp to Brigadier-General Seely, commander of the Canadian Cavalry Brigade.[7]

Antônio died from injuries sustained in an air crash at Edmonton, London, shortly after the end of the war.[8] His remains were placed in the Royal Chapel of Dreux, in France.[1][7]

Honours

Ancestry

Family of Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza
16. Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
8. Louis-Philippe I, King of the French
17. Princess Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon
4. Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours
18. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
9. Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily
19. Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria
2. Prince Gaston, Count of Eu
20. Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
10. Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
21. Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf
5. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
22. Ferencz József Koháry de Csábrág
11. Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág
23. Countess Maria Antonia of Waldstein-Wartenberg
1. Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza
24. John VI of Portugal
12. Pedro I of Brazil
25. Infanta Carlota Joaquina of Spain
6. Pedro II of Brazil
26. Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
13. Archduchess Maria Leopoldina of Austria
27. Princess Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily
3. Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil
28. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (= 18)
14. Francis I of the Two Sicilies
29. Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (= 19)
7. Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies
30. Charles IV of Spain
15. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain
31. Princess Maria Luisa of Parma

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh, ed. (1977). Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume 1: Europe & Latin America. London: Burke's Peerage. p. 51. ISBN 0-85011-023-8.
  2. ^ Barman, Roderick J. (2002). Princess Isabel of Brazil: gender and power in the nineteenth century. Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources. p. 158. ISBN 0-8420-2846-3.
  3. ^ Barman, p. 212
  4. ^ Barman, pp. 176, 212
  5. ^ Barman, p. 220
  6. ^ Barman, p. 229
  7. ^ a b "Orleans and Braganza Prince of, Antoine Gaston Philippe". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  8. ^ Barman, p. 230
  9. ^ a b Royal Ark

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