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Not to be confused with Prince Luís of Orléans-Braganza (1878–1920) or Prince Luís Gastão of Orléans-Braganza.
Prince Luiz
Prince of Orléans-Braganza
File:Domluis.jpg
Head of the Imperial House of Brazil
(disputed)
Period5 July 1981 – present
PredecessorPedro Henrique
Heir presumptiveBertrand, Prince Imperial of Brazil
Born (1938-06-06) 6 June 1938 (age 86)
Mandelieu-la-Napoule, France
Names
Luiz Gastão Maria José Pio
HouseOrléans-Braganza
FatherPrince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Bragança
MotherPrincess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Template:Brazilian Imperial Family (present) Prince Luiz of Orleans-Braganza (born 6 June 1938) is the head of the Vassouras branch of the House of Orléans-Braganza and a claimant to the defunct Brazilian throne. The Vassouras branch claims the throne in opposition to the Petrópolis branch of the Orléans-Braganzas, headed by Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza. Though both Prince Luiz and Prince Pedro Carlos are great-great-grandchildren of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil, of the House of Braganza, they dispute leadership over Brazilian Imperial Family due to a dynastic dispute concerning their fathers, who were cousins.

Prince Luiz actively claims the throne and participates in matters concerning Brazil's imperial past.

Early life

Luiz Gastão Maria José Pio[1] was born on 6 June 1938, in Mandelieu-la-Napoule, France, as the oldest son Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza, the Vassouras great-grandson of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil, and his wife, Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria, granddaughter of King Ludwig III of Bavaria. Through his father, he is a member of the Vassouras branch of the House of Orléans-Braganza, a cadet branch of the House of Braganza and the House of Orléans. Through both of his parents, Luiz is a cousin to many heads of royal families throughout the world, including Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, Henri Antoine, Hereditary Prince of Ligne, Archduke Leopold Franz of Austria, and Henri, Count of Paris. Luiz's godparents were Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, his paternal grandmother, and Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, his maternal uncle. From his birth, Luiz has held the honorific styling of Dom (Lord) and the styling of His Imperial and Royal Highness and, until the death and succession of his father, he held the title of Prince Imperial of Brazil.

Although Prince Luiz was born after the revocation of the exile that had been imposed on the Imperial family by Brazil's first Republican government, the aftermath of World War I and World War II detained the entire family in Europe until 1945, when the Vassouras branch of the family was finally repatriated, settling first in the town of Petrópolis (Rio de Janeiro), then to Jacarezinho (Paraná).

On 1957, Luiz returned to Europe to finish his studies, where he graduated on Chemistry at the University of Munich.[2] Back to Brazil on 1967, when his family already moved to Vassouras (Rio de Janeiro), prince Luiz became a member of the Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property,[3] a traditionalist Catholic organization which opposes Socialistic land reform and supports conservative politics based on the catholic social doctrine and the principles promoted by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira. Alongside Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, his Portuguese counterpart he opposes same-sex marital unions, as of a 2015 declaration.[4]

Succession

On 1981, he succeeded prince Pedro Henrique as the claimant to the Brazilian throne by the Vassouras branch. According to the legitimist claims, he is de jure Emperor of Brazil (Luiz I of Brazil).[5]

He and his young brothers, Prince Bertrand and Prince Antônio, are engaged in monarchist proselytism in Brazil. They played main roles during the campaign for the 1993 plebiscite, which represented the hitherto only real opportunity for a return of the monarchy since the Proclamation of the Republic, in 1889. In it, the people were asked to choose which form of government (presidential or parliamentary) and which form of State organization (Republic or Constitutional monarchy) Brazil should have. The monarchist cause was not successful, receiving 13.2% of the vote.[6]

Nowadays, Dom Luiz resides in a house with "no luxury nor splendor" in Higienópolis, a borough of São Paulo, Brazil.[7]

Titles, honours, and styles

Styles of
Prince Luiz
Reference styleHis Imperial and Royal Highness
Spoken styleYour Imperial and Royal Highness
Alternative styleSir

Honours

As Head of the House of Orléans-Braganza, Luiz Gastão holds the following positions:

Luiz has also been decorated with a number of other honours:

Ancestry

Family of Luiz of Orléans-Braganza
16. Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours
8. Prince Gaston, Count of Eu
17. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
4. Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza
18. Pedro II of Brazil
9. Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil
19. Princess Theresa Christina of the Two Sicilies
2. Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza
20. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
10. Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
21. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1816–1867)
5. Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
22. Prince Francis, Count of Trapani
11. Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
23. Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria
1. Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza
24. Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria
12. Ludwig III of Bavaria
25. Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria
6. Prince Franz of Bavaria
26. Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este
13. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este
27. Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria
3. Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria
28. Rudolf Maximilian Konstantin, 11th Duke of Croÿ
14. Karl Alfred, 12th Duke of Croÿ
29. Princess Natalie of Ligne
7. Princess Isabella Antonie of Croÿ
30. Engelbert, 8th Duke of Arenberg
15. Princess Ludmilla of Arenberg
31. Princess Éléonore of Arenberg

References

  1. ^ Casa Imperial do Brasil - Biografia de D. Luiz de Orleans e Bragança.
  2. ^ CUNHA, Dionatan da Silveira (2011) (in Portuguese). Príncipe D. Luiz de Orleans e Bragança: 30 Anos de ascensão a Chefia da Casa Imperial do Brasil. Causa Imperial.
  3. ^ Prince Bertrand of Orleans-Braganza Visits America. TFP.org, 2001-04-30.
  4. ^ "Personalidades que firmaron".
  5. ^ NÉMETH-TORRES, Geovani (2008) (in Portuguese). A odisséia monarquista no Plebiscito Nacional de 1993. In: Veredas da História. Rio de Janeiro: Ano I, n. 1. Abr. 2008. ISSN 1982-4238.
  6. ^ Justiça Eleitoral. Resultado Geral do Plebiscito de 1993.
  7. ^ SOARES, Regiane (2008) (in Portuguese). Príncipe imperial vive "sem luxo nem esplendor" em casa alugada em SP. Folha Online, 2008-03-04.
Luiz of Orléans-Braganza
Cadet branch of the House of Orléans
Born: 6 June 1938
Brazilian royalty
Preceded by Head of the Imperial House of Brazil
(disputed)
5 July 1981 – present 		Incumbent
Heir:
Bertrand
Preceded by
Pia Maria
 Prince Imperial of Brazil
6 June 1938 – 5 July 1981 		Succeeded by
Titles in pretence
Preceded by — TITULAR —
Emperor of Brazil
One of two pretenders to the Brazilian throne
5 July 1981 – present
Reason for succession failure:
Empire abolished in 1889 		Incumbent
Heir:
Bertrand

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