House of Orléans-Braganza

House of Orléans-Braganza Casa de Orleães-Bragança
Parent house	House of Orléans
Founded	1864
Founder	Isabel of Braganza, Princess Imperial of Brazil and Prince Gaston, Count of Eu
Current head	Vassouras branch: Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza Petrópolis branch: Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza

The House of Orléans-Braganza (Portuguese: Casa de Orleães-Bragança) is a noble house, of French and Portuguese origin. It is a cadet branch of the House of Orléans, and descended from the House of Braganza. The house was founded with the marriage between Isabel of Braganza, Princess Imperial of Brazil, and Gaston of Orléans, Count of Eu. The house was never a reigning house, as Brazil's pure Braganza monarch, Pedro II, was deposed in 1889. The House's members are the current claimants to the Brazilian throne.

Members

Vassouras line

• Prince Dom Pedro 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 Luiz of Orléans-Braganza (1878-1920).
• Prince Dom Luiz 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)

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)

Saxe-Coburg and Braganza line

• Princess Leopoldina of Braganza and Borbón (1847–1871): daughter of the Emperor Pedro II of Brazil and Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies.
  • Prince Pedro Augusto of Saxe-Coburg and Braganza (1871–1934): eldest son of Princess Leopoldina of Braganza and Borbón and Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
    • Princess Teresa Cristina of Saxe-Coburg and Braganza (1934–1990): daughter of Prince August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Archduchess Karoline Marie of Austria.
      • Prince Carlos Tasso of Saxe-Coburg and Braganza (1990–): son of Princess Teresa Cristina of Saxe-Coburg and Braganza and Baron Baron Taxis-Bordogna-Valnigra.

References

1. Bodstein, Astrid (2006). "The Imperial Family of Brazil". Royalty Digest Quarterly (3).
2. Bernardo Gutiérrez, "La familia real brasileña defiende los nuevos ideales", Príncipes Republicanos (09/01/2008)