Prince Luiz Gastão of Orléans-Braganza

Prince Luiz Gastão
Born	19 February 1911 Cannes, France
Died	8 September 1931 (aged 20) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Full name Luiz Gastão Antônio Maria Filipe
House	House of Orléans-Braganza
Father	Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza
Mother	Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Prince Luiz Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (Portuguese: Príncipe Luiz Gastão Antônio Maria Filipe de Orleans e Bragança; 19 February 1911 – 8 September 1931) was a member of the House of Orléans-Braganza, and was descended from the Brazilian Imperial Family.

Life

Prince Luiz Gastão was born at Cannes, France, the second son of Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza (1878–1920), and his wife, Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1978–1963). His father was the second son of Prince Gaston, Count of Eu, and Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil. His mother was the daughter of Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta, and Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

Prince Luis Gastão's paternal grandmother, Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, was the heir to the Brazilian throne. Her father Pedro II, was the last emperor of Brazil until he was deposed in 1889. Isabel's eldest son, Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, renounced his succession rights in 1908, passing the succession to his younger brother, Prince Luiz. When Prince Luiz died in 1920, his eldest son, and Luiz Gastão's elder brother, Prince Pedro Henrique, became the Head of the Brazilian Imperial House, with Prince Luiz Gastão as his nominal heir.

Luiz Gastão died unmarried at an early age, and was buried in the Orléans Mausoleum in Dreux. After his death, his sister Princess Pia Maria became the titular heir of her brother Pedro Henrique, until the birth of Pedro Henrique's son, also called Prince Luiz, in 1938.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Luiz Gastão of Orléans-Braganza

16. Louis-Philippe I, King of the French               8. Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours                       17. Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily               4. Prince Gaston, Count of Eu                             18. Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha               9. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha                       19. Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág               2. Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza                                   20. Pedro I of Brazil               10. Pedro II of Brazil                       21. Archduchess Maria Leopoldina of Austria               5. Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil                             22. Francis I of the Two Sicilies               11. Princess Theresa Christina of the Two Sicilies                       23. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain               1. Prince Luiz Gastão of Orléans-Braganza                                         24. Francis I of the Two Sicilies (= 22)               12. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies                       25. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain (= 23)               6. Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta                             26. Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen               13. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria                       27. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg               3. Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies                                   28. Francis I of the Two Sicilies (= 22)               14. Prince Francis, Count of Trapani                       29. Maria Isabella of Spain (= 23)               7. Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies                             30. Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany               15. Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria                       31. Princess Maria Antonia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Notes and sources

• Imperial House of Brazil (Portuguese)
• thePeerage.com - Dom Luíz Gastão António Maria Felipe de Orléans-Bragança e Borbon
• Genealogics - Leo van de Pas - Prince Luis Gastao de Orléans e Bragança
• The Royal House of Stuart, London, 1969, 1971, 1976, Addington, A. C., Reference: page 50.