Prince Rafael of Orléans-Braganza

Prince Rafael
Born	26 April 1986 Petrópolis, Brazil
Full name Rafael Antonio Maria José Francisco Miguel Gabriel Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Ligne
House	Orléans-Braganza
Father	Prince Antônio of Orléans-Braganza
Mother	Princess Christine of Ligne

Brazilian Imperial Family (Vassouras branch)
HI&RH Prince Luiz HI&RH Prince Bertrand HRH Prince Antônio HRH Princess Christine HRH Prince Rafael HRH Princess Amélia HRH Princess Maria Gabriela HRH Princess Isabel Maria HRH The Princess of Ligne HH The Hereditary Prince of Ligne HH Princess Alix of Ligne

Styles of Prince Rafael
Reference style	His Royal Highness
Spoken style	Your Royal Highness
Alternative style	Sir

Prince Rafael of Orléans-Braganza (Rafael Antonio Maria José Francisco Miguel Gabriel Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Ligne, 26 April 1986) is a member of the Imperial House of Brazil. He is the younger, but only surviving son of Prince António of Orléans-Braganza and Princess Christine of Ligne.

Prince Rafael is third in one of two disputed lines of succession to the defunct Brazilian throne, currently claimed by his uncle Prince Luiz of Orleans-Braganza and his cousin Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza.

Currently resides in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He graduated in Production Engineering by Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, and works in AmBev - Americas' Beverage Company, where he was internship. Three years younger than Pedro Luis (died crash on May 31, 2009), he has an older sister, Princess Amelia of Orleans-Braganza, and a younger sister, Princess Maria Gabriela.

His older brother, Prince Pedro Luiz, was confirmed to be a passenger on Air France Flight 447, which crashed into the ocean while traveling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on 1 June 2009.^[1]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Rafael of Orléans-Braganza

16. Prince Gaston, Count of Eu               8. Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza                       17. Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil               4. Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza                             18. Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta               9. Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies                       19. Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies               2. Prince Antônio of Orléans-Braganza                                   20. Ludwig III of Bavaria               10. Prince Franz of Bavaria                       21. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este               5. Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria                             22. Karl Alfred, 12th Duke of Croÿ               11. Princess Isabella Antonie of Croÿ                       23. Princess Ludmilla of Arenberg               1. Prince Rafael of Orléans-Braganza                                         24. Ernest, 10th Prince of Ligne               12. Eugène, 11th Prince of Ligne                       25. Diane de Cossé-Brissac               6. Antoine, 13th Prince of Ligne                             26. François de Noailles, Prince of Poix               13. Philippine de Noailles                       27. Madeleine Dubois de Courval               3. Princess Christine of Ligne                                   28. Robert I, Duke of Parma               14. Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma                       29. Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal               7. Princess Alix Marie of Luxembourg                             30. William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg               15. Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg                       31. Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal

References

1. Família Orleans e Bragança confirma que príncipe brasileiro estava no vôo AF 447 (Portuguese) His body was later found.

External links

• Imperial House of Brazil (Portuguese)