Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza

infobox pretender
English name=Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza


birth_date=birth date|1909|9|13|mf=y
birthplace=Boulogne-Billancourt, France
death_date=death date and age|1981|7|5|1909|9|13
deathplace=Vassouras, Brazil
regnal=
title=Prince-Imperial of Brazil
throne=Brazil
pretend from=1920 - 1981
year=1889
king=Pedro II
relationship=great-grandson
house=House of Orléans-Braganza
father=Prince Luís Maria
mother=Princess Maria Pia de Bourbon
predecessor=Isabel of Brazil
successor=D. Luís

Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza (full anglicised name: His Imperial and Royal Highness Prince Peter Henry Alphonse Philip Mary Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga of Orléans and Braganza) (born September 13, 1909, died July 5, 1981), was the great-grandson of the last emperor of Brazil, Pedro II of Brazil and grandson of Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, and he succeeded her as the titular emperor of Brazil in 1921.

Marriage and children

He married Princess Maria of Bavaria (1914- ) at Nymphenburg on 19 August 1937. They had twelve children.
* Prince Luís Gastão of Orléans-Bragança (1938- ), the present Head of the Imperial House of Brazil.
* Prince Eudes Maria of Orléans-Bragança (1939- ), first married Ana Maria de Moraes e Barros (1945- ), second married Mercedes Neves da Rocha (1955-). He renounced his rights of succession to the Brazilian throne for himself and his descendants on 3 June 1966
* Prince Bertrand Maria of Orléans-Bragança (1941- )
* Princess Isabel Maria of Orleans-Bragança (1944-)
* Prince Pedro de Alcântara Henrique of Orleans-Bragança (1945- ), married Maria de Fátima Lacerda Rocha (1952-), he renounced his rights of succession to the Brazilian throne for himself and his descendants on 28 December 1972
* Prince Fernando Diniz of Orleans-Bragança (1948-), married Maria de Graça Baere de Araújo (1952-), he renounced his rights of succession to the Brazilian throne for himself and his descendants on 24 February 1972
* Prince Antônio João of Orleans-Bragança (1950-), married Princess Christine de Ligne (1955-)
* Princess Eleonora "Leonor" Maria of Orleans-Bragança (1953-), married Prince Michel de Ligne (1951-)
* Prince Francisco Maria of Orleans-Bragança (1955-), married Claudia Regina Godinho (1954-), he renounced his rights of succession to the Brazilian throne for himself and his descendants on 11 December 1980
* Prince Alberto Maria of Orleans-Bragança (1957-), married Maritza Ribas Bockel (1961-), he renounced his rights of succession to the Brazilian throne for himself and his descendants on 11 December 1980
* Princess Maria Teresa of Orleans-Bragança (1959-), married Jan Hessel de Jong (1953-)
* Princess Maria Gabriela of Orleans-Bragança (1959-), married Theodore Senna de Hungria Machado (1952-)

Ancestry

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