Prince Pedro de Alcântara of Orléans-Braganza

Pedro de Alcântara Luís Filipe Maria Gastão Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga of Orléans-Braganza, Prince of Grão Para (15 October 1875 - 29 January 1940) was the first born son of Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil and her husband Gaston, comte d'Eu. In 1908 Pedro wanted to marry Countess Elisabeth Dobrzensky (1875-1951) a noblewoman whom his mother Isabel regarded as not royal, and as result he renounced his rights to the throne of Brazil on October 30 1908.

Pedro and Elisabeth married on November 14 1908 in Versailles, France, and had 5 children:

* Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (1911-2003)
* Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (1913-2007) - Married Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
* Princess Maria Francisca of Orléans-Braganza (1914-1968) - Married Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza.
* Prince João Maria of Orléans-Braganza (1916-2005)
* Princess Teresa of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1919)

A few years before his death Prince Pedro de Alcântara told a Brazilian newspaper::“My resignation was not valid for many reasons: besides, it was not a hereditary resignation.”cite journal | last =Bodstein | first =Astrid | title =The Imperial Family of Brazil | journal =Royalty Digest Quarterly | issue =3 | pages = | date =2006 | url =http://www.brasilimperial.org.br/atualidades.htm | accessdate =2007-12-28 ]

Following his death his son Prince Pedro Gastão assumed the headship of the Petrópolis branch of the Imperial House of Brazil.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Prince Pedro de Alcantara of Orléans-Braganza
2= 2. Gaston, Count of Eu
3= 3. Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil
4= 4. Louis, Duke of Nemours
5= 5. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Kohary
6= 6. Pedro II of Brazil
7= 7. Teresa of the Two Sicilies
8= 8. Louis-Philippe of France
9= 9. Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies
10= 10. Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 4th Prince of Kohary
11= 11. Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág
12= 12. Pedro I of Brazil
13= 13. Maria Leopoldina of Austria
14= 14. Francis I of the Two Sicilies
15= 15. Maria Isabella of Spain
16= 16. Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
17= 17. Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre
18= 18. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
19= 19. Marie Caroline of Austria
20= 20. Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
21= 21. Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf
22= 22. Friedrich Josef Koháry de Csábrág, 3rd Prince of Koháry
23= 23. Maria Antonia of Waldstein-Wartenberg
24= 24. John VI of Portugal
25= 25. Charlotte of Spain
26= 26. Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
27= 27. Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies
28= 28. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (= 18)
29= 29. Marie Caroline of Austria (= 19)
30= 30. Charles IV of Spain
31= 31. Maria Luisa of Parma

References

* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p10403.htm#i104029 thepeerage.com]