Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza

Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza

Prince Antônio Gastão Filipe Francisco de Assis Maria Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga of Orléans-Braganza, Prince of Brazil (Paris, 9 August 1881Edmonton, 29 November 1918).

He was the third and last born son of Isabel, Princess Imperial and titular Empress of Brazil and her husband Gaston of Orleans, Count of Eu and grandson of last French King, Louis-Philippe.

Dom Antônio was a Hussar lieutenant in the Austro-Hungarian Army between 1908 and 1914. But, when World War I broke out, Antônio, who was a French Prince by his father, joined the British Royal Navy where he served as a pilot.

Prince Antônio died near London, when his plane crashed during military practice, shortly after the end of the war. The remains of Prince Antônio where placed in the Royal Chapel of Dreux, in France.

References

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