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Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza
Head of the Imperial House of Brazil (disputed)
Reign29 January 1940 – 27 December 2007
SuccessorPrince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza
Born19 February 1913
Eu, Seine-Maritime, France
Died27 December 2007(2007-12-27) (aged 94)
Villamanrique de la Condesa, Seville, Spain
SpousePrincess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
IssuePrince Pedro Carlos
Princess Maria da Gloria
Prince Alfonso Duarte
Prince Manuel Álvaro
Princess Cristina Maria
Prince Francisco Humberto
Names
Pedro de Alcântara Gastão João Maria Filipe Lourenço Humberto Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança
HouseOrléans-Braganza
FatherPedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará
MotherCountess Elisabeth Dobržensky de Dobrženicz
Styles of
Prince Pedro Gastão
Reference styleHis Imperial and Royal Highness
Spoken styleYour Imperial and Royal Highness
Alternative styleSir

Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (born Pierre-d'Alcantara Gaston Jean Marie Philippe Laurent Hubert d'Orléans et Bragance ; in Portuguese, Pedro de Alcântara Gastão João Maria Filipe Lourenço Humberto Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Dobrzensky de Dobrzenicz) (19 February 1913 – 27 December 2007)[1] was one of two claimants to the Brazilian throne and head of the Petrópolis branch of the Brazilian Imperial House.[2]

Biography

Pedro Gastão with his paternal grandfather, Gaston of Orléans during First World War.

Prince Pedro Gastão was the son of Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará and his wife Countess Elisabeth Dobržensky de Dobrženicz. He was born in Eu, France. His father was expected to eventually inherit the imperial throne of Brazil, as his mother was the elder child and heir presumptive of Emperor Pedro II. The monarchy was, however, overthrown in 1889 and the former imperial family went to France in exile. Until Dom Pedro de Alcântara's renunciation at the time of his marriage to a woman who was not of royal birth, he was to succeed his mother as imperial pretender, leading the Brazilian restoration movement from abroad.

Pedro Gastão spent his youth in Europe, largely at his family's Parisian home in the Boulogne sur Seine suburb: "I have very good memories of my grandparents...In exile in France I was always brought up thinking of Brazil not France or Portugal."[3]

A few years before his death Pedro Gastão's father Prince Pedro de Alcântara told a Brazilian newspaper:

"My resignation was not valid for many reasons: besides, it was not a hereditary resignation."[4]

Following the death of his father, and supported by Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria and Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona he declared himself head of the Imperial Family of Brazil.[4] His position was supported by Francisco Morato, law professor at the University of São Paulo, who concluded the resignation of Pedro Gastão's father was not a valid legal or monarchical act.[4] Professor Paulo Napoleão Nogueira da Silva in the 1990s published a report saying that the resignation of his father was invalid under all possible aspects of Brazilian Law.[4]

He represented a rival claim to that of his cousin's son, Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza, to be the heir of the deposed Emperor Pedro II of Brazil, despite the renunciation signed by his father in 1908 when he married, without dynastic approval, a Bohemian noblewoman.[5]

Pedro Gastão died aged 94 on 27 December 2007.

Marriage and children

He married Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (14 June 1914 in Madrid – 8 August 2005 in Villamanrique de la Condesa), daughter of Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and Princess Louise of Orléans, on 18 December 1944 in Seville, and had six children:[6][7]

∞ married Rony Kuhn de Souza (20 March 1938 in São Paulo – 14 January 1979 in Petrópolis), daughter of Alfredo Kuhn de Souza and Maria das Gravas Mercedes de Souza, on 2 September 1975 in Petrópolis, with issue:
  • Pedro Tiago de Orléans e Bragança (born 12 January 1979 in Petrópolis), Prince Imperial of Brazil according to supporters of the Petrópolis branch's claim
∞ Patrícia Alexandra Braumeyer Branscombe (22 November 1964 - 21 November 2009 in Petrópolis), daughter of Frank Branscombe and Maria Braumeyer, on 16 July 1981 in Fazenda Sáo Geraldo, with issue:
  • Felipe de Orléans e Bragança (born 31 December 1982)
∞ Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (born 17 July 1945 at Claridge's in London), son of Peter II of Yugoslavia and Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, on 1 July 1972 in Villamanrique de la Condesa, divorced on 19 February 1985, with issue:
∞ Danica Marinković (born 1986 in Belgrade), daughter of Milan Marinković and Zorica "Beba", on 7 October 2017 in Belgrade, with issue:
  • Prince Stefan of Yugoslavia (born 25 February 2018 in Belgrade)
∞ Ignacio de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba, 19th Duke of Segorbe and 20th Count of Rivadavia (born 23 February 1947 in Seville), son of Rafael de Medina y Vilallonga and Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli, on 24 October 1985 in Seville, with issue.
  • Prince Alfonso of Orléans-Braganza (born 25 April 1948 in Petrópolis)
∞ Maria Juana Parejo y Gurruchaga (born 13 May 1954 in Seville), daughter of Isidro Parejo and Maria Vitória Gurruchaga, on 3 January 1973 in Seville, divorced in 1998, with issue:
  • Maria de Orléans-Braganza (born 4 January 1974 in Seville)
  • Julia de Orléans-Braganza (born 18 September 1977 in Petrópolis)
∞ Silvia-Amália Hungria de Silva Machado (born 29 July 1953 in Rio de Janeiro) on 19 November 2002 in Petrópolis
  • Prince Manuel of Orléans-Braganza (born 17 June 1949 in Petrópolis)
∞ Margarita Haffner y Lancha (born 10 December 1945 in Málaga), daughter of Oskar Haffner, on 12 December 1977 in Málaga, divorced in 1995, with issue:
  • Luiza de Orléans-Braganza (born 25 July 1978 in Seville)
  • Manuel de Orléans-Braganza (born 7 March 1981 in Seville)
  • Princess Cristina of Orléans-Braganza (born 16 October 1950 in Petrópolis)
∞ Prince Jan Pawel Sapieha-Rozanski (born 26 August 1935 in Warschau), son of Prince Jan Andrzej Sapieha-Rozanski, on 16 May 1980 in Petrópolis, divorced in 1988, with issue:
  • Princess Ana Teresa Sapieha-Rozanski (born 25 May 1981 in Petrópolis)
  • Princess Paola Sapieha-Rozanski (born 26 April 1983 in London)
∞ Prince Constantin Swiatopolk-Czetwertyński (born 20 February 1978 in Brussels), in 2012
  • Prince Francisco of Orléans-Braganza (born 9 December 1956)
∞ Christina Schmidt-Peçanha (born 14 January 1953), daughter of Gaubert Schmidt and Alice Peçanha, on 28 January 1978 in Petrópolis, divorced, with issue:
  • Francisco de Orléans-Bragança (born 25 September 1979 in Petrópolis)
  • Maria Isabel de Orléans-Bragança (born 1982), who was born after her father's second marriage
∞ Rita de Cássia Ferreira Pires (born 1961) in 1980, with issue:
  • Gabriel de Orléans-Bragança (born 1989)
  • Manuela de Orléans-Bragança (born 1997)

Ancestors

References

  1. ^ Morre na Espanha dom Pedro Gastão de Orléans e Bragança
  2. ^ Handler, Bruce (5 March 1989). "Brazil to Decide on Return of Monarchy". Los Angeles Times: 34.
  3. ^ Bailey, Anthony (January 1998). "Dom Pedro and the lost empire". Royalty: 54–59.
  4. ^ a b c d Bodstein, Astrid (2006). "The Imperial Family of Brazil". Royalty Digest Quarterly (3). Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2007.
  5. ^ "The Amazon Throne". Archived from the original on 8 October 2006. Retrieved 1 February 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Willis, Daniel A., ‘’The Descendants of King George I of Great Britain’’, Clearfield Company, 2002, pp. 141-142. ISBN 0-8063-5172-1
  7. ^ Genealogy of Prince Pedro Gastão
Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza
Cadet branch of the House of Orléans
Born: 19 February 1913 Died: 27 December 2007
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
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 — TITULAR —
Emperor of Brazil
Petrópolis pretender to the Brazilian throne
29 January 1940 – 27 December 2007
Reason for succession failure:
Empire abolished in 1889 		Succeeded by

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