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| '''Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza''' (born ''Pedro de Alcántara Gastão João Maria Filipe Lourenço Humberto Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança'') (] ] – ] ])<ref></ref> was one of two claimants to the Brazilian throne as ] Emperor of Brazil, and head of the ] branch of the ]. <ref>{{cite journal| author = Handler, Bruce| date= March 5, 1989| title = Brazil to Decide on Return of Monarchy| journal = Los Angeles Times| pages = p.34}}</ref> | '''Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza''' (born ''Pedro de Alcántara Gastão João Maria Filipe Lourenço Humberto Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança'') (] ] – ] ])<ref></ref> was one of two claimants to the Brazilian throne as ] Emperor of Brazil, and head of the non-dynastic ] branch of the ]. <ref>{{cite journal| author = Handler, Bruce| date= March 5, 1989| title = Brazil to Decide on Return of Monarchy| journal = Los Angeles Times| pages = p.34}}</ref> | ||
| ==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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| Pedro Gastão | |
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| Pretender | |
| Born | 19 February 1913 Eu, Seine-Maritime, France |
| Died | December 27, 2007(2007-12-27) (aged 94) Villamanrique de la Condesa, Seville, Spain |
| Title(s) | Prince of Orléans-Braganza |
| Throne(s) claimed | Brazil |
| Pretend from | 29 January 1940 – 27 December 2007 |
| Monarchy abolished | 15 November 1889 |
| Last monarch | Pedro II |
| Connection with | great-grandson |
| Royal House | Orléans-Braganza |
| Father | Prince Pedro de Alcantara of Orléans-Braganza |
| Mother | Countess Elisabeth Dobrzensky of Dobrzenicz |
| Spouse | Princess Maria de la Esperanza of the Two Sicilies |
| Children | Prince Pedro Carlos Princess Maria da Gloria Prince Afonso Duarte Prince Manuel Álvaro Princess Cristina Maria Prince Francisco Humberto |
| Successor | Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza |
Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (born Pedro de Alcántara Gastão João Maria Filipe Lourenço Humberto Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança) (19 February 1913 – 27 December 2007) was one of two claimants to the Brazilian throne as titular Emperor of Brazil, and head of the non-dynastic Petrópolis branch of the Brazilian Imperial House.
Biography
Prince Pedro Gastão was the son of Prince Pedro de Alcantara of Orléans-Braganza and Countess Elisabeth Dobrzensky of Dobrzenicz. He was born in Eu, France. He spent his youth in Europe and 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."
A few years before his death Pedro Gastão’s father Prince Pedro de Alcantara told a Brazilian newspaper:
- “My resignation was not valid for many reasons: besides, it was not a hereditary resignation.”
Following the death of his father supported by Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria and Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona he declared himself head of the Imperial Family of Brazil. His position was supported by Francisco Morato the professor of the faculty of Law at the University of São Paulo who concluded the resignation of Pedro Gastão’s father was not a valid legal or monarchical act. Professor Paulo Napoleão Nogueira da Silva in the 1990’s published a report saying that the resignation of his father was invalid under all possible aspects of Brazilian Law.
He represented a rival claim to that of his cousin's son, Prince Luís 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.
In 1945 Pedro relinquished to his sister Princess Maria Francisca of Orléans-Braganza and her heirs his claim to the title Duke of Braganza. The title had been created in 1816 in favor of his great-great-grandfather Emperor Pedro I of Brazil. It had, in fact, been claimed and used in exile as a title of pretence by the Miguelist pretenders to the Portuguese throne since 1834. It is currently borne by the eldest son of Francisca by her late husband, Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza.
Pedro Gastão died aged 94 on 27 December, 2007.
Marriage and children
He married Princess Maria de la Esperanza of the Two Sicilies (1914-2005), a daughter of Prince Carlos of the Two Sicilies and Princess Louise of Orléans, on 18 December 1944 in Seville, Spain, and had six children:
- Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza (born 31 October 1945), succeeded to his father's claim as Emperor on 26 December 2007.
- Princess Maria da Gloria of Orléans-Braganza (born 13 December 1946), former Crown Princess of Yugoslavia.
- Prince Afonso Duarte of Orléans-Braganza (born 25 April 1948)
- Prince Manuel Álvaro of Orléans-Braganza (born 17 June 1949)
- Princess Cristina Maria of Orléans-Braganza (born 16 October 1950)
- Prince Francisco Humberto of Orléans-Braganza (born 9 December 1956)
Ancestors
| 8. Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours | |||||||||||||||
| 4. Prince Gaston, Count of Eu | |||||||||||||||
| 9. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Kohary | |||||||||||||||
| 2. Prince Pedro de Alcantara of Orléans-Braganza | |||||||||||||||
| 10. Pedro II of Brazil | |||||||||||||||
| 5. Isabel, Princess Imperial | |||||||||||||||
| 11. Teresa of the Two Sicilies | |||||||||||||||
| 1. Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza | |||||||||||||||
| 12. Count John Nepomuk Dobrzensky | |||||||||||||||
| 6. Count John Dobrzensky | |||||||||||||||
| 13. Baroness Maria Friederike Wanczura | |||||||||||||||
| 3. Countess Elisabeth Dobrzensky | |||||||||||||||
| 14. Count Joseph Kottulinsky | |||||||||||||||
| 7. Countess Elisabeth Kottulinsky | |||||||||||||||
| 15. Countess Adelaide von Attems | |||||||||||||||
References
- Morre na Espanha dom Pedro Gastão de Orleans e Bragança
- Handler, Bruce (March 5, 1989). "Brazil to Decide on Return of Monarchy". Los Angeles Times: p.34.
{{cite journal}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - Bailey, Anthony (January 1998). "Dom Pedro and the lost empire". Royalty: pp. 54-59.
{{cite journal}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ Bodstein, Astrid (2006). "The Imperial Family of Brazil". Royalty Digest Quarterly (3). Retrieved 2007-12-28.
- The Amazon Throne
- Genealogy of Prince Pedro Gastão
External links
| Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza House of Orléans-BraganzaCadet branch of the House of OrléansBorn: 19 February 1913 Died: 27 December 2007 | ||
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| Preceded by— | — TITULAR — Emperor of Brazil 29 January 1940 – 27 December 2007 |
Succeeded byPrince Pedro Carlos |
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| Consorts are in italics - * member of the Portuguese royal family | ||