The headship of this family is somewhat in dispute. In
1908 Prince Pedro (1875-1940) renounced his rights to the Brazilian throne for himself
and for his descendants. This renunciation, if valid, acted to make his nephew,
Pr Pedro Henrique, head of the family upon the death of the Princess Imperial
in 1921. Since that time members of the senior branch, descended from Prince
Pedro, have disputed the validity of his renunciation. If the renunciation was
valid, then the current head of this family is Dom Luíz
Gastão (b.1938). If, however, it was not valid, then the head may be among the
descendants of Dom Pedro Gastão (1913-2007).
All the members of the family (in male line) bear the
title Prince(ss) of Orleans-Braganza
with the style Royal Highness, even if they do not descend from an equal
marriage. The descendants of Prince Dom Pedro Henrique bear the style Prince(ss) of
Pedro de Alcantara Francisco Antônio
João Carlos Xavier de Paula Miguel Rafael Joaquim
José Gonzaga Pascual Cipriano
Serafim, Infant of Portugal, was b.at
Queluz 12 Oct 1798 [see PORTUGAL]; he succeeded his
father as King Pedro IV of Portugal and the Algarves
10 Mar 1826; he had been proclaimed Emperor PEDRO I of Brazil 12 Oct 1822; he
abdicated the Portuguese throne in favor of his eldest daughter 29 Apr 1826; he
d.Queluz 24 Sep 1834; he m.1st by proxy at
Vienna 13 May 1817 and in person at Rio de Janeiro 5 Nov 1817 Maria Leopoldina
Archdss of Austria (Vienna 22 Jan 1797-Rio de Janeiro 11 Dec 1826); m.2nd
by proxy at Munich 2 Aug 1829 and in person at Rio de Janeiro 17 Oct 1829
Amélia de Beauharnais Pss von Leuchtenberg
(Milan 31 Jul 1812-Lisbon 26 Jan 1873)
1a) Maria II da Glória, Queen
of
2a) Miguel, b.and d.Rio de
Janeiro
3a) João Carlos Pedro Leopoldo, Pr of
4a) Januária Maria Joana Carlota Leopoldina Cándida
Francisca Xavier de Paula Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, Pss Imperial of
Brazil (Imperial Highness) from birth until the birth of the first child of
Pedro II (Rio de Janeiro 11 Mar 1822-Nice 13 Mar 1901); m.Rio
de Janeiro 28 Apr 1844 Luigi Pr of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Cte di Aquila (Naples 19 Jul 1824-Paris 5 Mar 1897)
5a) Paula Mariana Joana Carlota
(Rio de Janeiro 17 Feb 1823-Rio de Janeiro 16 Jan 1833)
6a) Francisca Carolina Joana
Carlota Leopoldina Romana Xavier de Paula Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Gonzaga (Rio
de Janeiro 2 Aug 1824-Paris 27 Mar 1898); m.Rio de
Janeiro
7a) PEDRO II de Alcântara João
Carlos Leopoldo Salvador Bibiano Francisco Xavier de
Paula Leocãdio Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga, Emperor
of Brazil until he was deposed 15 Nov 1889 (Rio de Janeiro 2 Dec 1825-Paris 5
Dec 1891); m.by proxy at Naples 30 May 1843 and in person at Rio de Janeiro 4
Sep 1843 Teresa Pss of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (Naples
14 Mar 1822-Oporto 28 Dec 1889)
1b) Afonso
Pedro de Alcântara Cristiano
Leopoldo Filipe Eugénio
Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga, Pr Imperial of
2b) ISABEL Cristina Leopoldina
Augusta Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, Pss Imperial of
1c) Pedro de Alcântara Luiz Felipe Maria Gastão Miguel Gabriel Rafael
Gonzaga, Pr of Grão Pará (Petrópolis 15 Oct 1875-Petrópolis 29 Jan 1940); m.Versailles 14 Nov 1908 Elisabeth Gfn Dobrzensky von
Dobrzenicz (Chotebor, Bohemia 7 Dec 1875-Sintra, Portugal 11 Jun 1951)
1d) Isabelle Maria Amélia Luiza
Vitoria Teresa Joana Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga
(Château d'Eu 13 Aug 1911-Paris 5 Jul 2003); m.Palermo 8 Apr 1931 Pr Henri d'Orléans, Cte de Paris
(Château Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache 5 Jul 1908-19 Jun
1999)
2d) Pedro de Alcântara Gastão João Maria Felipe Lourenço
Humberto Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga (Château d'Eu
19 Feb 1913-Seville 27 Dec 2007); m.Seville 18 Dec
1944 Maria de la Esperanza Pss of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
(Madrid 14 Jun 1914-Villamanrique de la Condesa 8 Aug
2005)
1e) Pedro de Alcântara Carlos João Lourenço
Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro
1f)
Pedro Tiago Maria Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga, b.Petrópolis
2f)
Filipe Rodrigo Alexandre Francisco Cristóvão Miguel Gabriel Gonzaga, b.Brasilia
2e) Maria da Glória Henriqueta Dolores Lúcia
Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Gonzaga, b.Petrópolis 13 Dec
1946; m.1st Villamanrique de la Condesa, Spain 1 Jul 1972 (div 1985) Alexander Crown Pr of
Yugoslavia (b.London 27 Jul 1945); m.2nd Seville 24 Oct 1985 Don
Ignacio de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba Duque de Segorbe Cde de Ampurias (b.Seville 23 Feb 1947; see Fernández de Córdoba)
3e) Afonso
Duarte Francisco Marcos Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga, b.Petrópolis
1f)
Maria, b.Seville
2f)
Julia, b.Petrópoilis
4e) Manoel Alvaro Rainiero Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga, b.Petrópolis
1f)
Luiza Cristina, b.Seville
2f)
Manoel Afonso, b.Seville
5e) Cristina Maria do Rosario
Leopoldina Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Petrópolis
6e) Francisco Humberto Miguel
Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga, b.Petrópolis
1f)
Francisco Teodoro, b.Petrópolis
2f)
Gabrielle Pires d'Orleans e
Bragança, b.Petrópolis 1989
3f)
Manuela, b.Petrópolis 1997
3d) Maria Francisca Amélia
Luiza Vitória Teresa Elisabeth Micaela Gabriela
Rafaela Gonzaga (Château d'Eu 8 Sep 1914-Lisbon 15 Jan
1968); m.(civ) Rio de Janeiro 13 Oct 1942 (rel) Petrópolis 15 Oct 1942 Duarte Nuno
Infant of Portugal Duke of Braganza (Seebenstein 23 Sep 1907-Lisbon 24 Dec 1976)
4d) João Maria Felipe Miguel
Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga (Boulogne-sur-Seine 15 Oct
1916-Rio de Janeiro 26 Jun 2005); m.1st Sintra,
Portugal 29 Apr 1949 (div 1971) Fátima Scherifa Chirine (Cairo 19 Apr
1923-Rio de Janeiro 14 Mar 1990); m.2nd (morganatically) (civ) Petrópolis 29 Apr 1990 (rel)
Rio de Janeiro 11 May 1990 Tereza de Jesus Cesar Leite (Uba, Minas Gerais 11 Jan 1929-Rio de Janeiro 26 Jun 2020)
1e) João Henrique, b.Rio de Janeiro
1f) João Filipe,
b.Rio de Janeiro
1g) Mia Isabel (b.2015)
2g) João Antonie (b.2017)
2f) Maria Cristina, b.Rio de Janeiro
5d) Teresa Maria Teodora
Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga (Boulogne-sur-Seine
18 Jun 1919-Estoril 18 Apr 2011); m.Sintra,
2c) Luíz
Maria Filipe Pedro de Alcântara
Gastão Miguel Rafael Gonzaga (Petrópolis 26 Nov 1878-
Cannes 26 Mar 1920); m.Cannes
1d) Pedro Henrique Afonso Felipe Maria Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga
(Boulogne-sur-Seine 13 Sep 1909-Vassouras, Brazil 5
Jul 1981); m.Nymphenburg
1e) Luíz
Gastão Maria José Pio (Mandelieu
6 Jun 1938-São Paulo 5 Jul 2022)
2e) Eudes
Maria Ranieri Pedro José; he renounced his rights to
the throne for himself and his descendants in 1966 (Mandelieu
8 Jun 1939-13 Aug 2020); m.1st
1f)
Luíz Filipe Maria José
Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro
1g)
Maximilian, b.14 Jun 2012
2f)
Anna Luíza Maria Josefa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela
Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro
3f)
Eudes Maria José Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro
1g)
Eudes, b.Rio de Janeiro
2g)
Valentina, b.Rio de Janeiro
4f)
Maria Antonia Josefa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio
de Janeiro
5f)
Maria Francisca Josefa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio
de Janeiro 18 Aug 1979; m.1st Rio de Janeiro 7 May 2005 Bernardo
Almeida Braga Ratto; m.2nd 15 Jul 2017
Michael Anthony Whyte
6f)
Guy Maria José Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga, b.Rio
de Janeiro
3e) Bertrand Maria José Pio Januario, b.Mandelieu
4e) Isabel Maria Josepha Henriquetta Francisca (La Bourboule
5 Apr 1944-Rio de Janeiro 5 Nov 2017)
5e) Pedro de Alcântara Henrique Maria Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga; he
renounced for himself and his issue the rights to the throne in 1972; b.Petrópolis 1 Dec 1945; m.Rio de
Janeiro 4 Jul 1974 Maria de Fátima Lacerda Rocha (b.Rio de Janeiro
14 Jul 1952)
1f)
Maria Pia Josefa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio
de Janeiro
2f)
Maria Carolina Josefa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio
de Janeiro 19 Sep 1978; m.Capela da Imperial Irmandade do Outeiro da Glória, Rio de Janeiro, 2 Dec 2005 Nuno
de Carvalho Moreira (b.Rio de Janeiro 20 Sep 1974)
3f)
Gabriel José Miguel Rafael Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro
1g)
Gabriel Pedro (b.Rio de Janeiro
4f)
Maria de Fátima Isabel Josefa Micaela Gabriela
Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 13 May 1988
5f)
Maria Manoela Josefa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio
de Janeiro
6e) Fernando Diniz Maria José Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga; he
renounced for himself and his descendants the rights to the throne in 1975; b.Petrópolis 2 Feb 1948; m.Rio de
Janeiro 19 Mar 1975 Maria de Graça Baere de Araújo (b.Rio de Janeiro 27 Jun 1952)
1f)
Isabel Maria Eleonora Josefa Francisca Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro
2f)
Maria da Glória Cristina Josefa Joana
Eleonora Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio de
Janeiro
3f)
Luíza Carolina Maria de Fatima Josefa Julia Micaela
Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro
7e) Antônio
João Maria José Rasso Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga (Rio de Janeiro 24 Jun 1950-ibid
8 Nov 2024); m.Beloeil (civ)
1f) Pedro Luíz
Maria José Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga (Rio de Janeiro 12 Jan 1983-d.in plane
accident over the Atlantic 1 Jun 2009)
2f) Amélia Maria de Fátima Josefa Antonia Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga,
b.Brussels
3f) Rafael Antonio Maria José
Francisco Miguel Gabriel Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro
4f) Maria Gabriela Josefa
Fernanda Yolanda Micaela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio de
Janeiro
8e) Leonor Maria Josefa Rosa Filipa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Jacarèzinho
9e) Francisco Maria José Rasso
Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga; he renounced for himself and his descendants the
rights to the throne in 1980; b.Jacarèzinho
1f)
Maria Elisabeth Josefa Angela Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro
2f)
Maria Tereza Cristiana
Josefa Albertina Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio
de Janeiro
3f)
Maria Eleonora Josefa Antonia Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro
10e) Alberto Maria José João
Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga; he renounced for himself and his descendants the
rights to the throne in 1982 (b.Jundiai do Sul, Paraná 23 Jun 1957); m.Rio de Janeiro 11 Jan 1983 Maritza
Ribas Bockel (b.Rio de
Janeiro 29 Apr 1961)
1f)
Pedro Alberto Maria José Francisco Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 31 May 1988
2f)
Maria Beatriz Isabel Guilhermina Micaela Gabriela
Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 27 Jul 1990
3f)
Ana Thereza Maria Francisca Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro 10/11 Feb 1995
4f)
Antonio Alberto Maria José Henrique Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga, b.Rio de Janeiro
11e) Maria Teresa Adelgunda Luíza Josefa Micaela
Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Jundiai do Sul 14 Jul 1959; m.Rio de Janeiro
4 Nov 1995 Jan Hessel de Jong (b.Joure,
Netherlands 5 Mar 1954)
12e) Maria Gabriela Dorotea Isabella Josefa Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, b.Jundiai do Sul 14 Jul 1959; m.Petropolis 20 Dec 2003 (div 2005) Teodoro Hungria de Silva Machado (b.1952)
2d) Luiz Gastão Antônio Maria Filipe (Cannes 19
Feb 1911-Neuilly-sur-Seine 8 Sep 1931)
3d) Pia Maria Raniera Isabella Antonia Vitoria Thereza Amélia Gerarda
Raimunda Anna Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Gonzaga (Boulogne-sur-Seine
4 Mar 1913-Lude 24 Oct 2000); m.Paris 12 Aug 1948 René Cte de Nicolay (Le Lude 17 Jan 1910-Paris 25 Nov 1954)
3c) Antônio
Gastão Luís Filipe
Francisco de Assis Maria Miguel Rafael Gabriel
Gonzaga (Paris 9 Aug 1881-London 29 Nov 1918)
3b) Leopoldina Teresa Francisca
Carolina Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga (Rio de Janeiro 13 Jul 1847- Vienna 7
Feb 1871); m.Rio de Janeiro 15 Dec 1864 August Pr of
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Château d'Eu 9 Aug 1845-Karlsbad
14 Sep 1907)
4b) Pedro Afonso
Cristiano Leopoldo Eugénio
Fernando Vicente Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga, Pr Imperial of Brazil (Rio de Janeiro
19 Jul 1848-Santa Cruz 9 Jan 1850)
8a) Maria Amélia Augusta Eugénia Josefina Luisa Teodelinda Heloisa Francisca
Xavier de Paula Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga (Paris 14 Dec 1831-Funchal, Madeira
4 Feb 1853)
9a) [illegitimate by Noemy Valency] a son, b.and d.Recife, Brazil 1818, bur
10a) [illegitimate by Joana de Mosqueira] José de Mosqueira, b.1828/30, d.young
11a) [illegitimate by
Maria Benedita de Castro (1792-1857)] Rodrigo Delfim Pereira (Rio de Janeiro 4 Nov 1823-Lisbon 31 Jan
1891); m.Rio de Janeiro 7 Jun 1851 Carolina Bregaro (Rio de Janeiro 14 Jan 1836-Lisbon 30 Dec 1915)
1b)
Manuel de Castro Pereira (Paris 1 May 1858-Lisbon 15 Feb 1921); m.Lisbon 18 May 1885 Cecilia van Zeller (Lisbon 26 Dec
1867-Lisbon 21 Jan 1959)
1c)
Rodrigo (Sintra 22 Jul 1887- )
2c)
Manuel (Lisbon 25 Dec 1889-Lisbon 7 Apr 1903)
3c)
Eduardo de Castro Pereira (Lisbon 28 Jul 1903- ); m.Obivos 30
Jul 1930 Henriquetta Luz da Gama
(b.Lisbon 6 Nov 1903)
4c)
João van Zeller de Castro Pereira (Lisbon 23 Mar 1905- ); m.Lisbon 30
Jan 1932 Eugenia d'Orey Correia de Sampajo
1d)
Manuel, b.Lisbon 31 Jan 1933; m.Estoril
18 Jun 1958 Jose Chanteu Guedes
de Sousa (b.4 Aug 1936)
1e)
João, b.Lisbon
2d)
Isabel, b.Lisbon
5c)
Nuno, b.Lisbon 11 Jan 1907;
m.Lisbon 29 May 1933 Isabel do Casal
Ribeiro Ulrich (b.Sintra 23
Sep 1912)
1d)
Rodrigo, b.Lisbon
2d)
José, b.Lisbon
3d)
Eduardo, b.Lisbon
4d)
Maria, b.Lisbon 17 Apr 1934; m.Lisbon
24 Jul 1955 Miguel de Sttau Monteiro
5d)
Madalena, b.Lisbon 31 Jul
1935; m.Lisbon 7 Feb 1957 Fernando de Avilez Pinto Coelho
6d)
Isabel, b.Sintra
7d)
Luisa, b.Sintra
8d)
Teresa, b.Lisbon
9d)
Benedita, b.Lisbon
6c)
Isabel (Lisbon 14 Apr 1886-Lisbon 1980); m.Sintra 11
Aug 1915 Guilherme Street de Arriaga
e Cunha (b.Carnide 1888)
7c)
Teresa (Sintra 28 Sep 1892-Estoril 9 Oct 1945); m.Lisbon 4 Jul 1916 Jose Street de Arriaga
e Cunha, Cde de Carnide (d.Lisbon 1961)
8c)
Maria do Carmo (Sintra 14
Oct 1893- ); m.Lisbon
12 Apr 1920 Manuel do Casal Ribeiro
de Carvalho (d.Lisbon 10 Jul 1958)
9c)
Maria Madalena (Lisbon 24 Jan 1896-Lisbon 16 Nov
1959); m.Lisbon 3 Jun 1917 Oscar Guimaraes (b.Manaus, Brazil 1893)
10c)
Adelaide (Sintra 11 Aug 1897- ); m.Lisbon 21
May 1922 Henrique de Balsemao
11c)
Carlota (Lisbon 4 Mar 1899- ); m.Lisbon 18 Apr 1928 Frederico de Gusmao
Correia Arouca
12c)
Benedita (Sintra 5 Jul
1909- ); m.Lisbon
14 Dec 1929 José do Casal Ribeiro
Ulrich
2b)
Carolina (Berlin 16 Aug 1854-Lisbon 5 Dec 1878); m.Lisbon
24 Jan 1876 Pedro Correa Henriquez, Cde de Seisal (d.Lisbon 12 Feb 1890)
3b)
Germana (Hamburg 19 Jun 1860-Sintra 5 Dec 1954); m.Lisbon
28 Apr 1884 Pedro Correa Henriquez, Cde de Seisal (d.Lisbon 12 Feb 1890)
12a) [illegitimate by
Clemence Saisset] Pedro de Bragança,
b.Rio de Janeiro May 1828, d.after 1834)
[illegitimate issue by Domitilla
de Castro do Canto e Melo, Marquesa de Santos
(1797-1867)]:
13a) Pedro de Bragança (Rio de Janeiro 7 Dec 1825-Rio de Janeiro 27 Dec
1825)
14a) Isabel de Bragança, Duquesa de Goyaz,
legitimized 1826 (Rio de Janeiro 23 May 1824-Murnau 13 Aug 1898); m.Munich 17
Apr 1843 Ernst Fischler Gf von Treuberg (d.Holzen 14
May 1867)
15a) Isabel de Bragança, Duquesa de Ceara, b.and
legitimized Rio de Janeiro 1827, d.Rio de Janeiro
16a) Isabel de Bragança (São Paulo 28 Feb
1830-São Paulo 13 Sep 1896); m.Rio de Janeiro 1846/8
Pedro Caldeira Brant, Cde de Iguassa
(d.Rio de Janeiro 18 Feb 1881)