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| Rafael de Orleans e Bragança | |||||
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| Born | 26 April 1986 Petrópolis, Brazil | ||||
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| House | Orléans-Braganza | ||||
| Father | Antônio de Orleans e Bragança | ||||
| Mother | Princess Christine of Ligne | ||||
Rafael de Orleans e Bragança (born 24 April 1986) is a member of the Imperial House of Brazil. He is the heir presumptive to his childless uncle Prince Bertrand, the current head of the Vassouras branch of the House of Orléans-Braganza, and one of two claimants to the defunct Brazilian throne, following the death of his father in November 2024.[2][3] He is the 3x-great-grandson of Brazil's last emperor, Dom Pedro II.
Family
Born in Petrópolis, Brazil on 26 April 1986, he is the third child and second son of Prince Antônio de Orleans e Bragança and Princess Christine of Ligne. He has an older brother and sister, Prince Pedro Luiz and Princess Amélia and a younger sister, Princess Maria Gabriela. His name in full is Rafael Antonio Maria José Francisco Miguel Gabriel Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Ligne[4] His paternal grandparents were Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Bragança, one of two claimants to be head of the Brazilian Imperial House, and Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria. His maternal grandparents were Antoine, 13th Prince of Ligne, and Princess Alix of Luxembourg. His mother's family, the House of Ligne, is one of the oldest and most prominent Wallonian noble families still extant in Belgium. Christine is a niece of Grand Duke Jean, who reigned in Luxembourg until his abdication in 2000.
Genealogy
Ancestry
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Patrilineal descent
Rafael is a member of the House of Orléans-Braganza, a sub-branch of the House of Bourbon, itself a branch of the House of Capet and of the Robertians.
Rafael's patriline is the line from which he is descended father to son. It follows the Dukes of Orléans, the Kings of France, the Dukes and Counts of Vendôme, the Counts of La Marche, the first Duke of Bourbon, a Count of Clermont, and before them, again the Kings of France. The line can be traced back more than 1,200 years and is one of the oldest in Europe.
See also
References
- ^ Saldanha, Rafael. "Morre Dom Antônio de Orleans e Bragança, da família real brasileira, aos 74 anos". CNN Brasil.
- ^ "Antônio de Orleans e Bragança (1950 - 2024) - Bisneto de Princesa Isabel, Antônio de Orleans e Bragança morre aos 74". Folha de S.Paulo. November 8, 2024.
- ^ "Morre Dom Antonio de Orleans e Bragança, herdeiro da família imperial brasileira". Noticias R7. November 8, 2024.
- ^ Saldanha, Rafael. "Morre Dom Antônio de Orleans e Bragança, da família real brasileira, aos 74 anos". CNN Brasil.
External links
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