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Princess Isabelle of Orleans-Braganza became by marriage duchess of Orléans, of Valois, of Chartres, of Guise, of Enghien, of Vendome, of Penthievre, of Aumale, of Nemours and of Montpensier, dauphine of Auvergne, princess of Joinville, princess of Condé, etc., titular Countess of Paris. She was born on August 13, 1911 and died on July 5, 2003. August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


She was the eldest daughter of Prince Pedro of Orleans and Braganza, Prince of Grao Para, heir of the Empire of Brazil (1875-1940) and of his wife (in contravention to House Laws of the Brazilian Imperial Family) the Countess Elisabeth Dobrzensky of Dobrzenicz (1875-1951). Therefore she was the eldest sister of the present head of the Petrópolis Branch of the imperial family of Brazil. She was christened as namesake of her grandmother, the then Titular Empress. Her father had become in 1891 Prince Imperial of Brazil to the royalists, as his grandfather Pedro II died and his mother, the Princess Imperial of Brazil, became the pretender. However, in 1908 prince Pedro wanted to marry a noblewoman whom his mother did not approve as sufficiently royal to become a member of the imperial dynasty. Therefore, dom Pedro renounced his rights to succession and to his title Prince Imperial of Brazil. He and his issue continued to use the family titulary Prince/ss of Orleans-Braganza. At the death of the deposed Manoel II of Portugal in 1932, her father became a possible heir to the defunct kingdom of Portugal, as he had not renounced such rights. After its independence from the Portuguese on September 7, 1822, Brazil became a monarchy, the Brazilian Empire, which lasted until the establishment of the Republican government on November 15, 1889. ... In 1822 (7 September), Infante dom Pedro of Portugal, heir apparent to the Portuguese throne and kings representative in Brazil, was proclaimed Emperor of Brazil. ...


For those who deny the validity of the renunciation of Isabelle's father from his rights to Imperial Brazil in 1908, she was a Princess Imperial of Brazil. 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...


Her paternal grandparents were Louis Philippe Marie Ferdinand Gaston, comte d'Eu (1842 - 1922) and Princess Imperial Isabel of Brazil. Gaston was the eldest son of Louis Charles Philippe Raphael, duc de Nemours and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony. Isabella was the eldest daughter of Pedro II of Brazil and Princess Teresa of the Two Sicilies. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Louis Charles Philippe Raphael, duc de Nemours (October 25, 1814 - June 26, 1896) was the second son of the duke of Orleans, afterwards King Louis Philippe. ... Dom Pedro IIs family Dom Pedro II and President Ulysses S. Grant, Philadelphia Exposition, 1876 Dom Pedro II in his old age Dom Pedro II of Brazil Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (December 2, 1825 – December 5, 1891) was the second and final Brazilian Emperor. ...


In 1931 Isabelle married her third cousin Henri, Comte de Paris(1908-1999), Pretender to the throne of France since 1940. They had eleven children, including his successor Henri, Comte de Paris, Duc de France. 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Henri Robert Ferdinand Marie Louis Philippe dOrléans, also known as Henri, comte de Paris (5 July 1908-19 June 1999) was the Orleanist pretender to the French throne from 1940 until his death. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Henri Philippe Pierre Marie dOrléans, Comte de Paris, Duc de France is the Orleanist pretender to the French throne. ...


Though she and her husband separated in 1986, and her husband obtained a divorce and married his mistress, Isabelle was considered for almost sixty years (1940 - 1999) as the First Lady of France by the Orleanists, who did not recognize his non-Catholic marriage. Princess Isabelle, called Madame, and her husband used the French Royal coat of arms. She survived her former husband by four years. 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Bella Kocharian, Laura Bush, Liudmila Putina and Zorka Purvanova – first ladies of Armenia, the United States, Russia and Bulgaria respectively in 2003. ... Orleanists comprised a French political faction or party which arose out of the Revolution, and ceased to have a separate existence shortly after the establishment of the Third Republic in 1872. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ...



Imperial Family of Brazil

Forefathers - John VI of Portugal - Queen Carlota Joaquina Image File history File links The Arms of the Brazilian Imperial Family. ... In 1822 (7 September), Infante dom Pedro of Portugal, heir apparent to the Portuguese throne and kings representative in Brazil, was proclaimed Emperor of Brazil. ... John VI (Portuguese João), the Clement (Port. ... Carlota Joaquina Teresa of Spain (25 April or May 1775 - 6 or 7 January 1830) was the eldest daughter of King Carlos IV of Spain (1748-1819) and his wife Maria Luisa of Parma (1751-1819). ...


First generation - Pedro I - Empress Leopoldina - Princess Amélie of Leuchtenberg
Second Generation - Pedro II - Empress Teresa Cristina - Maria II da Glória - Princess Januária of Braganza - Princess Francisca of Braganza
Third generation - Princess Isabel the Redeemer - Gaston of Orleans, Count d'Eu Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil; Pedro IV of Portugal Pedro I of Brazil (English: Peter), known as Dom Pedro (October 12, 1798 - September 24, 1834), proclaimed Brazil independent from Portugal and became Brazils first Emperor. ... Maria Leopoldina Josepha Caroline of Habsburg, archduchess of Austria, Empress consort of Brazil, was born in 1797 in Vienna, Austria. ... Dom Pedro IIs family Dom Pedro II and President Ulysses S. Grant, Philadelphia Exposition, 1876 Dom Pedro II in his old age Dom Pedro II of Brazil Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (December 2, 1825 – December 5, 1891) was the second and final Brazilian Emperor. ... Maria II da Glória, (English: Mary II), the Educator (Port. ... Januária Maria of Braganza (Rio de Janeiro, March 11, 1822-Nice, March 13, 1901) was a Brazilian princess and Portuguese infanta daughter of Peter I of Brazil and IV of Portugal and his wife Maria Leopoldina, Archduchess of Austria. ... Francisca Carolina of Braganza (Rio de Janeiro, August 2, 1824-Paris, March 27, 1898) was a Brazilian princess and Portuguese infanta daughter of Peter I of Brazil and IV of Portugal and his first wife Maria Leopoldina, Archduchess of Austria. ... ... ...

The Vassouras Branch (dynastic)

Fourth generation - Prince Luiz of Orleans-Braganza - Princess Maria Pia
Fifth generation - Prince Pedro Henrique of Orleans-Braganza - Princess Maria Elisabeth
Sixth generation - Prince Luiz of Orleans-Braganza - Prince Bertrand of Orleans-Braganza - Prince Antonio of Orleans-Braganza - Princess Cristina of Ligne
Seventh generation - Prince Pedro Luís of Orleans-Braganza - Prince Rafael of Orleans-Braganza - Princess Amélia of Orleans-Braganza This article is actively undergoing a major edit. ... Bertrand of Orleans-Braganza (born February 2, 1941) in Mandelieu, France, with baptism name of Bertrand Maria José Pio Januário Miguel Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga de Orleans e Bragança , is a member of Imperial House, being the third son of Prince Pedro Henrique of Orleans-Braganza and Princess Maria... Antonio of Orleans-Braganza (born June 24, 1950 in Rio de Janeiro), with the baptism name of Dom Antonio João Maria José Jorge Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Orleans e Bragança e Wittelsbach, is a member of Imperial House of Brazil, being the third (according monarchists claims) in...

The Petrópolis Branch (non-dynastic)

Fourth generation - Prince Pedro of Alcantara - Countess Elisabeth Dobrzensky
Fifth generation - Prince Pedro Gastão of Orleans-Braganza - Princess Isabel of Orleans-Braganza - Princess Francisca of Orleans-Braganza - Prince João of Orleans-Braganza
Sixth generation - Prince Pedro Carlos of Orleans-Braganza - Princess Maria da Glória of Orleans-Braganza - Princess Cristina of Orleans-Braganza - Prince Jan Sapieha-Rozánski
Seventh generation - Prince Pedro Thiago of Orleans-Braganza - Princess Paula Maria Sapieha - Princess Ana Tereza Sapieha


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Encyclopedia: Isabelle, Comtesse de Paris (1413 words)
Princess Isabel of Orleans-Braganza, became by marriage duchess of Orléans, of Valois, of Chartres, of Guise, of Enghien, of Vendome, of Penthievre, of Aumale, of Nemours and of Montpensier, dauphine of Auvergne, princess of Joinville, princess of Condé, etc., titular Countess of Paris.
Gaston was the eldest son of Louis Charles Philippe Raphael, duc de Nemours and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony.
Maria Leopoldina Josepha Caroline of Habsburg, archduchess of Austria, was born in 1797 in Vienna, Austria.
Guardian | Isabelle, Comtesse de Paris (690 words)
The death of Isabelle, Comtesse de Paris, at the age of 92, is an immeasurable loss to the French royalist cause.
Isabelle spent much of her childhood at the chteau d'Eu, and was educated by the sisters of Notre-Dame de Sion in Paris.
Isabelle's famed good humour was tested by the complications of exile - for many years she and the comte stayed in Belgium, Brazil, Morocco and Spain, after sharing with relatives.
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