Dynasty of Bragance

Dynasty of Bragança ( Bragance ), which reigned on the Portugal until in 1910 and the Brésil since 1846 back grandparent of the Count of claiming Paris orleanist to the throne of France, family of Bragance goes down from Henri from Burgundy (1066 - 1112 which was Capétien), great-grandson of Robert II of France the Piles , which married Teresa of Castille-and-León, and is lived to allot the county of Portugal by his/her father-in-law; its descendant Pedro Ier of Portugal had a natural son João de Aviz, which became king de Portugal with the extinction of the legitimate branch.

A bastard son of Jean Ier d' Aviz, Alphonse had been provided with the duchy of Bragance and gave rise to a branch, which had several alliances with the Dynastie of Aviz (see table)

This one died out in 1580 and crowns it of Portugal attached to the other crowns of Habsbourg of Spain, after the invasion of the country by Philippe II (Philippe Ier of Portugal) but a strong national feeling rejected the Castilians which were seen like occupants. A descendant of Alphonse, Jean II Duke of Bragance organized in 1640 the revolt against Philippe III (Philippe IV of Spain) and went up on the throne. It founded IVe Portuguese dynasty or Dynastie of Bragance, still represented nowadays.

The current representative is Dom Duarte de Bragance born in 1945.

Isabelle de Bragance - imperial Princess of Brazil (v. 1846 - v. 1921) Parents/Families: Father: Pierre II Emperor of Brazil (v. 1825 - v. 1889) Mother: Marie Therese of Deux-Siciles (v. 1822 - v. 1889)

Family: Burgundy and of Bragance

The family De Bragance was regent of the empire of the Brésil and signed the Gold Law (Lei Áurea) abolishing slavery in Brazil (May 13rd, 1888).

In 1864, she married Gaston of Orleans, count of Have. By their marriage, they founded the House of Orleans-Bragance.

Isabelle de Bragance is the great-grandmother of current “the count de Paris” Henri of Orleans (1933-), claiming orleanist with the throne of France.

Genealogy

Jean Ier (1357-1433), king de Portugal (Dynasty of Aviz) & Agnes Pires │ └─> Alphonse Ier (1377-1461), duke of Bragance X 1) Beatrice Pereira de Alvim (Barcelos) (+1420) X 2) Constancy of Noronha (Gijon) (+1480) sp │ ├1> Ferdinand Ier (1403-1478), duke of Bragance │ X Jeanne of Castro (+1479) │ │ │ ├─> Ferdinand II (1430-1483), duke of Bragance │ │ X Isabelle of Portugal (1459-1521) │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Philippe (1475-1483), duke of Guimarães) │ │ │ │ │ ├─> Jacques Ier (1479-1532), duke of Bragance │ │ │ X 1) Éléonore de Mendoza (Medina Sidonia) (+ 1512) │ │ │ X 2) Jeanne de Mendonça (+1580) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├1> Théodose Ier (front 1512-1563), duke of Bragance │ │ │ │ X 1) Isabelle of Lancaster (Bragance) (1514-1558) │ │ │ │ X 2) Beatrice of Lancaster (Coimbra-Aveiro) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └1> Jean Ier (front 1547-1583), duke of Bragance │ │ │ │ X Catherine, infante of Portugal (1540-1614) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─> Théodose II (1568-1630), duke of Bragance │ │ │ │ │ X Anne de Velasco (Frias) (dead in 1607) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─> Jean IV (1604-1656), duke of Bragance, then king de Portugal │ │ │ │ │ X Louise de Guzmán (Medina Sidonia), queen-régente│ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Théodose (1634-1653), 1st prince of Brazil, duke of Bragance │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─> Catherine, infante of Portugal (1638-1705) │ │ │ │ │ │ X Charles II of England (1630-1685) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─> Alphonse VI (1643-1683), king of Portugal │ │ │ │ │ │ X Marie-Francoise-Elizabeth of Savoy-Nemours (1646-1683) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─> Pierre II (1648-1706), king of Portugal │ │ │ │ │ X 1) Marie-Francoise-Elizabeth of Savoy, duchess of Nemours (1646-1683) │ │ │ │ │ X 1) Marie-Sophie de Palatinat-Neubourg (1666-1699) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Jean (1688-1688), prince of Brazil, duke of Bragance │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─> Jean V (1689-1750), king of Portugal │ │ │ │ │ X Marie-Anne de Habsbourg, archduchess of Austria (1683-1754) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Pierre (1712-1714), prince of Brazil, duke of Bragance │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ will ├─>Marie-Barbara of Bragance, infante of Portugal (1711-1758) │ │ │ │ │ │ X Ferdinand VI king d' Espagne (1713-1759) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─> Joseph Ier (1714-1777), king of Portugal │ │ │ │ │ │ X Marie-Anne-Victoire de Bourbon, infante of Spain (1718-1781) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─> Marie Anger (1734-1816), queen of Portugal │ │ │ │ │ │ X Pierre III (1717-1786), infant of Portugal then king of Portugal (his/her uncle) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─> Pierre III (1717-1786), infant of Portugal then king of Portugal │ │ │ │ │ X Marie Anger of Portugal (1734-1816), queen of Portugal (his/her niece) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Joseph (1761-1788), prince of Brazil, duke of Bragance │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─> Jean VI (1767-1826), prince of Brazil, king of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarves, then king de Portugal, honorary emperor of Brazil │ │ │ │ │ X Charlotte-Joachine of Bourbon, infante of Spain (1775-1830) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─> Pierre IV (1798-1834), king of Portugal, │ │ │ │ │ │ emperor of Brazil (Pierre Ier) │ │ │ │ │ │ X 1) Marie-Léopoldine de Habsbourg, archduchess of Austria (1797-1826) │ │ │ │ │ │ X 2) Amélie de Beauharnais (1812-1873) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├1> Marie II (1819-1853), infante of Portugal, princess of Brazil, princess of Grão-Pará, queen of Portugal │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X 1) Auguste de Beauharnais (1810-1835), duke of Leuchtemberg │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X 2) Ferdinand II, prince of Saxony-Cobourg-and-Gotha (1816-1885) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ king of Portugal │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └1> Pierre II (1825-1891), emperor of Brazil │ │ │ │ │ │ X Therese of Bourbon-Siciles (1822-1889) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Alphonse (1845-1847), imperial prince │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─> Isabelle de Bragance (1846-1921), imperial princess of Brazil │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Gaston of Orleans, count of Have, prince of the French │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Maison of Orleans-Bragance │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Pierre (1848-1850), imperial prince │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─> Michel Ier (1802-1866), king of Portugal │ │ │ │ │ X Adelaide, princess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosemberg-Rochefort (1831-1909) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Michel (1853-1927) │ │ │ │ │ X 1) Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis (1860-1881) │ │ │ │ │ X 2) Marie Therese, princess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosemberg-Rochefort (1870-1935) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├1>Michel (1878-1923) │ │ │ │ │ │ gives up its rights to the throne │ │ │ │ │ │ X Anita Stewart, American, created princess of Bragance by François Joseph Ier (1886-1977) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Jean (1912-1991) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X 1) Winifred Dodge Seyburn (1917-) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X 2) Katherine King │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └1>Michel (1951-) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ X Barbara Haliburton Fales (1955-) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Michel (1986-) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Michel (1915-1996) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Édouard Nuno (1907-1976), duke of Bragance in 1932 │ │ │ │ │ X Marie-Francoise, princess of Orleans-Bragance (1914-1968) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Pie- Edouard - Jean (1945-), duke of Bragance in 1976 │ │ │ │ │ │ X Isabelle-Agnes of Castro Curvelo de Herédia (1966-) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Alphonse (1996-), prince de Beira │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Michel (1946-), duke of Viseu │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Henri (1949-), duke of Coïmbre │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Edouard (1569-1627), marquis de Flexilla │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Descendance extinct Castilian in 1728 │ │ │ │ (Alvarez de Toledo there Portugal: marquis de Xarandilla and of Flexilla) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├1>Isabelle (1512-1576) │ │ │ │ X Edouard, infant of Portugal, duke of Guimaraes (+1540) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └2>Constantin (1528-1575), viceroy of the Indies │ │ │ │ │ └─>Denis (1481-1516) │ │ │ │ │ ├─> Isabelle de Bragance (1514-1558) │ │ │ X Théodose Ier (front 1512-1563), duke of Bragance │ │ │ │ │ └─>descendance extinct in 1694 (of Portugal-Castro: installed in Castille) │ │ │ ├─>Alvaro (1439-1504) │ │ │ │ │ └─>descendance still represented nowadays (Álvares Pereira of Mello: dukes of Cadaval, marquis de Ferreira de Aves) │ │ │ └─>Alphonse (1441-1483) │ │ │ └─>descendance extinct in 1790 (counts de Odemira and of Faro) │ └1>Isabelle (1403-1465) X Jean, infant of Portugal (1400-1442) duke of Viseu

Relationship enters the dynasties of Aviz and Bragance

See too

List of the dukes of Bragance

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