Duarte Pio de Bragança
Duarte Pio de Bragança , full name: Dom Duarte Pio João Miguel Gabriel Rafael, Duke of Bragança (born May 15, 1945 in Bern , Switzerland ) has been head of the former royal house of Braganza since 1976 .
Life
Duarte is the eldest son of Duarte Nuno (1907-1976) and his wife Maria Francisca Amélia Luísa Vitória (1914-1968), the daughter of Pedro de Alcântara Luís Filipe d'Orleáns-Bragança , Prince of Grão Pará and Countess Elisabeth Dobrženský of Dobrženitz . Together with his two brothers, Miguel Rafael Gabriel Xavier Teresa Maria Félix de Bragança (* 1946) and Henrique Nuno João Miguel von Bragança (* 1949), he first grew up in Switzerland and France .
On May 27, 1950, the Portuguese National Assembly lifted his legal banishment from 1834 and 1910. In 1951 Duarte visited Portugal for the first time, accompanied by his aunt, Dona Filipa. He has lived in Portugal with his parents and brothers since 1952.
From 1957 to 1959 Duarte attended the "Colégio Nuno Álvares" in Santo Tirso . In 1960 he went to the Military University in Lisbon . Duarte performed his military service from 1968 to 1971 in Angola , which at that time was involved in the Portuguese colonial war. He received the rank of lieutenant in the sea and worked as a helicopter pilot in the Portuguese Air Force . In 1972 he participated with a multiethnic Angolan group in the organization of an independent list of candidates for the National Assembly. This led to his expulsion from Angola by order of the Prime Minister Marcelo Caetano (1906–1980). Duarte later continued his contacts with various political leaders in the Portuguese-speaking countries.
In 1995 Nikolaus von und zu Sandizell founded the joint stock company "Arqueonautas, Arqueologia Subaquatica SA" in Portugal, one of the world's leading marine archaeological companies. Duarte heads the company as President of the Supervisory Board.
East Timor
Duarte was a supporter of the independence of East Timor , a former Portuguese colony that was forcibly occupied by Indonesia in 1975 . Even before the world leaders regarded this fact as a problem, Duarte organized several national and international campaigns in the interest of East Timor, including "Timor 87 Vamos ajudar" and "Lusitânia Expresso" 1992. 1997 beat Duarte Indonesian Vice President B. J. Habibie before a Hold referendum on independence from East Timor. In 1999, after Habibie became President of Indonesia, the referendum that led to East Timor's independence was held.
see also: History of East Timor
marriage and family
On May 14, 1995 Duarte married Dona Isabel Inês de Castro Curvello de Herédia (born November 22, 1966), daughter of Dom Jorge de Heredia and his wife Dona Raquel Leonor Pinheiro Cuvello in the Jeronimos Monastery in Lisbon . The entire European nobility traveled to the wedding, and state television broadcast the ceremony live. The marriage had three children:
- Afonso de Santa Maria Miguel Gabriel Rafael of Bragança (born March 25, 1996)
- Maria Francisca Isabel Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Paula von Bragança (born March 3, 1997)
- Diniz de Santa Maria Miguel Rafael Gabriel Francisco João of Bragança (born November 25, 1999)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bragança, Duarte Pio de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bragança, Dom Duarte Pio João Miguel Gabriel Rafael de (full name); Bragança, Duarte III. Pio de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese noble descendant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern , Switzerland |