María de la Esperanza de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Orléans
Princess Maria de la Esperanza Amelia Raniera Maria Rosario Luisa Gonzaga de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Orléans (born June 14, 1914 in Madrid , † August 8, 2005 in Villamanrique de la Condesa near Seville ) was a Spanish noblewoman from the house of Bourbon-Sicily .
Life
Maria de la Esperanza was the youngest daughter of Infante Carlos Maria de Bourbon (1870-1949) and his second wife Princess Louise Françoise Marie Laure d'Orleans (1882-1958).
On December 18, 1944, she married Prince Pedro Gastão d'Orléans-Bragança (1913-2007), eldest son of Prince Pedro de Alcântara Luiz Felip d'Orleans-Braganza (1875-1940) and his wife Countess Elizabeth Dobrženský von in Seville Dobrženitz (1875–1951). The marriage had six children:
- Pedro de Alcântara Carlos João Lourenço Miguel Rafael Gabriel (born October 31, 1945)
- ⚭ 1975 Rony Kuhn de Souza (1938–1979)
- ⚭ 1981 Patricia Alexandra Brascombe (1964–2009)
- Maria da Glória Henriqueta Dolores Lúcia Micaela Rafaela Gabriela (born December 13, 1946)
- ⚭ 1972–1985 Alexander of Yugoslavia (* 1945)
- ⚭ 1985 Don Ignacio de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba (* 1947)
- Afonso Duarte Francisco Marcos Miguel Rafael Gabriel (born April 25, 1948)
- ⚭ 1973–1998 Maria Juana Parejo y Gurruchaga (* 1954)
- ⚭ 2002 Silvia-Amalia Hungria de Silva Machado (* 1953)
- Manuel Alvaro Rainiero Miguel Gabriel Rafael (born June 17, 1949)
- ⚭ 1977–1995 Margarita Haffner y Lancha (* 1945)
- Cristina Maria do Rosario Leopoldina Micaela Gabriela Rafaela (born October 16, 1950)
- ⚭ 1980–1988 Prince Jan Pawel Sapieha -Rozánski (* 1935)
- ⚭ 1992–1996 José Carlos Calmon de Brito
- Francisco Humberto Miguel Rafael Gabriel (born December 9, 1956)
- ⚭ 1978 Christina Schmidt Peçanha (* 1953)
- ⚭ 1980 Rita de Cássia Ferreira Pires (* 1961)
Maria de la Esperanza was the younger sister of María de las Mercedes de Borbón y Orléans , mother of King Juan Carlos I of Spain .
Her husband, Pedro Gastão d'Orléans-Bragança, was a descendant of the French citizen king and the last Brazilian emperor . Maria and Pedro were married for 61 years.
The aunt of King Juan Carlos I of Spain , Duarte Pio von Bragança , head of the Royal House of Portugal , and Diane Duchess of Württemberg died in 2005 at the age of 91.
literature
- Maria de la Esperanza , in: Anne Commire (Ed.): Women in Wold History , Vol. 10 (20001), ISBN 0-7876-4069-7 , p. 325.
Web links
- Darryl Lundy: Maria de la Esperanza di Borbone, Principessa di Borbone delle Due Sicilie , on The Peerage , as of 2015
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SURNAME | Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Orléans, María de la Esperanza de |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maria de la Esperanza Amelia Raniera Maria Rosario Luisa Gonzaga of Borbón-Sicily and Orleans |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish nobles |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1914 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Madrid |
DATE OF DEATH | August 8, 2005 |
Place of death | Villamanrique de la Condesa near Seville |