María de la Esperanza de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Orléans

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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

María de la Esperanza de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Orléans on the day of her communion, 1922

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)
  1. ⚭ 1975 Rony Kuhn de Souza (1938–1979)
  2. ⚭ 1981 Patricia Alexandra Brascombe (1964–2009)
  • Maria da Glória Henriqueta Dolores Lúcia Micaela Rafaela Gabriela (born December 13, 1946)
  1. ⚭ 1972–1985 Alexander of Yugoslavia (* 1945)
  2. ⚭ 1985 Don Ignacio de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba (* 1947)
  • Afonso Duarte Francisco Marcos Miguel Rafael Gabriel (born April 25, 1948)
  1. ⚭ 1973–1998 Maria Juana Parejo y Gurruchaga (* 1954)
  2. ⚭ 2002 Silvia-Amalia Hungria de Silva Machado (* 1953)
  • Manuel Alvaro Rainiero Miguel Gabriel Rafael (born June 17, 1949)
  1. ⚭ 1977–1995 Margarita Haffner y Lancha (* 1945)
  • Cristina Maria do Rosario Leopoldina Micaela Gabriela Rafaela (born October 16, 1950)
  1. ⚭ 1980–1988 Prince Jan Pawel Sapieha -Rozánski (* 1935)
  2. ⚭ 1992–1996 José Carlos Calmon de Brito
  • Francisco Humberto Miguel Rafael Gabriel (born December 9, 1956)
  1. ⚭ 1978 Christina Schmidt Peçanha (* 1953)
  2. ⚭ 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.

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personal data
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