Pedro Gastão d'Orléans-Bragança
Prince Pedro Gastão d'Orléans-Bragança , full name Pedro de Alcántara Gastão João Maria Filipe Lourenço Humberto Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança (born February 19, 1913 at Château d'Eu in Eu , Seine-Maritime department ; † 27. December 2007 in Villamanrique de la Condesa , Province of Seville ) was a member of the House of Orléans-Braganza .
Life
Pedro Gastão was the eldest son of Prince Pedro de Alcantara d'Orléans-Bragança (1875-1940) and his wife, the Hungarian Countess Elisabeth Dobrženský von Dobrženitz (1875-1951). His paternal grandparents were Gaston d'Orléans, comte d'Eu and the Crown Princess Isabella of Brazil . He was a descendant of the citizen king Louis Philippe I and the Emperor Pedro II of Brazil .
Pedro Gastão d'Orléans-Bragança was considered to be the oldest living member of the French and Spanish Bourbons until his death. He was the uncle of the Spanish King Juan Carlos I , of Duarte Pio of Bragança , head of the royal house of Portugal , and of Diane Duchess of Württemberg .
Marriage and offspring
On December 18, 1944, Prince Pedro Gastão married Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Sicily (1914–2005), the youngest daughter of Infante Carlos Maria de Bourbon (1870–1949) and his wife Princess Louise Françoise Marie Laure d ' in Seville. Orleans (1882-1958). Six children emerged from the joint relationship:
- Pedro de Alcântara Carlos João Lourenço Miguel Rafael Gabriel (* 1945)
- ⚭ 1975 Romy Kuhn de Souza (1938–1979)
- ⚭ 1981 Patricia Alexandra Brascombe (1964–2009)
- Maria da Glória Henriqueta Dolores Lúcia Micaela Rafaela Gabriela (* 1946)
- ⚭ 1972–1985 (Crown) prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (* 1945)
- ⚭ 1985 Don Ignacio de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba (* 1947)
- Afonso Duarte Francisco Marcos Miguel Rafael Gabriel (* 1948)
- ⚭ 1973–1998 Maria Parejo (* 1954)
- ⚭ 2002 Silvia-Amalia Hungria de Silva Machado (* 1953)
- Manuel Alvaro Rainiero Miguel Gabriel Rafael (* 1949)
- ⚭ 1977–1995 Margarita Haffner (* 1945)
- Cristina Maria do Rosario Leopoldina Micaela Gabriela Rafaela (* 1950)
- ⚭ 1980–1990 Prince Jan Sapieha-Rozánski (* 1935)
- ⚭ 1992–1996 José Carlos Calmon de Brito
- Francisco Humberto Miguel Rafael Gabriel (* 1956)
- ⚭ 1978 Christina Schmidt Peçanha (1953–1979)
- ⚭ 1980 Rita de Cascia Pires
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SURNAME | Orléans-Bragança, Pedro Gastão d ' |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pedro de Alcántara Gastão João Maria Filipe Lourenço Humberto Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nobleman of the House of Orléans-Bragança |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1913 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Eu |
DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 2007 |
Place of death | Villamanrique de la Condesa , Province of Seville |