Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza

Prince Pedro of Orléans - Bragança Gastão, full name Pedro de Alcántara Gastão João Maria Filipe Lourenço Humberto Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança ( born February 19, 1913 on Chateau d' Eu in Eu, Seine- Maritime, † December 27 2007 Villamanrique de la Condesa, Sevilla) province was a member of the House of Orléans - Braganza.

Life

Pedro Gastão was the eldest son of Prince Pedro de Alcantara of Orléans - Braganza (1875-1940) and his wife, the Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Dobrzensky of Dobrženitz ( 1875-1951 ). Paternal His grandparents were Gaston d' Orléans, comte d' Eu and Princess Isabel of Brazil. He was a descendant of King Louis Philippe I. citizens and the Emperor Pedro II of Brazil.

Pedro Gastão d' Orléans - Bragança was until his death the oldest living member of the French and Spanish Bourbons. He was the uncle of the current King of Spain Juan Carlos I, of Duarte Pio of Bragança, Head of the Royal House of Portugal and Duchess Diane of Württemberg.

Marriage and issue

On December 18, 1944 married Prince Pedro Gastão in Seville, the Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon- Sicily ( 1914-2005 ), youngest daughter of the Infante Carlos Maria de Bourbon ( 1870-1949 ) and his wife Princess Louise Françoise Marie Laure d' Orleans ( 1882-1958 ). From the joint compound had six children:

• Pedro de Alcântara João Carlos Lourenço Miguel Rafael Gabriel ( b. 1945 )

• Afonso Duarte Francisco Marcos Miguel Rafael Gabriel ( b. 1948 )

• Manuel Alvaro Miguel Gabriel Rafael Rainiero ( b. 1949 )

• Francisco Humberto Miguel Rafael Gabriel ( b. 1956 )

• Maria da Glória Henriqueta Dolores Lúcia Micaela Rafaela Gabriela ( b. 1946 )

• Cristina Maria do Rosario Leopoldina Micaela Gabriela Rafaela (* 1950)

• House of Orléans - Braganza
• Frenchman
• Born in 1913
• Died in 2007
• Man