Princess María de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Princess María de la Esperanza Amalia Raniera María Rosario Luisa Gonzaga of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (14 June 1914, Madrid, Spain 8 August 2005, Villamanrique de la Condesa, Spain) was the youngest daughter of Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and his wife Princess Louise of Orléans. Maria Esperanza's husband Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, was one of two claimants to the Brazilian throne, and head of the Petrópolis branch of the Brazilian Imperial House.[1] Maria Esperanza was also an aunt of Juan Carlos I of Spain, son of her sister Princess Maria Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

Princess María de la Esperanza
Born(1914-06-14)14 June 1914
Madrid, Spain
Died8 August 2005(2005-08-08) (aged 91)
Villamanrique de la Condesa, Spain
SpousePrince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza
IssuePrince Pedro Carlos
Princess Maria da Gloria
Prince Afonso Duarte
Prince Manuel Álvaro
Princess Cristina María
Prince Francisco Humberto
Full name
Spanish: María de la Esperanza Amalia Raniera María Rosario Luisa Gonzaga
HouseOrléans-Braganza
FatherPrince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
MotherPrincess Louise of Orléans

Marriage and issue

Maria Esperanza married Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (19 February 1913 in Eu - 27 December 2007 in Villamanrique de la Condesa), son of Prince Pedro de Alcântara of Orléans-Braganza and Countess Elisabeth Dobržensky de Dobrženicz, on 18 December 1944 in Seville, Spain. Maria Esperanza and Pedro de Alcântara had six children:[2]

∞ married Rony Kuhn de Souza (20 March 1938 in São Paulo – 14 January 1979 in Petrópolis), daughter of Alfredo Kuhn de Souza and Maria das Gravas Mercedes de Souza, on 2 September 1975 in Petrópolis, with issue:
  • Pedro Tiago de Orléans e Bragança (born 12 January 1979 in Petrópolis), Prince Imperial of Brazil according to supporters of the Petrópolis branch's claim
∞ Patrícia Alexandra Braumeyer Branscombe (22 November 1964 - 21 November 2009 in Petrópolis), daughter of Frank Branscombe and Maria Braumeyer, on 16 July 1981 in Fazenda Sáo Geraldo, with issue:
  • Felipe de Orléans e Bragança (born 31 December 1982)
Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (born 17 July 1945 at Claridge's in London), son of Peter II of Yugoslavia and Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, on 1 July 1972 in Villamanrique de la Condesa, divorced on 19 February 1985, with issue:
∞ Danica Marinković (born 1986 in Belgrade), daughter of Milan Marinković and Zorica "Beba", on 7 October 2017 in Belgrade, with issue:
  • Prince Stefan of Yugoslavia (born 25 February 2018 in Belgrade)
Ignacio de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba, 19th Duke of Segorbe and 20th Count of Rivadavia (born 23 February 1947 in Seville), son of Rafael de Medina y Vilallonga and Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli, on 24 October 1985 in Seville, with issue.
  • Prince Afonso of Orléans-Braganza (born 25 April 1948 in Petrópolis)
∞ Maria Juana Parejo y Gurruchaga (born 13 May 1954 in Seville), daughter of Isidro Parejo and Maria Vitória Gurruchaga, on 3 January 1973 in Seville, divorced in 1998, with issue:
  • Maria de Orléans-Braganza (born 4 January 1974 in Seville)
  • Julia de Orléans-Braganza (born 18 September 1977 in Petrópolis)
∞ Silvia-Amália Hungria de Silva Machado (born 29 July 1953 in Rio de Janeiro) on 19 November 2002 in Petrópolis
  • Prince Manuel of Orléans-Braganza (born 17 June 1949 in Petrópolis)
∞ Margarita Haffner y Lancha (born 10 December 1945 in Málaga), daughter of Oskar Haffner, on 12 December 1977 in Málaga, divorced in 1995, with issue:
  • Luiza de Orléans-Braganza (born 25 July 1978 in Seville)
  • Manuel de Orléans-Braganza (born 7 March 1981 in Seville)
  • Princess Cristina of Orléans-Braganza (born 16 October 1950 in Petrópolis)
∞ Prince Jan Pawel Sapieha-Rozanski (born 26 August 1935 in Warschau), son of Prince Jan Andrzej Sapieha-Rozanski, on 16 May 1980 in Petrópolis, divorced in 1988, with issue:
  • Princess Ana Teresa Sapieha-Rozanski (born 25 May 1981 in Petrópolis)
  • Princess Paola Sapieha-Rozanski (born 26 April 1983 in London)
∞ Prince Constantin Swiatopolk-Czetwertyński (born 20 February 1978 in Brussels), in 2012
  • Prince Francisco of Orléans-Braganza (born 9 December 1956)
∞ Christina Schmidt-Peçanha (born 14 January 1953), daughter of Gaubert Schmidt and Alice Peçanha, on 28 January 1978 in Petrópolis, divorced, with issue:
  • Francisco de Orléans-Bragança (born 25 September 1979 in Petrópolis)
  • Maria Isabel de Orléans-Bragança (born 1982), who was born after her father's second marriage
∞ Rita de Cássia Ferreira Pires (born 1961) in 1980, with issue:
  • Gabriel de Orléans-Bragança (born 1989)
  • Manuela de Orléans-Bragança (born 1997)

Honours

Arms

Ancestry

References

  1. Handler, Bruce (5 March 1989). "Brazil to Decide on Return of Monarchy". Los Angeles Times: 34.
  2. Willis, Daniel A., ‘’The Descendants of King George I of Great Britain’’, Clearfield Company, 2002, pp. 141-142. ISBN 0-8063-5172-1
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2015-07-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Princess María de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Cadet branch of the House of Bourbon
Born: 14 June 1914 Died: 8 August 2005
Titles in pretence
Vacant
Title last held by
Gaston, Count of Eu
as Emperor Consort
 TITULAR 
Empress consort of Brazil
18 December 1944 – 8 August 2005
Succeeded by
Patricia Alexandra Brascombe
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