Gaston, comte d'Eu

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Louis Philippe Marie Ferdinand Gaston d'Orléans, Count d'Eu (1842-1922) was the eldest son of Louis Charles Philippe Raphael, duc de Nemours and Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Kohary. He married Isabel of Brazil, eldest daughter and heiress (Princess Imperial) of Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil.

As part of the commemoration of the first centennial of the country's independence in 1922, the Brazilian government rescinded the exile law imposed by the new Republican government in 1889 and allowed the imperial family to return. Isabel was newly deceased, and her husband Gaston, having embarked on a ship to Brazil, died onboard.

Isabel and Gaston's children and issue use the name Orleans-Braganza, and are the claimants to the Brazilian imperial throne.

Currently, the dynastic Head of the Imperial House of Brazil is Prince Luiz of Orleans-Braganza, Gaston's great-grandson.

Another of his great-grandsons, Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza is the current presumptive heir to the throne of Portugal.

His grandson Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza also claims the imperial Brazilian throne (despite his father's renunciation due to morganatic marriage), and could be the claimant to the Portuguese throne, as his father apparently never renounced such rights.

Monarchical Styles of Prince Gaston of Brazil Reference style His Imperial and Royal Highness Spoken style Your Imperial and Royal Highness Alternative style Sir

Imperial Family of Brazil

Forefathers - John VI of Portugal - Queen Carlota Joaquina First generation - Pedro I - Empress Leopoldina - Princess Amélie of Leuchtenberg Second Generation - Pedro II - Empress Teresa Cristina - Maria II da Glória - Princess Januária of Braganza - Princess Francisca of Braganza Third generation - Princess Isabel the Redeemer - Gaston of Orleans, Count d'Eu The Vassouras Branch (dynastic) Fourth generation - Prince Luiz of Orleans-Braganza - Princess Maria Pia Fifth generation - Prince Pedro Henrique of Orleans-Braganza - Princess Maria Elisabeth Sixth generation - Prince Luiz of Orleans-Braganza - Prince Bertrand of Orleans-Braganza - Prince Antonio of Orleans-Braganza - Christine, Princess de Ligne Seventh generation - Prince Pedro Luís of Orleans-Braganza - Prince Rafael of Orleans-Braganza - Princess Amélia of Orleans-Braganza The Petrópolis Branch (non-dynastic) Fourth generation - Prince Pedro de Alcantara of Orléans-Braganza - Countess Elisabeth Dobrzensky Fifth generation - Prince Pedro Gastão of Orleans-Braganza - Princess Isabel of Orleans-Braganza - Princess Francisca of Orleans-Braganza - Prince João of Orleans-Braganza Sixth generation - Prince Pedro Carlos of Orleans-Braganza - Princess Maria da Gloria of Orléans-Braganza - Princess Cristina of Orleans-Braganza - Prince Jan Sapieha-Rozánski Seventh generation - Prince Pedro Thiago of Orleans-Braganza - Princess Paula Maria Sapieha - Princess Ana Tereza Sapieha