Isabel de Herédia

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Dona Isabel Inês de Castro Curvelo de Herédia (born November 22, 1966 in Lisbon) is the wife of Duarte Pio, Duke of Bragança, current pretender to the Portuguese throne and Duchess of Bragança. Portugal is a Republic, but monarchy supporters grant her the style of HRH The Duchess of Bragança.

Titular Portuguese Royal Family

HRH The Duke of Braganza HRH The Duchess of Braganza HRH Infante Afonso HRH Infanta Maria Francisca HRH Infante Dinis HRH Infante Miguel HRH Infante Henrique

Isabel Herédia lived between Portugal and Angola until 1975, when her family moved to São Paulo, Brazil. She studied in the Jesuit Colégio São Luís until 1988. In 1990, she obtained a MBA from the Universidade Getúlio Vargas and returned to Portugal to a job in BMF — Sociedade de Gestão de Patrimónios, S.A. She specialized as a fortune manager. In May 13, 1995 she married the Duke of Bragança and quit her professional life to dedicate herself to the family. The couple have three children: Afonso, Maria Francisca and Dinis. Since 1995, Isabel Herédia is a patron of several charity institutions, mainly concerned with the help and support of uncared children and awareness of diseases like Down syndrome. The Duchess of Bragança is Great Master of a Portuguese Chivalry Order (Ordem Real de Santa Isabel).