Princess Christine of Orléans-Braganza
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Princely Family of Ligne
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HRH The Dowager Princess
- HH Prince Wauthier
HH Princess Regine
- HH Prince Philippe
HH Princess Laetitia
- HH Princess Melanie Yolande
- HH Princess Élisabeth Éléonore, Baroness Baudouin Gillès de Pelichy
- HH Princess Anne Marie, Mrs. Mortgat
- HI&RH Princess Christine of Orléans-Braganza
- HH Princess Sophie, Comtesse Philippe de Nicolay
- HH Prince Antoine
HH Princess Jacqueline
- HH Prince Louis
- HH Princess Marie
- HH Princess Florence
- HH Princess Yolande, Mrs. Townsend
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Princess Christine Marie Elisabeth of Orléans-Braganza, neé Princess de Ligne, was born on 11 August 1955 in the Château de Belœil, Belgium. She is the daughter of the late Antoine, 13th Prince of Ligne and Princess Alix Marie of Luxembourg.
Her father was head of one of Belgium's foremost noble families, mediatized in 1803. Her mother, Princess Alix (born 1929), is sister of former Grand Duke Jean. Through her mother, Princess Christine is a descendant in the fifth generation of King John VI of Portugal and is a great-grand niece of Brazil's first emperor, Pedro I of Brazil.
Biography
Marriage and Children
She married Prince Antonio of Orléans-Braganza, son of Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza and Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria, on 25 September 1981.
They had four children:
Ancestry
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16. Prince Henri de Ligne |
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8. Ernest, 10th Prince de Ligne |
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17. Marguerite de Talleyrand-Périgord |
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4. Eugène, 11th Prince of Ligne |
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18. Roland de Cossé, Marquis de Brissac |
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9. Diane de Cossé-Brissac |
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19. Jeanne Eugénie Say |
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2. Antoine, 13th Prince of Ligne |
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20. Antoine de Noailles], Duke of Mouchy |
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10. François de Noailles, Prince de Poix |
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21. Princesse Anna Murat |
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5. Philippine de Noailles |
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22. Arthur Constant, Baron Dubois de Courval |
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11. Madeleine Dubois de Courval |
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23. Marie Ray |
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1. Princess Christine de Ligne |
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24. Charles III, Duke of Parma |
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12. Robert I, Duke of Parma |
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25. Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France |
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6. Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma |
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26. Miguel of Portugal |
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13. Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal |
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27. Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg |
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3. Princess Alix of Luxembourg |
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28. Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg |
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14. William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg |
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29. Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau |
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7. Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg |
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30. Miguel of Portugal |
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15. Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal |
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31. Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg |
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External links
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| 1st generation |
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| 2nd generation |
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| 3rd generation |
- Rony Kuhn
- Patricia Alexandra Brascombe
- Maria Parejo
- Silvia-Amélia Hungria de Silva
- Margarita Haffner
- Christina Schmidt
- Rita de Cascia Pires
- Stella Lutterbach
- Ana Maria de Moraes
- Mercedes Neves da Rocha
- Maria de Fátima Lacerda
- Maria de Graça Baere
- Princess Christine of Ligne
- Claudia Godinho
- Maritza Ribas Bockel
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| 4th generation |
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