Prince Antônio of Orléans-Braganza

Dom Antônio
Prince of Orléans-Braganza
Born (1950-06-24) June 24, 1950
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Spouse Princess Christine of Ligne
Issue Prince Pedro Luiz
Princess Amélia
Prince Rafael
Princess Maria
Full name
Antônio João Maria José Jorge Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga de Orleáns e Bragança
House House of Orléans-Braganza
Father Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza
Mother Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria
Brazilian Imperial Family
(Vassouras branch)

Prince Antônio of Orléans-Braganza (born June 24, 1950), whose baptismal name is Antônio João Maria José Jorge Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Wittelsbach, is a member of the Imperial House of Brazil.[1] He is second in line of succession to the former Brazilian throne, according to the disputed claims of the Vassouras branch of the family. In Brazil he is commonly addressed using the prefix Dom.

Parents and early life

Antônio was born in Rio de Janeiro, the sixth son of Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza and of his wife, Princess Maria of Bavaria.[2]

In 1976, Antônio earned a bachelor's degree in Engineering (with a specialization in Major Structural Projects) from the University of Barra do Piraí.[1]

Dynastic claims

Dom Antônio's eldest brother is Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza, the current Head of the Brazilian Imperial Family and, from a monarchist perspective, de jure Emperor Luiz I of Brazil.[3] After Dom Luiz in the succession order comes the next brother, Prince Bertrand, born 1941, who, as heir presumptive to the throne would be the Prince Imperial[4] if his eldest brother were actually reigning, and who is often accorded that style in royalist circles. Although he is the sixth brother, Antônio follows Bertrand in the succession order because three older brothers renounced their claims to the throne in order to marry commoners. Some Brazilian royalists consider marriage of Prince Antônio with Christine de Ligne as a mésalliance or morganatic, since the Princes of Ligne were never a sovereign family, nor a mediatised family.<ref =name " Porque continuo a ser Gastonista ">>.</ref> While it is true that the Princes of Ligne sold their immediate principality and the imperial abbey of Edelstetten to the House of Esterházy in 1804; before it was mediatised to Bavaria in 1806; the family managed to keep their seat in the Imperial Diet, with membership in the Council of the Counts of Westphalia as Counts of Fagnolles and has since intermarried with such grand families like the Habsburgs, Bourbons, Croÿs, Arenbergs with dynastic rights.

Painting

Antônio is an artist, usually painting water color landscapes depicting buildings, ranches, and farms typical of colonial Brazil . In May 1999 he held an exhibition, "A Herança Portuguesa no Brasil Colonial" (The Portuguese Heritage in Colonial Brazil) at Ipanema Park in Portugal.[5] In 2001 he held exhibitions at Curitiba and at Joinville.[6] His work has also been displayed in the Crystal Palace in Petropolis, the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes in Rio de Janeiro, and the Galeria Quadrante and the Museu da Casa Brasileira in São Paulo.[5]

Marriage and family

In 1981, he married Princess Christine de Ligne, daughter of Antoine, 13th Prince de Ligne (head of one of Belgium's foremost noble families) and his wife, Princess Alix of Luxembourg. The civil ceremony took place on September 25 and the religious ceremony on September 26, both at Belœil.[7]

The couple have four children:[7]

Antônio lives with his family in Petrópolis.[10]

Titles and honors

Styles of
Prince Antônio
Reference style His Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness
Alternative style Sir

Titles and styles

He has been styled as Prince and as His Royal Highness throughout his life.[1] In Brazil, where the honorific "Dom" has disappeared from everyday use, he is regularly called "Dom Antônio".

Honors

He was a recipient of the following foreign honors:

Ancestry

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Casa Imperial do Brasil - Biografia de D. Antônio de Orleans e Bragança.
  2. ↑ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser (Limburg an der Lahn: C.A. Starke, 1991): Band XIV, 32.
  3. ↑ NÉMETH-TORRES, Geovani (2008) (in Portuguese). A odisséia monarquista no Plebiscito Nacional de 1993. In: Veredas da História. Rio de Janeiro: Ano I, n. 1. Abr. 2008. ISSN 1982-4238.
  4. ↑ Constituição Politica do Imperio do Brazil, art. 105.
  5. 1 2 "Príncipe brasileiro expõe aguarelas no Ipanema", Jornal de Notícias (May 4, 1999).
  6. ↑ "Arte real", Anexo (30 maio, 2001).
  7. 1 2 Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser (Limburg an der Lahn: C.A. Starke, 1991): Band XIV, 34.
  8. ↑ "Prince Pedro Luis de Orleans e Braganca PHOTO". Lalate. June 2, 2009. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  9. ↑ http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://imperiobrasileiro-rs.blogspot.com/2013/09/noivado-da-princesa-dona-amelia-de.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dprincess%2Bamelia%2Bof%2Bbrazil%2Band%2Bjames%2Bspearman%26rlz%3D1C1AFAB_enGB459GB459%26es_sm%3D122%26biw%3D1366%26bih%3D623
  10. ↑ http://revistaepoca.globo.com/Revista/Epoca/0,,EMI75853-15227,00-A+ESPERANCA+SE+FOI.html
  11. ↑ BUYERS, Christopher. The Royal Ark.

External links

Prince Antônio of Orléans-Braganza
Cadet branch of the House of Orléans
Born: June 24 1950
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Prince Bertrand		 — TITULAR —
Vassouras line of succession to the Brazilian throne
2nd position
Reason for succession failure:
Empire abolished in 1889		 Succeeded by
Prince Rafael
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