Princess Christine of Orléans-Braganza

Brazilian Imperial Family (Vassouras branch)

HI&RH Prince Luiz HI&RH Prince Bertrand HRH Prince Antônio HRH Princess Christine HRH Prince Rafael HRH Princess Amelia of Orleans-Braganza HRH Princess Maria Gabriela Orleans-Braganza HRH Princess Isabel Maria HRH The Princess of Ligne

Princely Family of Ligne

HH The Prince HRH The Princess HH The Hereditary Prince HH Princess Alix HRH The Dowager Princess HH Prince Wauthier HH Princess Regine HH Prince Philippe HH Princess Laetitia HH Prince Jean Charles HH Princess Melanie Yolande HH Princess Élisabeth Éléonore, Baroness Baudouin Gillès de Pelichy HH Princess Anne Marie, Mrs. Mortgat HRH Princess Christine of Brazil 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 Extended family HI&RH Archduchess Yolande of Austria HH Princess Maria HH Princess Hedwige Marie of Merode HH Prince Charles Antoine HH Princess Alyette HH Prince Edouard Lamoral HH Princess Isabella HH Princess Althea HH Princess Athénaïs HH Prince Charles Joseph HH Princess Ran HH Prince Amadeo Joseph HH Princess Marie, Mrs. Guzman y Bustos HH Princess Helene, Mrs. Whitwell

Princess Christine Marie Elisabeth of Orléans-Braganza, née Princess de Ligne, was born on 11 August 1955 in the Château de Belœil, Belgium. She is the daughter of Antoine, 13th Prince de Ligne and Princess Alix 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:

Prince Pedro Luiz Maria José Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga of Orléans-Braganza (12 January 1983 – 1 June 2009)
Princess Amélia Maria de Fátima Josefa Antônia Miguela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga of Orléans-Braganza (born 15 March 1984), married to Alexander James Spearman (b. 27 March 1984)
Prince Rafael Antonio Maria José Francisco Miguel Gabriel Gonzaga of Orléans-Braganza (born 24 April 1986)
Princess Maria Gabriela Josefa Fernanda Iolanda Miguela Rafaela Gonzaga of Orléans-Bragança (born 8 June 1989)

Honours

Dynastic orders

House of Braganza : Dame of the Order of Saint Isabel ^[1]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Christine of Orléans-Braganza

16. Prince Henri de Ligne

8. Ernest, 10th Prince de Ligne

17. Marguerite de Talleyrand-Périgord

4. Eugène, 11th Prince of Ligne

18. Roland de Cossé, Marquis de Brissac

9. Diane de Cossé-Brissac

19. Jeanne Eugénie Say

2. Antoine, 13th Prince of Ligne

20. Antoine de Noailles], Duke of Mouchy

10. François de Noailles, Prince de Poix

21. Princesse Anna Murat

5. Philippine de Noailles

22. Arthur Constant, Baron Dubois de Courval

11. Madeleine Dubois de Courval

23. Marie Ray

1. Princess Christine de Ligne

24. Charles III, Duke of Parma

12. Robert I, Duke of Parma

25. Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France

6. Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma

26. Miguel of Portugal

13. Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal

27. Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

3. Princess Alix of Luxembourg

28. Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

14. William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

29. Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau

7. Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg

30. Miguel of Portugal

15. Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal

31. Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

References

↑ Noblesse et Royautes, Order of Saint Isabel awarded to several Gotha personalities

External links

http://membres.lycos.fr/behgnam2/ligne-b.htm

Princesses of Orléans-Braganza by marriage

1st generation	Countess Elisabeth Dobržensky de Dobrženicz Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

2nd generation	Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Fátima Scherifa Tereza de Jesus Cesar Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria

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

4th generation	Patricia Annechino

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