Isabel, Duchess of Braganza
| Isabel | |||||
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| Duchess of Braganza (more...) | |||||
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22 November 1966 Lisbon, Portuguese Republic | ||||
| Spouse | Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza (m. 1995) | ||||
| Issue details... |
Afonso, Prince of Beira Infanta Maria Francisca Infante Dinis, Duke of Porto | ||||
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| House | Braganza (by marriage) | ||||
| Father | Jorge de Herédia | ||||
| Mother | Raquel Leonor Pinheiro Curvelo | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||
Dona Isabel, Duchess of Braganza (née Isabel Inês Castro Curvelo de Herédia; born 22 November 1966), is a Portuguese businesswoman, noblewoman, and the wife of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, the current pretender to the defunct Portuguese throne. Born to descendants of Portuguese nobility, Castro Curvelo de Heredia worked as an assets manager prior to her marriage.
Since becoming the Duchess of Braganza, Isabel has left the professional world, devoted her attention to her family, and become patron to several Portuguese charities and non-profit foundations. She and the Duke have had three children together, thus securing the continuation of the House of Braganza.
Early life
Isabel Inês Castro Curvelo de Herédia was born on 22 November 1966, in Lisbon, to Dom Jorge de Heredia, an architect, and Dona Raquel Leonor Pinheiro de Castro Curvelo, his wife. Since birth, she was entitled to the honorific styling of Dona (Lady), being a descendant in the male lineage of Francisco Correia de Herédia, 1st Viscount of Ribeira Brava, of the Portuguese nobility, and a famed republican, who was involved in the failed republican uprising of 28 January 1908.
Castro Curvelo de Heredia lived between metropolitan Portugal and Portuguese Angola until 1975, when Angola was granted independence. Her family subsequently moved to São Paulo, Brazil. There, she studied at the Colégio São Luís, a Jesuit-run institution. In 1990, she obtained a degree in business administration from the Fundação Getúlio Vargas and returned to Portugal to a job in BMF — Sociedade de Gestão de Patrimónios, S.A. She specialized as an asset manager.
Duchess of Braganza
On 13 May 1995 she married Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, at Jerónimos Monastery. Present at the ceremony were representatives of various European royal and noble houses, President of the Republic Mário Soares, Prime Minister Aníbal Cavaco Silva, and President of the Assembly António Barbosa de Melo, among others.
Following her marriage and the birth of her first child, Afonso, Prince of Beira, the Duchess of Braganza resigned from her professional life and devoted herself to the management of her family and the patronage of various causes. Using her privileged position for the good of others, Isabel has become the patron to:
- Refúgio Aboim Ascensão - Faro: A private social solidarity institution which helps victims of physical abuse, negligence, and any other social injustice or disadvantage adapt socially.
- Ajuda ao Recém Nascido: An institution linked with the Alfredo da Costa Maternity, in Lisbon, which provides clothes, provisions, and other necessities children recently born to disadvantaged families.
- Trissomia 21: A private social non-profit association which sponsors and supports research and education for Down syndrome.
- Associação Portuguesa de Miastenia Grave e Doenças Neuro-Musculares: An association linked with Santa Maria Hospital, in Lisbon, which works for the improvement of patient care at the hospital.
- Ajuda de Berço: An institution which temporarily hosts children, from new-borns to three-year-olds, that are in situations where their parents cannot take care of them.
- Os Francisquinhos: A social solidarity association linked with São Francisco Xavier Hospital, in Lisbon, that collaborates with parents and friends of deformed children, children born with serious diseases, and children born with complications due to the toxic dependencies of their mothers.
Titles, honours, and styles
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HRH The Duke of Braganza |
Titles and styles
- 22 November 1966 – 13 May 1995 Dona Isabel Inês de Castro Curvelo de Herédia
- 13 May 1995 – present Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Braganza, Princess Royal of Portugal
Full style:
By the Grace of God, Isabel, Duchess of Braganza, Princess Royal of Portugal, Duchess of Guimarães, Marquise of Vila Viçosa, Countess of Ourém, Countess of Arraiolos, Countess of Neiva, Countess of Faria, Grand Mistress of the Order of Saint Isabel
Honours
National dynastic honours
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House of Braganza: 9th Grand Mistress Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Isabel[1][2][3][4]
Foreign honours[5]
Vatican: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre[6].svg.png)
Castroan Royal Family of Two Sicilies: Dame Grand Cross of Justice of the Castroan-Two Sicilian Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George[7].svg.png)
Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Dame Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, 3rd First Class[8]
Montenegrin Royal Family: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Danilo I
Genealogy
Ancestry
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Issue
| Name | Portrait | Birth | Notes |
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| By Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza (22 November 1966 – present; married 13 May 1995) | |||
| Afonso, Prince of Beira | 25 March 1996 | 16th Prince of Beira, 18th Duke of Barcelos; 1st in line of succession | |
| Infanta Maria Francisca | 3 March 1997 | Infanta of Portugal; 3rd in line of succession | |
| Infante Dinis, Duke of Porto | 25 November 1999 | 4th Duke of Porto, Infante of Portugal; 2nd in line of succession | |
References
- ↑ "Royal Families". Pinterest. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
- ↑ Ideias, Terra das. "Real Ordem de Santa Isabel". www.rainhasantaisabel.org (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-07-13.
- ↑ http://www.realcasadiborbone.it/wp-content/uploads/4.S.A.R._la_Duchessa_di_Castro_dopo_aver_ricevuto_lOrdine_di_Santa_Isabel_con_le-_figlie_le_LL.AA_.RR_._Maria_Carolina_Duchessa_di_Palermo-e_Maria_Chiara_Duchessa_di_Capri_e_le_LL.AA_.RR_._il_Principe_di_Beira_e_il_Duca_di_Porto.jpg
- ↑ "Principesa Moștenitoare Margareta a primit Marea Cruce a Ordinului Sfânta Isabel a Portugaliei | Familia Regală a României / Royal Family of Romania". www.romaniaregala.ro. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
- ↑ "Portugal". Almanach de Gotha (187th ed.). 2004. p. 286.
- ↑ "DEZANOVE ANOS DE CASAMENTO DOS DUQUES DE BRAGANÇA". realfamiliaportuguesa.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
- ↑ "Investiture ceremonies between Constantinian Order and Royal Order of Saint Isabel - Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George". Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George. 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
- ↑ "O FUTURO "REI DE PORTUGAL", COMO É DESIGNADO PELOS CAVALEIROS, FOI INVESTIDO PELA ORDEM DE MALTA". realfamiliaportuguesa.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
