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Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon Two Sicilies

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House
  
Orleans-Braganza

Religion
  
Roman Catholic

Name
  
Princess de


Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Born
  
14 June 1914 Madrid, Spain (
1914-06-14
)

Issue
  
Prince Pedro Carlos Princess Maria da Gloria Prince Afonso Duarte Prince Manuel Alvaro Princess Cristina Maria Prince Francisco Humberto

Father
  
Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Mother
  
Princess Louise of Orleans

Died
  
August 9, 2005, Villamanrique de la Condesa, Spain

Spouse
  
Prince Pedro Gastao of Orleans-Braganza (m. 1944–2005)

Children
  
Princess Maria da Gloria, Duchess of Segorbe

Siblings
  
Princess Maria de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Parents
  
Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Princess Louise of Orleans

Similar People
  
Juan Carlos I of Spain, Princess Maria de las Merce, Princess Maria da Gloria - D, Infante Carlos - Duke of C, Mercedes - Princess of Asturias

Princess Maria de la Esperanza Amalia Raniera Maria Rosario Luisa Gonzaga of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (14 June 1914, Madrid, Spain – 8 August 2005, Villamanrique de la Condesa, Spain) was the youngest daughter of Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and his wife Princess Louise of Orléans. Maria Esperanza's husband Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, was one of two claimants to the Brazilian throne, and head of the Petrópolis branch of the Brazilian Imperial House. Maria Esperanza was also an aunt of Juan Carlos I of Spain, son of her sister Princess Maria Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

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Marriage and issue

Maria Esperanza married Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, son of Prince Pedro de Alcântara of Orléans-Braganza and his wife Countess Elisabeth Dobržensky de Dobrženicz, on 18 December 1944 in Seville, Spain. Maria Esperanza and Pedro de Alcântara had six children:

  • Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza (born 31 October 1945), succeeded to his father's claim as Emperor on 26 December 2007.
  • Princess Maria da Gloria of Orléans-Braganza (born 13 December 1946), former Crown Princess of Yugoslavia.
  • Prince Afonso Duarte of Orléans-Braganza (born 25 April 1948)
  • Prince Manuel Álvaro of Orléans-Braganza (born 17 June 1949)
  • Princess Cristina Maria of Orléans-Braganza (born 16 October 1950)
  • Prince Francisco Humberto of Orléans-Braganza (born 9 December 1956)
  • Honours

  • Calabrian House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Calabrian Two Sicilian Order of Saint George
  •  Spain: 1173rd Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa
  • References

    Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Wikipedia