House of Orléans-Braganza
The House of Orléans-Braganza (Portuguese: Casa de Orléans e Bragança) is by legitimacy, the imperial house of Brazil formed in 1864, with the marriage of the heir to the Brazilian throne, Isabel of Braganza with Prince Gaston, Count of Eu. The House of Orléans-Braganza never reigned, as Brazil's pure Braganza monarch, Emperor Pedro II being deposed in a military coup d'état, under the pressure of the civilian republicans, in 1889. However, with the death of Isabel in 1921, as the last Brazilian pure Braganza, her descendants inherited the dynastic rights of the Brigantine dynasty over the defunct Brazilian throne.
| House of Orléans-Braganza Casa de Orléans e Bragança | |
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| Parent house | House of Orléans Brazilian imperial family (House of Braganza) |
| Country | Brazil France |
| Founded | 1864 |
| Founder | Isabel of Braganza, Princess Imperial of Brazil and Prince Gaston of Orleans, Count of Eu |
| Current head | Vassouras branch: Prince Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza Petrópolis branch: Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza |
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| Estate(s) | Brazil |
Currently, the headship of the house is disputed between Pedro Carlos of Orleans-Braganza, agnatic senior member of the house, head of the so-called Petrópolis branch, and Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza, who heads the so-called Vassouras branch of the Imperial Family. The formation of these branches goes back to the question of the validity of the renunciation of dynastic rights in 1908 by Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, grandfather of the head of the Petrópolis Branch, and whose rights would have been inherited by the younger brother Luís, Prince Imperial of Brazil, grandfather of the head of the Vassouras Branch.