Princess María de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Princess María de la Esperanza Amalia Raniera María 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.[1] Maria Esperanza was also an aunt of Juan Carlos I of Spain, son of her sister Princess Maria Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

Princess María de la Esperanza
Born(1914-06-14)14 June 1914
Madrid, Spain
Died8 August 2005(2005-08-08) (aged 91)
Villamanrique de la Condesa, Spain
SpousePrince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza
IssuePrince Pedro Carlos
Princess Maria da Gloria
Prince Afonso Duarte
Prince Manuel Álvaro
Princess Cristina María
Prince Francisco Humberto
Full name
Spanish: María de la Esperanza Amalia Raniera María Rosario Luisa Gonzaga
HouseOrléans-Braganza
FatherPrince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
MotherPrincess Louise of Orléans

Marriage and issue

Maria Esperanza married Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (19 February 1913 in Eu - 27 December 2007 in Villamanrique de la Condesa), son of Prince Pedro de Alcântara of Orléans-Braganza and Countess Elisabeth Dobržensky de Dobrženicz, on 18 December 1944 in Seville, Spain. Maria Esperanza and Pedro de Alcântara had six children:[2]

∞ married Rony Kuhn de Souza (20 March 1938 in São Paulo – 14 January 1979 in Petrópolis), daughter of Alfredo Kuhn de Souza and Maria das Gravas Mercedes de Souza, on 2 September 1975 in Petrópolis, with issue:
  • Pedro Tiago de Orléans e Bragança (born 12 January 1979 in Petrópolis), Prince Imperial of Brazil according to supporters of the Petrópolis branch's claim
∞ Patrícia Alexandra Braumeyer Branscombe (22 November 1964 - 21 November 2009 in Petrópolis), daughter of Frank Branscombe and Maria Braumeyer, on 16 July 1981 in Fazenda Sáo Geraldo, with issue:
  • Felipe de Orléans e Bragança (born 31 December 1982)
∞ Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (born 17 July 1945 at Claridge's in London), son of Peter II of Yugoslavia and Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, on 1 July 1972 in Villamanrique de la Condesa, divorced on 19 February 1985, with issue:
∞ Danica Marinković (born 1986 in Belgrade), daughter of Milan Marinković and Zorica "Beba", on 7 October 2017 in Belgrade, with issue:
  • Prince Stefan of Yugoslavia (born 25 February 2018 in Belgrade)
∞ Ignacio de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba, 19th Duke of Segorbe and 20th Count of Rivadavia (born 23 February 1947 in Seville), son of Rafael de Medina y Vilallonga and Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli, on 24 October 1985 in Seville, with issue.
  • Prince Afonso of Orléans-Braganza (born 25 April 1948 in Petrópolis)
∞ Maria Juana Parejo y Gurruchaga (born 13 May 1954 in Seville), daughter of Isidro Parejo and Maria Vitória Gurruchaga, on 3 January 1973 in Seville, divorced in 1998, with issue:
  • Maria de Orléans-Braganza (born 4 January 1974 in Seville)
  • Julia de Orléans-Braganza (born 18 September 1977 in Petrópolis)
∞ Silvia-Amália Hungria de Silva Machado (born 29 July 1953 in Rio de Janeiro) on 19 November 2002 in Petrópolis
  • Prince Manuel of Orléans-Braganza (born 17 June 1949 in Petrópolis)
∞ Margarita Haffner y Lancha (born 10 December 1945 in Málaga), daughter of Oskar Haffner, on 12 December 1977 in Málaga, divorced in 1995, with issue:
  • Luiza de Orléans-Braganza (born 25 July 1978 in Seville)
  • Manuel de Orléans-Braganza (born 7 March 1981 in Seville)
  • Princess Cristina of Orléans-Braganza (born 16 October 1950 in Petrópolis)
∞ Prince Jan Pawel Sapieha-Rozanski (born 26 August 1935 in Warschau), son of Prince Jan Andrzej Sapieha-Rozanski, on 16 May 1980 in Petrópolis, divorced in 1988, with issue:
  • Princess Ana Teresa Sapieha-Rozanski (born 25 May 1981 in Petrópolis)
  • Princess Paola Sapieha-Rozanski (born 26 April 1983 in London)
∞ Prince Constantin Swiatopolk-Czetwertyński (born 20 February 1978 in Brussels), in 2012
  • Prince Francisco of Orléans-Braganza (born 9 December 1956)
∞ Christina Schmidt-Peçanha (born 14 January 1953), daughter of Gaubert Schmidt and Alice Peçanha, on 28 January 1978 in Petrópolis, divorced, with issue:
  • Francisco de Orléans-Bragança (born 25 September 1979 in Petrópolis)
  • Maria Isabel de Orléans-Bragança (born 1982), who was born after her father's second marriage
∞ Rita de Cássia Ferreira Pires (born 1961) in 1980, with issue:
  • Gabriel de Orléans-Bragança (born 1989)
  • Manuela de Orléans-Bragança (born 1997)

Honours

Arms
  • Coat of arms of Princess Maria de la Esperanza
    of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Ancestry

References
  1. Handler, Bruce (5 March 1989). "Brazil to Decide on Return of Monarchy". Los Angeles Times: 34.
  2. Willis, Daniel A., ‘’The Descendants of King George I of Great Britain’’, Clearfield Company, 2002, pp. 141-142. ISBN 0-8063-5172-1
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2015-07-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Princess María de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Cadet branch of the House of Bourbon
Born: 14 June 1914 Died: 8 August 2005
Titles in pretence
Vacant
Title last held by
Gaston, Count of Eu
as Emperor Consort		 — TITULAR —
Empress consort of Brazil
18 December 1944 – 8 August 2005		 Succeeded by
Patricia Alexandra Brascombe
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