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, issue = Prince Pedro Carlos
Princess Maria da Gloria
Prince Afonso Duarte
Prince Manuel Álvaro
Princess Cristina María
Prince Francisco Humberto , house =

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, father =

Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies , house = Bourbon-Two Sicilies , spouse = , issue = , father = Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta , mother = Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies , religion = Roman Catholicism , signature = ...

, mother = Princess Louise of Orléans , birth_date = , birth_place =

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, Spain , burial_place = Princess ''María de la Esperanza'' Amalia Raniera María Rosario Luisa Gonzaga of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (14 June 1914, Madrid, Spain – 8 August 2005,

, Spain) was the youngest daughter of

and his wife Princess Louise of Orléans. Maria Esperanza's husband

, was one of two claimants to the Brazilian throne, and head of the

Petrópolis Petrópolis (; ), also known as The Imperial City, is a municipality in the Southeast Region of Brazil. It is located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, northeast of the city of Rio de Janeiro. According to the 2010 National Brazilian Census, Petr ...

branch of the

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. Maria Esperanza was also an aunt of

Juan Carlos I of Spain Juan Carlos I (;, * ca, Joan Carles I, * gl, Xoán Carlos I, Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 Novem ...

, son of her sister Princess Maria Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

Marriage and issue

Maria Esperanza married

(19 February 1913 in Eu - 27 December 2007 in

), son of Prince Pedro de Alcântara of Orléans-Braganza and

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, on 18 December 1944 in

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, Spain. Maria Esperanza and Pedro Gastão had six children:Willis, Daniel A., ‘’The Descendants of King George I of Great Britain’’, Clearfield Company, 2002, pp. 141-142. *Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza (born 31 October 1945 in

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) : ∞ married Rony Kuhn de Souza (20 March 1938 in

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– 14 January 1979 in

), 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),

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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) *Princess Maria da Glória of Orléans-Braganza (born 13 December 1946 in Petrópolis) : ∞ Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (born 17 July 1945 at

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), son of Peter II of Yugoslavia and

Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark ( el, Αλεξάνδρα); – ), later known as Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (russian: Алекса́ндра Гео́ргиевна), was a member of the Greek royal family and of the ...

, on 1 July 1972 in Villamanrique de la Condesa, divorced on 19 February 1985, with issue: ::*

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(born 5 February 1980 in

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) :::* Dolores Karageorgevich (born in 2017) ::*

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(born 15 January 1982 in Falls Church) :: ∞ Danica Marinković (born 1986 in Belgrade), daughter of painter Milan "Cile" Marinković and his wife, Zorica "Beba" Krupež, on 7 October 2017 in Belgrade, with issue: :::*Prince Stefan of Yugoslavia (born 25 February 2018 in Belgrade) ::* Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (born 15 January 1982 in Falls Church) : ∞ Ignacio de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba, 19th

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and 20th Count of Rivadavia (born 23 February 1947 in Seville), son of Rafael de Medina y Vilallonga and

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, on 24 October 1985 in Seville, with issue. ::*Sol de Medina y Orléans-Braganza, 54th Countess of Ampurias (born 8 August 1986 in

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) ::*Luna de Medina y Orléans-Braganza, 17th Countess of Ricla (born 4 May 1988 in New York City) *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 Warsaw, Poland), 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

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), 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

* Calabrian House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Calabrian Two Sicilian Order of Saint George * : 1173rd Dame of the

Order of Queen Maria Luisa The Royal Order of Noble Ladies of Queen Maria Luisa is an Order created by King Charles IV of Spain by royal decree on April 21, 1792, at the request of his wife, Queen Maria Luisa, to reward noble women who distinguished themselves for their s ...

Arms

File:Coat of arms of Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.svg, Coat of arms of Princess Maria de la Esperanza
of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Ancestry

References

The Imperial Family of BrazilElisabeth Dobrzensky von Dobrzenicz “Empress of Brazil”
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