Princess Isabel Maria of Brazil

Isabel Maria, Princess of Brasil (Isabel Maria Josefa Henriqueta Francisca Michaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Orleans e Bragança; 5 April 1944 — 5 November 2017) was sixth in line of succession to the Throne and Crown of Brazil at the time of her death, occurred in 2017.

Isabel was born on April 5, 1944, in La Bourboule (France), and was the fourth of 12 children of Prince Dom Pedro Henrique of Orleans and Bragança, Head of the Imperial House of Brazil, and his wife, Princess Dona Maria from Bavaria to Orleans and Braganza. It was registered at the Consulate General of Brazil in Paris.

Family
His godparents were Prince Henri of Orleans, Count of Paris, Head of the Royal House of France, and his wife, the Countess of Paris (née Princess Dona Isabel of Orleans and Bragança), who were Dom Pedro's third cousin and first cousin. Henrique.

With the end of the Second World War in Europe, in May 1945, the Brazilian Imperial Family was finally able to return to Brazil, thus ending the unjust and painful Exile imposed after the republican coup of November 15, 1889.

They lived in Rio de Janeiro and Petrópolis, before moving, in 1951, to the north of the State of Paraná, then the great agricultural frontier of Brazil. In Paraná, the Imperial Family first lived at Fazenda São José, in Jacarezinho, before moving, in 1957, to Fazenda Santa Maria, in Jundiaí do Sul.

In 1965, they moved again, this time to Sítio Santa Maria, in Vassouras, a former coffee plantation center of the Empire in the Center-South of the State of Rio de Janeiro.

Professional activity
Isabel studied at the Colégios da Imaculada Conceição (Jacarezinho) and Sacré-Coeur de Marie (Rio de Janeiro). She then went to Europe, where she studied Literature at the Universities of Paris (France) and Munich (Germany).

He returned to Brazil in 1966, settling in Rio de Janeiro.

She worked, in the 1970s and 1980s, as a teacher in the Brazilian Literacy Movement, which took care of adult literacy, and, during the 1990s, at the Columbus Agency, a large tourism office in the capital of Rio de Janeiro, belonging to some of your brothers.

In addition to Portuguese, the Princess spoke fluently in French, German and English.

Princess of Brazil
Princess Isabel was often invited to represent the Imperial Family in monarchical events or official and semi-official ceremonies.

Dedicated to Christian charity, the Princess joined, from the 1990s, the Board of the Red Cross of Brazil.

Death
Peincess Isabel died on November 5, 2017, in Rio de Janeiro, at the age of 73, comforted by the Sacraments of the Holy Church.

The Princess was buried in the tomb of the Imperial Family at the Cemetery of the Irmandade de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, in Vassouras.