Princess Teresa Teodora of Brazil

Princess Teresa Teodora (Boulogne-sur-Mer, 18 July 1919 — Estoril, 18 April 2011) was a Princess of Brazil and member of the House of Orléans-Braganza, the fifth and last daughter of Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, disputedly Emperor Pedro III of Brazil, himself a son of the Empress Isabel I of Brazil, and his wife Countess Elisabeth Dobržensky de Dobrženicz, daughter of Jan Vaclav II, Count of Dobrženicz.

Biography
Princess Teresa Teodora, named Teresa Teodora Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança Dobrzensky de Dobrzenicz Martorell y Calderó, as the younger daughter of Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará was, on the paternal side, the son of Empress Isabel I of Brazil, the last titular Empress of Brazil and the Prince Imperial Consort, Prince Gaston, Count of Eu.

She lived between Portugal, France and Brazil, having died of natural causes at 91 years of age, in her residence. On her 90th birthday, Teresa reunited her family in Estoril. The presumptive heir to the Portuguese throne, Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, son of the marriage of her sister Princess Maria Francisca of Brazil with Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, dedicated a few words to him: "My aunt gave us throughout her life an example of courage and It has a life of dedication to the most needy" he declared on the occasion.

Her nephew, Duarte Pio, is the current held for the title of Duke of Braganza and therefore the head of the Royal House of Portugal, claiming titles, among others, King of Portugal.

Marriage and issue
On 7 October 1957, in Sintra, Portugal, she married Ernesto António Maria Martorell y Calderó (1921-1985), a wealthy Spanish businessman. From this marriage were born two daughters:


 * Elisabeth Martorel and Orléans-Bragança (b. 1959)
 * Núria Martorel and Orléans-Bragança (b.1960)

Titles and styles

 * 18 July 1919 — 18 April 2011: Her Highness Princess Teresa Teodora of Brazil

Ancestry
Dynastically, Princess Teresa Teodora is a great-granddaughter of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil. Patrilineally, she is a great-great-granddaughter of Louis Philippe, King of the French. She is also a matrilineal 8th-generation descendant of Marie Leszczyńska, Queen consort of Louis XV of France, through an almost-three-century-long unbroken line of eight Bourbon princesses, each of whom married into their own dynasty.