Countess Elisabeth Dobržensky de Dobrženicz
| Elizabeth Dobrženský | |
|---|---|
| Princess Pedro de Alcântara of Orléans-Braganza | |
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| Born | Alžběta Maria Adelheid Dobřenská z Dobřenic 7 December 1875 Chotěboř, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 11 July 1951 (aged 75) Sintra, Portugal |
| Spouse | |
| Issue | Princess Isabelle, Countess of Paris Pedro Gastão, prince og Brazil Maria Francisca, Duchess of Braganza Prince João Maria of Brazil Princess Teresa Teodora of Brazil]] |
| House | Orléans-Braganza (by marriage) |
| Father | Count Johann Wenzel Dobrženský von Dobrženicz |
| Mother | Countess Elisabeth Kottulinsky von Kottulin und Krzizkowitz |
Elisabeth Maria Adelheid Dobrženský von Dobrženitz (also Dobrzensky de Dobrzenicz or Dobrzenští z Dobrzenicz; 7 December 1875 – 11 June 1951) was a Bohemian noblewoman whose marriage to the son of the former heiress to the throne of Brazil prompted renunciation of his claim to the abolished monarchy's throne.
Early life[edit]
Born in the Chotěboř castle, family estate of an old Bohemian noble family, Elisabeth Maria Adelheid was the fourth child and only daughter of Johann Wenzel, Count Dobrženský of Dobrženicz (1841–1919) and his wife, Countess Elisabeth Kottulinsky, Baroness of Kottulin and Krzizkowitz (1850–1929).[1]
She had three elder brothers Jan, Otokar and Jaroslav and a younger brother named Karl Kunata. Karl Kunata renamed himself to Count Kottulinský, like his maternal family, in Austria in 1905; late in 1912, he married Countess Maria Theresia von Meran (1893-1981), member of a morganatic branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.[1][2]
Legacy[edit]
Elisabeth married Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará on 14 November 1908 at Versailles. He had previously renounced his hereditary claim to the crown of Brazil because she was not of royal birth.[1][2] They had five children:[1]
- Princess Isabelle, Countess of Paris (1911–2003) married Henri, Count of Paris (parents of Henri, Orléanist pretender to the throne of France).[2]
- Pedro Gastão, Prince of Brazil (1913–2007) married Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (parents of Princess Maria da Gloria, Duchess of Segorbe).[2]
- Princess Maria Francisca, Duchess of Braganza (1914–1968) married Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (parents of Duarte Pio, current pretender to the throne of Portugal).[2]
- Prince João Maria of Brazil (1916–2005) married Fátima Scherifa Chirine (parents of João Henrique, pretender to the throne of Brazil).[2]
- Princess Teresa Teodora of Brazil (1919–2011) married Ernesto Antônio Maria Martorell y Calderó.[2]
Elisabeth passed away on 11 June 1951 in Sintra, Portugal, and was buried in the Cathedral of Petrópolis, Brazil.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Enache, Nicolas (1999). La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg, Reine de Hongrie et de Boheme. Paris: ICC. pp. 71, 80, 253–259, 275. ISBN 2-908003-04-X.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Montjouvent, Philippe de (1998). Le Comte de Paris et sa Descendance. Charenton, France: Editions du Chaney. pp. 148–153, 161–162, 165–166. ISBN 2-913211-00-3.