Princess Maria da Glória of Brazil
| Princess Maria da Glória | |
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| Duchess of Segorbe, Countess of Rivadavia | |
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| Maria da Glória in Paris, 2023. | |
| Tenure | 1 July 1972 – 19 February 1985 |
| Predecessor | Alexandra of Greece and Denmark |
| Successor | Katherine Clairy Batis |
| Born | 13 December 1946 Petrópolis, Brazil |
| Spouse | Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (m. 1972, d. 1985) Ignacio de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba, 19th Duke of Segorbe (m. 1985) |
| Issue | Prince Peter of Yugoslavia Philipm, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia Sol de Medina y Orleáns-Braganza, 54th Countess of Ampurias Luna de Medina y Orléans-Braganza, 17th Countess of Ricla |
| House | Orléans-Braganza |
| Father | Pedro Gastão, Prince of Brazil |
| Mother | Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies |
| Brazilian imperial family Petrópolis branch |
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Extended family
To the Vassouras branch, then the Saxe-Coburg branch |
Princess Maria da Glória of Brazil (born 13 December 1946) is a Princess of Brazil, a member of the Petrópolis branch of the House of Orléans-Braganza, and a Grandee of Spain was wife of Ignacio Medina y Fernández de Córdoba, 19th Duke of Segorbe, therefore she is styled as Duchess of Segorbe and Countess of Rivadavia. She is the second child and older daughter of Pedro Gastão, Prince of Brazil and Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and great-granddaughter of Isabel of Brazil, the last living royal ruler of the country. From 1972 to 1985 she had been married to Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, son and heir of King Peter II, with she had three sons, all Serbian princes. After her divorce to the Crown Prince and marriage to the Duke of Segorbe, the Princess had two daughter with him.[1] Her brother Pedro Carlos, Prince of Brazil, is the current Petrópolis branch claimant to the Brazilian throne.
Biography[edit]
Early life and family[edit]
Princess Maria da Glória was born in Petrópolis, Brazil. She is the second oldest out of six children of Pedro Gastão, Prince of Brazil and Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Through her father, she is great-granddaughter of former Princess Regent and titular Empress Isabel of Brazil and a first cousin once removed of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, the pretender to the Portuguese throne, and through her mother, she is a first cousin of King Juan Carlos I of Spain. She is also a first cousin once-removed of Jean, Count of Paris, the current Orléanist pretender to the French throne. In 1893 her paternal grandfather Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, was reportedly proclaimed Emperor of Brazil by revolutionaries, but it came to no fruition.
Marriages and issue[edit]
On 1 July 1972, she married Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia at Villamanrique de la Condesa, near Seville, Spain. Her husband was the only son and heir of King Peter II of Yugoslavia, born in exile during the last days of the monarchy. The couple divorced on 19 February 1985. She has three sons from her first marriage:
- Prince Peter of Yugoslavia (born 1980). He renounced his dynastic rights in favor of his brother in 2022.
- Philip, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia (born 1982).[2] He married Danica Marinković (born 1986)[3] on 7 October 2017 at the Cathedral Church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Belgrade, Serbia. They have a son:
- Prince Stefan of Yugoslavia (born on 25 February 2018 in Belgrade).
- Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (born 1982).[2]
A few months following her divorce from the Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, on 24 October 1985, Princess Maria da Glória married Ignacio de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba, 19th Duke of Segorbe (in 2003 20th Count of Rivadavia), son of Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli at Seville. With him, she has two daughters:
- Sol María de la Blanca de Medina y Orléans-Braganza, 54th Countess of Ampurias (born 1986), heiress apparent to the Segorbe dukedom.
- Ana Luna de Medina y Orléans-Braganza, 17th Countess of Ricla (born 1988).
Titles, styles and honors[edit]
Titles and styles[edit]
- 13 December 1946 – 1 July 1972: Her Highness Princess Maria da Glória of Brazil
- 1 July 1972 – 19 February 1985: Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Yugoslavia
- 24 October 1985 – 23 March 2003: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Segorbe
- 23 March 2003 – present: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Segorbe, Countess of Rivadavia
Honors[edit]
Brazilian imperial family: Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Rose
House of Karađorđević: Dame Grand Cordon of the Royal Order of Saint Sava
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Ancestry[edit]
Dynastically, the Duchess of Segorbe is a great-great-granddaughter of Emperor Pedro II the last undisputed Emperor of Brazil. Patrilineally, she is a great-great-great-granddaughter of Louis Philippe, King of the French. She is also a matrilineal 9th-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, as follows: Marie Leszczyńska, Queen of France → Louise Élisabeth of France, Duchess of Parma → Maria Luisa of Parma, Queen of Spain → Maria Isabella of Spain, Queen of the Two Sicilies → Maria Cristina of the Two Sicilies, Queen Regent of Spain → Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain, Duchess of Montpensier → Princess Marie Isabelle d'Orléans, Infanta of Spain, Countess of Paris → Princess Louise d'Orléans, Princess of the Two Sicilies → Princess Maria de la Esperanza of the Two Sicilies, Princess of Orléans-Braganza → Princess Maria da Glória of Orléans-Braganza, sometime Crown Princess of Yugoslavia, Duchess of Segorbe.[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ The Great Pretenders
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Going Places
- ↑ Heinbruins
- ↑ Willis, Daniel (1999). The Descendants of Louis XIII. Baltimore, US: Clearfield. pp. 3, 81–3, 81–82, 125, 134–135, 140, 251, 215, 325, 354. ISBN 0-8063-4942-5.
External links[edit]
- Dona Maria da Glória de Orléans-Bragança e Borbon – website thePeerage.com
- Maria da Gloria de Orleáns y Bragança – website of the Ducal House of Medinaceli Foundation (Spanish)