Brazilian Imperial House
| Brazilian Imperial Family Família Imperial Brasileira |
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 Brazil
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| Parent house | House of Aviz by the way of the Portuguese House of Braganza |
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| Founded | 1822 |
| Founder | Pedro I |
| Final ruler | Pedro II |
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Vassouras branch: Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza Petrópolis branch: Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza |
| Deposition | 1889 |
| Ethnicity | Brazilian, Portuguese |
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House of Orléans-Braganza |
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Brazilian imperial family (Vassouras branch) |
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Brazilian imperial family (Petrópolis branch) |
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The Brazilian Imperial Family is a royal family and cadet branch of the Portuguese Royal House of Braganza that ruled the Empire of Brazil for 67 years, between 1822 and 1889, after the proclamation of independence by Prince Pedro of Braganza who was later acclaimed as Pedro I, Constitutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender of Brazil. The member of the familiy are dynastic descendants of Emperor Pedro I. Claimants to headship of the post-monarchic Brazilian Imperial legacy descend from Emperor Pedro II, including the senior agnates of two branches of the House of Orléans-Braganza; the so-called Petrópolis and Vassouras lines.Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza (born 1945) heads the Petrópolis line, while the Vassouras branch is led by his second cousin, Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza. Rivalry within the family erupted in 1946 when Dom Pedro Gastão (1913–2007) repudiated the renunciation to the throne of his late father, Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará (1875–1940), for himself and his future descendants, when he made a non-dynastic marriage in 1908. Pedro de Alcântara was the eldest son of the Princess Imperial Isabel (1846–1921) who, as Pedro II's elder daughter and heir presumptive when he was dethroned, became the last undisputed head of the family after her father's death in exile in 1891. Pedro Carlos is Dom Pedro Gastão's eldest son. Dom Luiz descends from Isabel's younger son, Prince Luís (1878–1920) who, by a Bourbon princess, fathered Prince Pedro Henrique (1909–1981). Dom Luiz is Pedro Henrique's son by a Bavarian princess and upholds his dynastic claim to the same legacy.
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