Prince Antônio of Orléans-Braganza
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| Prince of Orléans-Braganza | |||||
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June 24, 1950 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| Spouse | Princess Christine of Ligne | ||||
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Prince Pedro Luiz Princess Amélia Prince Rafael Princess Maria |
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| House | House of Orléans-Braganza | ||||
| Father | Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza | ||||
| Mother | Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria | ||||
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| Antônio João Maria José Jorge Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga de Orleáns e Bragança |
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Brazilian Imperial Family (Vassouras branch) |
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| Reference style | His Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Sir |
Prince Antônio of Orléans-Braganza (born June 24, 1950), whose baptismal name is Antônio João Maria José Jorge Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Wittelsbach, is a member of the Imperial House of Brazil. He is second in line of succession to the former Brazilian throne, according to the disputed claims of the Vassouras branch of the family. In Brazil he is commonly addressed using the prefix Dom.
Antônio was born in Rio de Janeiro, the sixth son of Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza and of his wife, Princess Maria of Bavaria.
In 1976, Antônio earned a bachelor's degree in Engineering (with a specialization in Major Structural Projects) from the University of Barra do Piraí.
Dom Antônio's eldest brother is Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza, the current Head of the Brazilian Imperial Family and, from a monarchist perspective, de jure Emperor Luiz I of Brazil. After Dom Luiz in the succession order comes the next brother, Prince Bertrand, born 1941, who, as heir presumptive to the throne would be the Prince Imperial if his eldest brother were actually reigning, and who is often accorded that style in royalist circles. Although he is the sixth brother, Antônio follows Bertrand in the succession order because three older brothers renounced their claims to the throne in order to marry commoners. Some Brazilian royalists consider the marriage of Prince Antônio with Princess Christine de Ligne as a mésalliance or morganatic, since the Princes de Ligne were never a sovereign family, nor a mediatised family.
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