Princess Maria de la Esperanza | |||||
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Princess of Orléans-Braganza | |||||
Maria de la Esperanza in her First Communion Day
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Born |
Madrid, Spain |
14 June 1914||||
Died | 8 August 2005 Villamanrique de la Condesa, Spain |
(aged 91)||||
Spouse | Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza | ||||
Issue |
Prince Pedro Carlos Princess Maria da Gloria Prince Afonso Duarte Prince Manuel Álvaro Princess Cristina Maria Prince Francisco Humberto |
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House | Orléans-Braganza | ||||
Father | Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies | ||||
Mother | Princess Louise of Orléans |
Full name | |
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Spanish: Maria de la Esperanza Amalia Raniera Maria Rosario Luisa Gonzaga |
Princess Maria de la Esperanza Amalia Raniera Maria Rosario Luisa Gonzaga of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (14 June 1914, Madrid, Spain – 8 August 2005, Villamanrique de la Condesa, Spain) was the youngest daughter of Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and his wife Princess Louise of Orléans. Maria Esperanza's husband Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, was one of two claimants to the Brazilian throne, and head of the Petrópolis branch of the Brazilian Imperial House. Maria Esperanza was also an aunt of Juan Carlos I of Spain, son of her sister Princess Maria Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.
Maria Esperanza married Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, son of Prince Pedro de Alcântara of Orléans-Braganza and his wife Countess Elisabeth Dobržensky de Dobrženicz, on 18 December 1944 in Seville, Spain. Maria Esperanza and Pedro de Alcântara had six children: