Countess Elizabeth Dobrženský von Dobrženitz

Princess Pedro de Alcântara of Orléans-Braganza

(m. 1908; died 1940)

IssuePrincess Isabelle, Countess of Paris
Prince Pedro Gastão
Princess Maria Francisca, Duchess of Braganza
Prince João Maria
Princess TeresaHouseOrléans-Braganza (by marriage)FatherCount Johann Wenzel Dobrženský von DobrženiczMotherCountess Elisabeth Kottulinsky von Kottulin und Krzizkowitz

Elisabeth Maria Adelheid Dobrženský von Dobrženitz (also Dobrzensky de Dobrzenicz or Dobrzenští z Dobrzenicz; Czech: Alžběta Maria Adelheid Dobřenská z Dobřenic; 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

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

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 of Orléans-Braganza (1911–2003) married Henri, count of Paris (parents of Henri, Orléanist pretender to the throne of France).^[2]
Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (1913–2007) married Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (parents of Princess Maria da Gloria, Duchess of Segorbe, former Crown Princess of Yugoslavia).^[2]
Princess Maria Francisca of Orléans-Braganza (1914–1968) married Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (parents of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, the current pretender to the throne of Portugal).^[2]
Prince João Maria of Orléans-Braganza (1916–2005) married Fatima Sherifa Chirine (1923-1990), widow of Prince Hassan Toussoun, Prince of Egypt.
Princess Teresa of Orléans-Braganza (1919-2011) married Ernesto António Maria Martorell y Calderó (1921-1985).

Elisabeth died on 11 June 1951 at the age of 75. She was buried with Pedro.

Honors

Austria-Hungary : Dame of the Order of the Starry Cross.^{[citation needed]}

Ancestry

Ancestors of Countess Elizabeth Dobrženský von Dobrženitz

8. Baron Johann Wenzel Dobrženský von Dobrženicz

4. Count Johann Nepomuk Dobrženský von Dobrženicz

9. Baroness Maria Anna Pergler von Perglas

2. Count Johann Wenzel Dobrženský von Dobrženicz

10. Baron Josef Joachim Wanczura von Rzenicz

5. Baroness Marie Friederike Wanczura von Rzenicz

11. Baroness Friederike Lamotte von Frintropp

1. Countess Elisabeth Dobrženský von Dobrženicz

12. Count Josef Johann Kottulinsky von Kottulin und Krzizkowitz

6. Count Josef Kottulinsky von Kottulin und Krzizkowitz

13. Countess Maria Josefa Katzianer zu Katzenstein

3. Countess Elisabeth Kottulinsky von Kottulin und Krzizkowitz

14. Count Franz Anton von Attems-Heiligenkreuz

7. Countess Adelheid von Attems-Heiligenkreuz

15. Countess Ernestine Khuen von Belasi

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 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.