Empress Maria Beatrice of Brazil

HIM The Empress of Brazil
Titles	Empress of Brazil Princess of Italy Princess of Sardinia
Reign	27 December 2007 - present
Coronation	30 June 2008
Predecessor	Princess Maria de la Esperanza of the Two Sicilies
Biographical Information
Born	2 February 1943 (age 81) Rome, Roman States, Italy
Spouse	Pedro V, Emperor of Brazil (m. 1975)
Issue	Pedro Tiago, Prince Imperial of Brazil Prince Felipe
Name	Maria Beatrice Elena Margherita Ludovica Caterina Ramona
House	Savoy (by birth) Orleans-Braganza (by marriage)
Father	King Umberto II of Italy
Mother	Princess Marie Jose of Belgium
Religion	Roman Catholic

General

Life

TBA

Marriage and Issue

TBA

Photo	Name	Birth	Death	Marriage
	Pedro Tiago, Prince Imperial of Brazil	12 January 1979		Prince Paul of Leiningen (m. 2018); no issue
	Prince Felipe	31 December 1982		Princess Marie Caroline of Liechtenstein (m. 2023); no issue

Residences

• 
  Guanabara Palace; Main Residence (March-May; September-November)
• 
  Santa Cruz Estate; Summer Residence (June-August)
• 
  Grao Para Palace; Winter Residence (December-February)

Sartorial Information

Tiara Collection

As Empress, Maria Beatrice has access to the entirety of the Brazilian Tiara Collection. Below are the tiaras that she personally owns.

• 
  (1959) Scrollwork Tiara; 16th birthday gift from her parents
• 
  (1975) Diamond Tiara; Wedding gift from her in-laws
• 
  (1975) Turquoise Tiara; Wedding gift from her parents

Clothing Collection

Clothing Collection

Titles and Honours

• 1943-1975 Princess Maria Beatrice of Italy
• 1975-2007 Maria Beatrice, Princess Imperial of Brazil
• 2007-present Empress Maria Beatrice of Brazil

National Honours

Order of the Southern Cross (2008)

Order of the Rose (1983)

Order of Pedro I (1975)

Foreign Honours

Order of the Most Holy Annunciation (2010) (Italy)

Order of the Crown (1961) (Italy)

Ancestry

Parents	Grandparents	Great-Grandparents	Great-Great-Grandparents
King Umberto II of Italy	King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy Princess Elena of Montenegro	King Umberto I of Italy Princess Margherita of Genoa King Nicholas I of Montenegro Milena Vukotic	King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy Archduchess Adelaide of Austria Duke Ferdinand of Genoa Princess Elisabeth of Saxony Voivoda Mirko Petrovic-Njegos of Grahovo Anastasija Martinovic Voivode Petar Vukotic Jelena Voivodic
Princess Marie Jose of Belgium	King Albert of Belgium Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria	Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders Princess Marie of Hohenzollern Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria Infanta Maria Jose of Portugal	King Leopold I of Belgium Princess Louise of France Karl Anton, Prince of of Hohenzollern Princess Josephine of Baden Prince Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria Princess Ludovika of Bavaria King Miguel of Portugal Princess Adelaide of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

Lines of Succession

Empress Maria Beatrice of Brazil House of Savoy Born: 2 February 1943
Lines of Succession
Preceded by	Succession to the Italian throne	Followed by
	in the line of succession

Notes

Face: Sharon Gless