Editing Princess Helene of Oldenburg

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right" size="500px"
|+
! colspan="2" |HRH Princess Helene of Oldenburg
|-
| colspan="2" |[[File:Oldenburg_Helene.png|center|frameless]]
|-
|'''Titles'''
|Princess of [[Oldenburg]]
Princess of [[Brazil]] (former)
|-
! colspan="2" |Biographical Information
|-
|'''Born'''
|3 August 1953 (age 73)
Rastede, Oldenburg, Germany
|-
|'''Spouse'''
|[[Prince Francisco of Brazil]]
(m. 1978; div. 1998)
|-
|'''Issue'''
|[[Prince Francisco of Brazil (b. 1979)|Prince Francisco]]
[[Prince Gabriel of Brazil|Prince Gabriel of Denmark]]

[[Princess Manuela of Brazil|Manuela de Orleans-Braganza y Oldenburg, Marquesa of Elche]]

[[Princess Maria Isabel of Brazil|Princess Maria Isabel of Italy]]
|-
|'''Name'''
|Helene Elisabeth Bathildis Margarete
|-
|'''House'''
|Oldenburg (by birth)
Orleans-Braganza (by marriage)
|-
|'''Father'''
|[[Grand Duke Anton Gunther of Oldenburg]]
|-
|'''Mother'''
|[[Princess Amelie of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg]]
|-
|'''Religion'''
|Lutheran
|}
'''Princess Helene of Oldenburg''' (born 3 August 1953) is a member of the Oldenburg Grand Ducal Family as the sister of '''Christian, Grand Duke of Oldenburg.'''

==Life==
Helene was born the elder child and only daughter of '''Grand Duke Anton Gunther of Oldenburg''' and '''Princess Amelie of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg'''.

==Marriage and Issue==
On 28 January 1978, Helene married '''Prince Francisco of Brazil''' in Oldenburg. The couple had four children, '''Francisco, Gabriel, Manuela, and Maria Isabel''', before divorcing in 1998.
{| class="wikitable"
!Photo
!Name
!Birth
!Death
!Marriage
|-
|[[File:Orleans-Braganza_Francisco_1979.png|frameless|149x149px]]
|[[Prince Francisco of Brazil (b. 1979)|Prince Francisco]]
|23 September 1979
|
|[[Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg]] (m. 2023); no issue
|-
|[[File:Orleans-Braganza_Gabriel.png|frameless|149x149px]]
|[[Prince Gabriel of Brazil|Prince Gabriel of Denmark]]
|29 July 1981
|
|[[Frederika, Crown Princess of Denmark]] (m. 2021); has issue
|-
|[[File:Orleans-Braganza_Manuela.png|frameless|149x149px]]
|[[Princess Manuela of Brazil|Manuela de Orleans-Braganza y Oldenburg, Marquesa of Elche]]
|14 December 1987
|
|[[Baltasar de Casanova y Habsburgo, Marquess of Elche]] (m. 2025); has issue
|-
|[[File:Orleans-Braganza_Maria_Isabel.png|frameless|149x149px]]
|[[Princess Maria Isabel of Brazil|Princess Maria Isabel of Italy]]
|10 May 1989
|
|[[Prince Victor Amadeus of Italy]] (m. 2018); has issue
|}

==Residences==
<gallery>
File:Flags Brazil.png|Private Residence in Petropolis, Brazil; Main Residence
</gallery>

==Titles and Honours==

* '''1953-1978'''   Princess Helene of Oldenburg
* '''1978-1998'''   Princess Helene of Brazil
* '''1998-present'''   Princess Helene of Oldenburg

===National Honours===
[[File:Honours_Oldenburg_Order_of_Duke_Peter_Friedrich_Ludwig.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig (1971)

===Foreign Honours===
[[File:Honours_Brazil_Order_of_Pedro_I.gif|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Pedro I (1978) (Brazil)

==Ancestry==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Parents
!Grandparents
!Great-Grandparents
!Great-Great-Grandparents
|-
|[[Grand Duke Anton Gunther of Oldenburg]]
|[[Grand Duke Nikolaus of Oldenburg]]
[[Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont]]
|[[Grand Duke Frederick Augustus II of Oldenburg]]
[[Princess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]

[[Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont]]

[[Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe (b. 1873)|Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe]]
|[[Grand Duke Peter II of Oldenburg]]
[[Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg]]

[[Grand Duke Frederick Francis II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]

[[Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]]

[[George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont]]

[[Princess Helena of Nassau]]

[[Prince Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe]]

[[Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau]]
|-
|[[Princess Amelie of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg]]
|[[Udo, Prince of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg]]
[[Countess Margarete of Castell-Castell]]
|[[Prince Alfred of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg]]
[[Countess Pauline of Reichenbach-Lessonitz]]

[[Friedrich Carl, Prince of Castell-Castell]]

[[Countess Getrud of Stolberg-Wernigerode]]
|[[Wilhelm, Prince of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg]]
[[Countess Olga of Schonburg-Forderglauchau]]

[[Wilhelm, Count of Reichenbach-Lessonitz]]

[[Amelie von Ravensburg]]

[[Carl, Count of Castell-Castell]]

[[Countess Emma of Solms-Rodelheim-Assenheim]]

[[Count Constantin of Stolberg-Wernigerode]]

[[Countess Antonie of Stolberg-Wernigerode]]
|}

==Lines of Succession==
{| class="wikitable wiki-table"
|+
! colspan="3" |Princess Helene of Oldenburg
House of Oldenburg 

Born: 3 August 1953 
|-
| colspan="3" |<center>'''Lines of Succession'''</center>
|-
|<center>Preceded by</center>
|<center>Succession to the [[Oldenburg]] throne</center>
|<center>Followed by</center>
|-
|<center>[[Princess Katharina of Liechtenstein]]</center>
|<center>7th in the line of succession</center>
|<center>[[Prince Francisco of Brazil (b. 1979)|Prince Francisco of Brazil]]</center>
|}
== Notes ==
Face: Isabelle Huppert
[[Category:Oldenburg]]
[[Category:House Oldenburg]]