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HIH Prince Francisco of Brazil

Titles	Prince of Brazil
Biographical Information
Born	9 December 1956 (age 70) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Spouse	Princess Helene of Oldenburg (m. 1978; div. 1998) Prince Bertram of Wykradt-Isny (m. 2015)
Issue	Prince Francisco Prince Gabriel of Denmark Manuela de Orleans-Braganza y Oldenburg, Marquesa of Elche Princess Maria Isabel of Italy
Name	Francisco Humberto Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga
House	Orleans-Braganza
Father	Emperor Pedro IV of Brazil
Mother	Princess Maria de la Esperanza of the Two Sicilies
Religion	Roman Catholic

Prince Francisco of Brazil (born 9 December 1956) is a member of the Brazilian Imperial Family as the brother of Pedro V, Emperor of Brazil.

Life

Francisco was born the sixth and youngest child of Emperor Pedro IV of Brazil and Princess Maria de la Esperanza of the Two Sicilies.

In 1999, Francisco came out as gay, the first member of the Brazilian Imperial family to do so.

Marriage and Issue

On 28 January 1978, Francisco married Princess Helene of Oldenburg in Oldenburg. The couple had four children, Francisco, Gabriel, Manuela, and Maria Isabel, before divorcing in 1998.

On 5 December 2015, Francisco married his longtime partner, Prince Bertram of Wykradt-Isny, in Petropolis. They have no issue.

Name	Birth	Marriage
Prince Francisco
Prince Gabriel of Denmark	29 July 1981	Frederika, Crown Princess of Denmark (m. 2021); has issue
Manuela de Orleans-Braganza y Oldenburg, Marquesa of Elche	14 December 1987	Baltasar de Casanova y Habsburgo, Marquess of Elche (m. 2025); has issue
Princess Maria Isabel of Italy

Residences

Petropolis Palace; Main Residence

Titles and Honours

1956-present Prince Francisco of Brazil

National Honours

Order of the Southern Cross (1978)

Order of Pedro I (1974)

Foreign Honours

Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig (1978)

Ancestry


Parents	Grandparents	Great-Grandparents	Great-Great-Grandparents
Emperor Pedro IV of Brazil	Emperor Pedro III of Brazil Countess Elisabeth of Dobrzenicz	Prince Gaston, Count of Eu Empress Isabel of Brazil Jan, Count of Dobrzenicz Countess Elisabeth of Kottulin-Krzizkowitz	Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Emperor Pedro II of Brazil Princess Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies Baron Johann Nepomuk of Dobrzenicz Marie Friederike von Rzenicz Josef, Count of Kottulin-Krzizkowitz Countess Adelheid of Attems-Heilgenkreuz
Princess Maria de la Esperanza of the Two Sicilies	Prince Carlo of the Two Sicilies Princess Louise of France	King Alphonse I of the Two Sicilies Princess Maria Antonietta of the Two Sicilies King Louis Philippe II of France Princess Marie Isabelle d'Montpensier	King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria Prince Francis of the Two Sicilies Archduchess Maria Isabella of Tuscany Dauphin Ferdinand Philippe of France Princess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Prince Antoine of France Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain

Lines of Succession


Prince Francisco of Brazil House of Orleans-Braganza Born: 9 December 1956
Lines of Succession
Preceded by	Succession to the Brazilian throne	Followed by
Princess Cecilia of Parma	19th in the line of succession	Prince Francisco of Brazil

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