Countess Elisabeth of Dobrzenicz

From redevance
HIM The Dowager Empress of Brazil
Titles Empress of Brazil

Countess of Dobrzenicz

Reign 14 November 1921 - 29 January 1940
Coronation 24 May 1922
Predecessor Prince Gaston, Count of Eu
Successor Princess Maria de la Esperanza of the Two Sicilies
Biographical Information
Born 7 December 1875

Chotebor, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary

Died 11 June 1951 (aged 75)

Petropolis, Brazil

Spouse Emperor Pedro III of Brazil

(m. 1908; w. 1940)

Issue Princess Isabelle

Pedro IV

Princess Maria Francisca

Prince Joao Maria

Princess Teresa

Name Elisabeth Maria Adelheid
House Dobrzensky (by birth)

Orleans-Braganza (by marriage)

Father Jan, Count of Dobrzenicz
Mother Countess Elisabeth of Kottulin-Krzizkowitz
Religion Roman Catholic

General

Life[edit | edit source]

TBA

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Princess Isabelle 13 August 1911 5 July 2003 (aged 91) King Henri VI of France (m. 1931) had issue
Pedro IV 19 February 1913 27 December 2007 (aged 94) Princess Maria de la Esperanza of the Two Sicilies (m. 1944); had issue
Princess Maria Francisca 8 September 1914 15 January 1968 (aged 53) King Duarte II of Portugal (m. 1942); had issue
Prince Joao Maria 15 October 1916 26 June 2005 (Aged 88) TBD (m. 1949); had issue
Princess Teresa 18 June 1919 18 April 2011 (aged 91) Died unmarried and without issue

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1875-1908 Countess Elisabeth of Dobrzenicz
  • 1908-1921 Elisabeth, Princess Imperial of Brazil
  • 1921-1940 Empress Elisabeth of Brazil
  • 1940-1951 Elisabeth, Dowager Empress of Brazil

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Jan, Count of Dobrzenicz Baron Johann Nepomuk of Dobrzenicz

Marie Friederike von Rzenicz

Baron Johann of Dobrzenicz

Maria Anna von Perglas
Baron Josef of Rzenicz
Friederike von Frintropp

Baron Jan Nepomuk of Dobrzenicz

Countess Barbara of Stubenberg
Baron Antonin of Perglas
Franziska von Dohalic
Baron Antonin of Rzenicz
Countess Maria Anna of Ottenhausen
Baron Maximilian of Frintropp
Therese von Hustirzan

Countess Elisabeth of Kottulin-Krzizkowitz Josef, Count of Kottulin-Krzizkowitz

Countess Adelheid of Attems-Heilgenkreuz

Josef Johann, Count of Kottulin-Krzizkowitz

Countess Maria Josefa of Katzenstein
Franz Anton, Count of Attems-Heilgenkreuz
Countess Ernestine of Belasi

Franz Josef, Count of Kottulin-Krzizkowitz

Countess Maria Elisabeth of Falkenhayn
Joseph Alois, Count of Katzenstein
Maria Theresia von Rechbach
Ferdinand, Count of Attems-Heilgenkreuz
Marianne von Gallenstein
Anton, Count of Belasi
Countess Maria Josefa of Szlavnicza

Notes[edit | edit source]

Face: Margaret Anglin