DEDICATED TO
HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS PRINCE DOM PEDRO
BOURBON DE ORLEANS E BRAGANÇA
HEAD OF THE IMPERIAL HOUSE OF BRAZIL
Author:
Aleksandar Bačko
By the straight male line, His Imperial Highness Prince Dom Pedro Bourbon de Orleans e Bragança is the descendant of the famous Bourbon Dynasty, and by the other lines, ancestors of His Imperial Highness were the members of the illustrious Bragança Dynasty, as well as different Imperial and Royal Dynasties.
Among the ancestors of His Imperial Highness Prince Dom Pedro Bourbon de Orleans e Bragança, at least by two different genealogical lines, were significant medieval Serbian rulers: Prince Lazar, Prince (Despot) Đurađ Branković and Prince Stefan Branković. Two of them were canonized as Orthodox Christian saints – Saint Prince Lazar and Saint Stefan the Blind (Prince Stefan Branković). Furthermore, Saint Prince Lazar, achieved status of national hero and cult personality among Serbian people.
About 1329, Prince Lazar was born in Prilepac fortress, near Novo Brdo. He became the master of the larger part of central Serbia and some other areas, at the peak of his power. At that time, his title was „Prince and Sovereign Lord of Serbs and Danube area“. Prince Lazar founded Ravanica monastery in 1381. In the Pločnik battle (about 1386), near Prokuplje, his troops were victorious over Turks.[1]
The Kosovo battle took place on June 28th 1389, with far-reaching consequences for Serbia and several other countries. Prince Lazar was the leader of the Serbian army, and Sultan Murat was commander of Turkish troops. Result of this battle is controversial, but it is undoubtful fact, that both leaders were killed, and successors of Prince Lazar had to accept Turkish suzerainty. Prince Lazar’s determination to stand in defense of state and Christian faith, together with his bravery and martyrdom, made him cult personality and national hero amongst Serbs. He was canonized as saint in Serbian Orthodox Church, as well as in some other Orthodox Churches. Prince Lazar had several children with his wife, Princess Milica. His sons were Prince Stefan Lazarević and Prince Vuk Lazarević, and daughters were: Mara, Olivera, Dragana, Teodora and Jelena.[2]
Prince Đurađ Branković (also mentioned as Đurađ Vuković) was grandson of Saint Prince Lazar. His mother Mara was one of Lazar’s daughters. He was, by the opinion of some historians, last among “significant rulers” of medieval Serbia. Prince Đurađ inherited throne from his maternal uncle, Prince Stefan Lazarević, in 1427. He remained head of the state until his death, on December 24th 1456. Stefan Branković was one of his children.[3]
Stefan Branković (also called Stefan Despotović) was imprisoned by Turkish Sultan Murat II, and blinded on May 8th 1441. He became member of the Governorship of Serbia, on February 3rd 1458, and since March 31st same year, Prince (Despot) of Serbia. On March 21st 1459. he was exiled to Hungary. He moved to Albania, via Senj and Dubrovnik, in late August 1460. Stefan was present in Venice in 1462. He bought fortress Belgrade (Belgrado di Varmo), located in Friuli near Udine, together with his sister, Katarina Branković Countess of Celje. Stefan died there, on October 9th 1476. He was canonized as Saint Stefan the Blind. Prince Stefan’s sons were Đurađ and Jovan, and his daughter was Maria (Marija, Mara).[4]
Maria was married in 1485, to Boniface III Marquess of Montferrat, who was descendent of Italian branch of Palaeologus dynasty. In certain historical literature, her husband is mistakenly mentioned as Boniface V. Maria and Boniface III had sons William (Guglielmo) IX Palaeologus and John George (Giovanni Giorgio) Palaeologus. Both of their sons were Marquesses of Montferrat.[5]
It is confirmed, that His Imperial Highness Prince Dom Pedro Bourbon de Orleans e Bragança is the descendant of: Saint Prince Lazar, Prince Đurađ Branković, Saint Stefan the Blind (Prince Stefan Branković) and Maria Branković, by at least two different genealogical lines. One of these lines is via His Imperial Majesty Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil, and other is via His Majesty Louis Philippe I King of the French.
1st GENEALOGICAL LINE
FROM SAINT PRINCE LAZAR TO HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS PRINCE DOM PEDRO
BOURBON DE ORLEANS E BRAGANÇA VIA HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY EMPEROR DOM PEDRO II
Generation | Name and title | Notes |
I | Prince Lazar of Serbia[6] | Saint Prince Lazar[7] |
II | Mara Lazarević[8] | |
III | Prince (Despot) Đurađ Branković[9] | (also mentioned as Đurađ Vuković) |
IV | Prince (Despot) Stefan Branković[10] | Saint Stefan the Blind[11] (also mentioned as Stefan Despotović) |
V | Maria of Serbia, Marchioness of Montferrat[12] | (Marija Branković) – married to Boniface (Bonifacio) III Palaeologus, Marquess of Montferrat. |
VI | William IX Palaeologus Marquess of Montferrat [13] | (Guglielmo IX) |
VII | Margaret Marchioness of Montferrat [14] | |
VIII | Louis Gonzaga Duke of Nevers [15] | (Luigi Gonzaga – Nevers) |
IX | Charles Gonzaga Duke of Mantua and Montferrat [16] | |
X | Princess Anna Gonzaga[17] | |
XI | Princess Palatine Benedicta Henrietta[18] | |
XII | Wilhelmine Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg[19] | |
XIII | Maria Josepha of Austria[20] | |
XIV | Maria Amalia of Saxony[21] | |
XV | Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain[22] | |
XVI | Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor[23] | |
XVII | Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil[24] | |
XVIII | Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil[25] | |
XIX | Dona Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil[26] | |
XX | Dom Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará[27] | |
XXI | Dom Pedro Gastão Prince of Orleans- Bragança[28] | |
XXII | Dom Pedro Carlos Prince of Orleans- Bragança [29] | |
XXIII | Dom Pedro Thiago Prince of Orleans- Bragança [30] |
2nd GENEALOGICAL LINE
FROM SAINT PRINCE LAZAR TO HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS PRINCE DOM PEDRO
BOURBON DE ORLEANS E BRAGANÇA VIA HIS MAJESTY LOUIS PHILIPPE I KING OF THE FRENCH
Generation | Name and title | Notes |
I | Prince Lazar of Serbia[31] | Saint Prince Lazar[32] |
II | Mara Lazarević[33] | |
III | Prince (Despot) Đurađ Branković[34] | (also mentioned as Đurađ Vuković) |
IV | Prince (Despot) Stefan Branković[35] | Saint Stefan the Blind[36] (also mentioned as Stefan Despotović) |
V | Maria of Serbia, Marchioness of Montferrat[37] | (Marija Branković) – married to Boniface (Bonifacio) III Palaeologus, Marquess of Montferrat. |
VI | William IX Palaeologus Marquess of Montferrat[38] | (Guglielmo IX) |
VII | Margaret Marchioness of Montferrat [39] | |
VIII | Louis Gonzaga Duke of Nevers [40] | (Luigi Gonzaga – Nevers) |
IX | Charles Gonzaga Duke of Mantua and Montferrat [41] | |
X | Princess Anna Gonzaga[42] | |
XI | Princess Palatine Benedicta Henrietta[43] | |
XII | Duchess Charlotte of Brunswick-Lüneburg [44] | |
XIII | Francesco III d’Este Duke of Modena [45] | |
XIV | Princess Maria Teresa Felicitas d’Este [46] | |
XV | Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre Duchess of Orleans [47] | |
XVI | Louis Philippe I King of the French [48] | |
XVII | Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours[49] | |
XVIII | Prince Gaston of Orleans, Count of Eu[50] | |
XIX | Dom Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará[51] | |
XX | Dom Pedro Gastão Prince of Orleans- Bragança[52] | |
XXI | Dom Pedro Carlos Prince of Orleans- Bragança[53] | |
XXII | Dom Pedro Thiago Prince of Orleans- Bragança[54] |
Belgrade, Serbia
April 2023.
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[2] Justin Popović, Žitija svetih, 1977. (further: Popović), 191; Sveti Knez Lazar, Spomenica o šestoj stogodišnjici Kosovskog boja 1389 – 1989, 1989. (further: Sveti Knez Lazar), 388, 397; Rodoslovne tablice, 111, 113; Jireček 1, 321, 324 – 326; Balkan 17.
[3] Jireček 1, 353, 345, 384, 386; Jireček 2, 342, 349, 401; Rodoslovne tablice, 111, 113, 122, 125 – 126; Balkan 16, http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/balkan/balkan16.html (further: Balkan 16); Balkan 17.
[4] Rodoslovne tablice, 122 – 123, 130 – 132, 134; Popović, 191 – 197; Jireček 1, 365, 385 – 388, 407 – 408; Jireček 2, 375, 390; Balkan 16.
[5] Walter Haberstumpf, Dinastie Europee nel Mediterraneo orientale: i Monferrato e i Savoia nei secoli XII-XV, Scriptorium, 1995. (further: Haberstumpf), 65, 140 – 141; Benjamin Arbel, Intercultural Contacts in the Medieval Mediterranean, 2012. (further: Arbel), 237; Claudio Anselmo, Agguati e assedi: il castello di Volpiano tra Piemonte ed Europa, Torino 2005. (further: Anselmo), 34 – 35; Giuseppe Aldo Di Ricaldone, Annali del Monferrato (951 – 1708), 1972. (further: Ricaldone), 1403; Jireček 1, 408; Rodoslovne tablice, 123, 132; Balkan 16; Byzant 12, http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/byzant/byzant12.html (further: Byzant 12).
[6] Jireček 1, 250, 320 – 322, 324 – 326; Jireček 2, 321, 347 – 348; Blagojević, 216, 218 – 219, 222; Rodoslovne tablice, 111 – 112; Balkan 17.
[7] Popović, 191; Sveti Knez Lazar, 388, 397.
[8] Rodoslovne tablice, 111, 122; Jireček 1, 321; Jireček 2, 282, 401; Balkan 16; Balkan 17.
[9] Rodoslovne tablice, 122, 125 – 126; Jireček 1, 321, 345, 353 – 354, 369 – 370, 384; Jireček 2, 342, 349; Balkan 16.
[10] Jireček 1, 365, 385 – 388, 407 – 408; Jireček 2, 375, 390; Rodoslovne tablice, 122 – 123, 132, 134; Balkan 16.
[11] Popović, 191 – 197.
[12] Haberstumpf, 65, 140 – 141; Arbel, 237; Rodoslovne tablice, 123, 132; Jireček 1, 408; Balkan 16; Byzant 12.
[13] Rodoslovne tablice, 123; Anselmo, 34 – 35; Ricaldone, 1403; Byzant 12.
[14] Toby Osborne, Dynasty and Diplomacy in the Court of Savoy: Political Culture and the Thirty Years’ War, Cambridge University Press, 2007. (further: Osborne), 29; Fasti della monarchia di Savoia, Torino 1845. (further: Fasti…), 201; Byzant 12; Gonzaga 3, w.genealogy.euweb.cz/gonzaga/gonzaga3.html (further: Gonzaga 3).
[15] Sally Anne Hickson, Women, Art and Architectural Patronage in Renaissance Mantua: Matrons, Mystics and Monasteries, 2016. (further: Hickson); Rivista di storia, arte, archeologia per le province di Alessandria e Asti, 1892. (further: Rivista…), 246; Memorie dell’Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, 1879. (further: Memorie…), 431; Gonzaga 3.
[16] Cristina di Lorena, Lettere alla figlia Caterina de’ Medici Gonzaga duchessa di Mantova (1617-1629), a cura di Beatrice Biagioli, Elisabetta Stumpo, Firenze University Press, 2015. (further: Lorena), 267; Genealogie ascendante jusqu’au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l’Europe actuellement vivans, Berlin MDCCLXVIII (further: Genealogie ascendante…), table 85; Gonzaga 3.
[17] George L. Williams, Papal Genealogy, The Families and Descendants of the Popes, 1998. (further: Williams), 66; Katharine Dorothea Ewart Vernon, Italy from 1494 to 1790, University Press, 1909. (further: Ewart Vernon), 491; Gonzaga 3; Wittelsbach 3, http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/wittel/wittel3.html (further: Wittelsbach 3); Genealogie ascendante…, table 85.
[18] Guy Miege, The Present State of Great Britain and Ireland: In Three Parts, London 1715. (further: Miege), 230; Debrett’s Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. I, London 1828. (further: Debrett’s Peerage…), CXXIII; Genealogie ascendante…, table 85; Wittelsbach 3; Welf 7, http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/welf/welf7.html (further: Welf 7).
[19] Moritz Bermann, Maria Theresia und Kaiser Josef II in ihrem Leben und Wirken mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der interessantesten Zeitereignisse, Wien, Pest, Leipzig 1881. (further: Bermann), 14; M.B.W. Tent, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, The polymath who brought us calculus, CRC Press, 2012, Family Trees XXI; Habsburg 4, http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/habsburg/habsburg4.html (further: Habsburg 4); Welf 7.
[20] Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, Maria Theresa, The Habsburg Empress in Her Time, Princeton University Press, 2022. (further: Stollberg-Rilinger), 43, 1022 (Table I); Bermann, 12, 674; Wettin 11, http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/wettin/wettin11.html (further: Wettin 11); Habsburg 4.
[21] Stollberg-Rilinger, 479, 1040; Capet 42, http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/capet/capet42.html (further: Capet 42); Wettin 11.
[22] Wyndham Beawes, A Civil, Commercial, Political, and Literary History of Spain and Portugal, Vol. 1, London 1793, 209; Habsburg 5, http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/habsburg/habsburg5.html (further: Habsburg 5); Capet 42.
[23] Chip Wagar, Double Emperor, The Life and Times of Francis of Austria, Hamilton Books, 2018, 3; Habsburg 5.
[24] Portugal, or Who is the Lawful Successor to the Throne, London 1828. (further: Portugal), Appendix A; Capet 59, http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/capet/capet59.html (further: Capet 59); Habsburg 5.
[25] Roderick J. Barman, Princess Isabel of Brazil, 2002. (further: Barman), 1; Portugal, Appendix A; Capet 59.
[26] Barman, 1, 19 – 22; Capet 46, http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/capet/capet46.html (further: Capet 46); Capet 59.
[27] Barman, 139; Capet 46.
[28] Bertita Harding, Amazon Throne, The Story of the Braganzas of Brazil, 1942. (further: Harding), 2, 7, 260 – 261; Guy Stair Sainty, The Constantinian Order of Saint George, Boletín Oficial del Estado, Madrid 2018. (further: Sainty), 374, 566; Capet 46.
[29] Capet 46.
[30] Capet 46.
[31] Jireček 1, 250, 320 – 322, 324 – 326; Jireček 2, 321, 347 – 348; Rodoslovne tablice, 111 – 112; Blagojević, 216, 218 – 219, 222; Balkan 17.
[32] Popović, 191; Sveti Knez Lazar, 388, 397.
[33] Jireček 1, 321; Jireček 2, 282, 401; Rodoslovne tablice, 111, 122; Balkan 16; Balkan 17.
[34] Rodoslovne tablice, 122, 125 – 126; Jireček 1, 321, 345, 353 – 354, 369 – 370, 384; Jireček 2, 342, 349; Balkan 16.
[35] Jireček 1, 365, 385 – 388, 407 – 408; Jireček 2, 375, 390; Rodoslovne tablice, 122 – 123, 132, 134; Balkan 16.
[36] Popović, 191 – 197.
[37] Haberstumpf, 65, 140 – 141; Arbel, 237; Rodoslovne tablice, 123, 132; Jireček 1, 408; Balkan 16; Byzant 12.
[38] Ricaldone, 1403; Anselmo, 34 – 35; Rodoslovne tablice, 123; Byzant 12.
[39] Fasti…, 201; Osborne, 29; Byzant 12; Gonzaga 3.
[40] Memorie…, 431; Rivista…, 246; Hickson; Gonzaga 3.
[41] Lorena, 267; Genealogie ascendante…, table 85; Gonzaga 3.
[42] Ewart Vernon, 491; Williams, 66; Gonzaga 3; Wittelsbach 3; Genealogie ascendante…, table 85.
[43] Debrett’s Peerage…, CXXIII; Miege, 230; Genealogie ascendante…, table 85; Wittelsbach 3; Welf 7.
[44] Girolamo Tiraboschi, Storia della letteratura italiana del cav. abate Girolamo Tiraboschi, tomo VIII, parte I, Firenze MDCCCXII (further: Tiraboschi), 9; Welf 7; Welf 10, http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/welf/welf10.html (further: Welf 10); Genealogie ascendante…, table 85; Miege, 230, (32).
[45] Lodovico Antonio Muratori, Delle antichita Estensi ed Italiane, Volume 4, Modena MDCCXL (further: Muratori), 708; Genealogie ascendante…, table 85; Tiraboschi, 9; Ewart Vernon, 441; Welf 7; Welf 10.
[46] Genealogie ascendante…, table 86; Muratori, 709; Welf 10; Capet 40, http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/capet/capet40.html (further: Capet 40).
[47] Calendario e Notiziario di Corte per l’anno 1792, Napoli 1792. (further: Calendario e Notiziario), 65; Capet 40; Capet 43, http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/capet/capet43.html (further: Capet 43).
[48] Benjamin Perley Poore, The Rise and Fall of Louis Philippe, Ex-king of the French, 1848, 2; Calendario e Notiziario, 65; Olga S. Opfell, Royalty Who Wait: The 21 Heads of Formerly Regnant Houses of Europe, 2001, 22 – 23, 32; Capet 43; Capet 46.
[49] Barman, 57, 116, 139; Capet 46.
[50] Barman, 57, 61 – 82; Capet 46.
[51] Barman, 139; Capet 46.
[52] Harding, 2, 7, 260 – 261; Sainty, 374, 566; Capet 46.
[53] Capet 46.
[54] Capet 46.