Isabel, Duchess of Braganza

Dona Isabel, Duchess of Braganza (née Isabel Inês Castro Curvello de Herédia; born 22 November 1966), is a Portuguese businesswoman who married Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, the current pretender to the defunct Portuguese throne.

Isabel
Duchess of Braganza (more...)
BornIsabel Inês Castro Curvello de Herédia
(1966-11-22) 22 November 1966
Lisbon, Portuguese Republic
Spouse
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(m. 1995)​
Issue
details...		Afonso, Prince of Beira
Infanta Maria Francisca, Duchess of Coimbra
Infante Dinis, Duke of Porto
FatherJorge de Herédia
MotherRaquel Leonor Pinheiro Curvello
ReligionRoman Catholic

Born to descendants of Portuguese nobility, Dona Isabel worked as an assets manager prior to her marriage. Since marrying Duarte Pio, Dona Isabel has left the professional world, devoted her attention to her family, and become patron to several Portuguese charities and non-profit foundations. She and her husband have had three children together, thus securing the continuation of the House of Braganza.

Ancestry

Isabel Inês Castro Curvello de Herédia was born on 22 November 1966, in Lisbon, to Dom Jorge de Heredia, an architect, and Raquel Leonor Pinheiro de Castro Curvello, his wife. Since birth, she was entitled to the honorific styling of Dona (Lady), being a descendant in the male lineage of Francisco Correia de Herédia, Viscount of Ribeira Brava[1] (a Vitalício title,[1] meaning Life peerage) and his wife Dona Joana Gil de Borja de Macedo e Meneses (1851-1925). Although Francisco was member of the Portuguese nobility, he was a famed republican, who was involved in the failed republican uprising of 28 January 1908.

Early life

Dona Isabel lived between metropolitan Portugal and Portuguese Angola until 1975, when Angola was granted independence. Her family subsequently moved to São Paulo, Brazil. There, she studied at the Colégio São Luís, a Jesuit-run institution. In 1990, she obtained a degree in business administration from the Fundação Getúlio Vargas and returned to Portugal to a job in BMF — Sociedade de Gestão de Patrimónios, S.A. She specialized as an asset manager.

Personal life

On 13 May 1995 she married Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, at Jerónimos Monastery. Present at the ceremony were representatives of various European royal and noble houses: Prince Phillippe, Duke of Brabant, Prince Henri, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria, among others. The principal Portuguese political figures, including the President of the Republic Mário Soares, Prime Minister Aníbal Cavaco Silva, and President of the Assembly António Barbosa de Melo, were also present.

Following her marriage and the birth of her first child, Afonso, Isabel resigned from her professional life and devoted herself to the management of her family and the patronage of various causes.

Honours
Main article: List of titles and honours of the Portuguese Crown

Dynastic honours

Foreign honours[6]

Genealogy

Ancestry

Issue
NamePortraitBirthNotes
By Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza (22 November 1966 – present; married 13 May 1995)
Afonso, Prince of Beira 25 March 1996 16th Prince of Beira, 18th Duke of Barcelos; 1st in line of succession
Infanta Maria Francisca, Duchess of Coimbra 3 March 1997 5th Duchess of Coimbra, Infanta of Portugal; 3rd in line of succession
Infante Dinis, Duke of Porto 25 November 1999 4th Duke of Porto, Infante of Portugal; 2nd in line of succession

References
  1. (in Portuguese) "Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil", Direcção de Afonso Eduardo Martins Zúquete, Editorial Enciclopédia, 2.ª Edição, Lisboa, 1989, Volume Terceiro, p. 214
  2. Ideias, Terra das. "Real Ordem de Santa Isabel". www.rainhasantaisabel.org (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  3. http://www.realcasadiborbone.it/wp-content/uploads/4.S.A.R._la_Duchessa_di_Castro_dopo_aver_ricevuto_lOrdine_di_Santa_Isabel_con_le-_figlie_le_LL.AA_.RR_._Maria_Carolina_Duchessa_di_Palermo-e_Maria_Chiara_Duchessa_di_Capri_e_le_LL.AA_.RR_._il_Principe_di_Beira_e_il_Duca_di_Porto.jpg
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  5. "Investiture ceremonies between Constantinian Order and Royal Order of Saint Isabel - Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George". Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George. 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  6. "Portugal". Almanach de Gotha (187th ed.). 2004. p. 286.
  7. "DEZANOVE ANOS DE CASAMENTO DOS DUQUES DE BRAGANÇA". realfamiliaportuguesa.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  8. "O FUTURO "REI DE PORTUGAL", COMO É DESIGNADO PELOS CAVALEIROS, FOI INVESTIDO PELA ORDEM DE MALTA". realfamiliaportuguesa.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  9. Carlo III of Bourbon, Duke of Parma and Emma Guadagni. The Guadagni Family Historical Archives.
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