Rafael, Prince of Grão-Pará

Styles of
**Prince Rafael**
Styles of; Prince Rafael
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Reference style	His Imperial Highness and Royal Highness
Spoken style	Your Imperial Highness
Alternative style	Sir

Full name
	Rafael Antonio Maria José Francisco Miguel Gabriel Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Ligne

Rafael of Orléans-Braganza
Rafael of Orléans-Braganza
Prince of Grão-Pará
Born	26 April 1986 (age 38); Petrópolis, Brazil
Full name
Full name
	Rafael Antonio Maria José Francisco Miguel Gabriel Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Ligne
House	Orléans-Braganza
Father	Antônio, Prince Imperial of Brazil
Mother	Christine, Princess Imperial of Brazil
Religion	Roman Catholic
Occupation	Production engineering

Rafael of Orléans-Braganza (born 24 April 1986, Petrópolis, Brazil) is a member of the Imperial House of Brazil. He is Prince of Grão-Pará according to the disputed claims of the Imperial Family's Vassouras branch. He is the second in the line line of succession to the Brazilian throne as heir to his uncle Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza following the death of his father Antônio, Prince Imperial of Brazil in 2024. He was born in Petrópolis. He is the son of a widely considered [but yet disputed] non-morganatic marriage between the then Prince Antônio of Brazil and the Belgian Princess Christine of Ligne.^[1]^{[nb 1]} An entrepreneur, Prince Rafael currently lives in London where he co-owns a consulting firm. Active in promoting the legacy and restoration of the Brazilian monarchy, he participates in monarchist events and represent the Brazilian Imperial Family in Europe.

Titles, styles and honors

Titles and styles

26 April 1986 – 15 July 2022: His Highness Prince Rafael of Brazil, Prince of Orleans-Braganza^[2]
15 July 2022 – present: His Imperial and Royal Highness The Prince of Grão-Pará^[2]

Honors

As member of the House of Orléans-Braganza, he is recipient of the following orders:

Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Pedro I^[3]
Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Rose

Notes

↑ The Brazilian dynasty's marital standard was never bound by the royal intermarriage rules which restricted sovereign German dynasties to reigning and mediatized families following the 1815 Congress of Vienna. Nonetheless it is true that the Princes de Ligne had sold the immediate principality of Edelstetten in 1804, therefore they were not officially included among the Holy Roman Empire's princely families that retained immediate status until its abolition in 1806, which later became the cut-off date for the prerogatives retained by mediatized dynasties.

References

↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140714150724/http://www.ibem.org/arquivos/outros/artigo_3.pdf
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 http://www.monarquia.org.br
↑ BUYERS, Christopher. The Royal Ark.

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[2] The Brazilian dynasty's marital standard was never bound by the royal intermarriage rules which restricted sovereign German dynasties to reigning and mediatized families following the 1815 Congress of Vienna. Nonetheless it is true that the Princes de Ligne had sold the immediate principality of Edelstetten in 1804, therefore they were not officially included among the Holy Roman Empire's princely families that retained immediate status until its abolition in 1806, which later became the cut-off date for the prerogatives retained by mediatized dynasties.

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20140714150724/http://www.ibem.org/arquivos/outros/artigo_3.pdf

[CasaImperial-3] 2.0 ^2.1 http://www.monarquia.org.br

[4] BUYERS, Christopher. The Royal Ark.

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