Countess Elisabeth Dobržensky de Dobrženicz
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Countess Elisabeth Maria Dobržensky de Dobrženicz was the daughter of Johann Wenzel Count Dobrzensky of Dobrzenicz  and his wife, Elisabeth Countess Kottulinsky, Baroness of Kottulin and Krzižkowitz .

She had three elder brothers Jan, Otokar and Jaroslav and a younger brother named Karel Kunata Count Kottulinský z Kotulína a Dobrzenicz, who married Maria Theresia Countess von Meran. (The Meran family are morganatic descendants of the House of Habsburg)

Elisabeth married Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão Para on November 14, 1908 at Versailles
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. They had 5 children:
  • Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (1911–2003) married Henri, count of Paris - parents of Henri, the current legitimatist pretender to the throne of France.
  • Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza
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     (1913–2007) married Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
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     - parents of Princess Maria da Gloria, Duchess of Segorbe, former Crown Princess of Yugoslavia.
  • Princess Maria Francisca of Orléans-Braganza (1914–1968) married Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza
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     - parents of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza
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    , the current pretender to the throne of Portugal.
  • Prince João Maria of Orléans-Braganza (1916–2005)
  • Princess Teresa of Orléans-Braganza (1919-2011)


Elisabeth died on June 11, 1951 at the age of 75. She was buried with Pedro.

See also

  • Dobřenský z Dobřenic (aka Dobržensky z Dobrženitz(cz))
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