| Isabel de Herédia | |
|---|---|
| Duchess of Braganza | |
| Consort of the Royal House of Portugal | |
| Tenure | 13 May 1995 – present |
| Born | (1966-11-22)22 November 1966 (age 59) Lisbon,Portugal |
| Spouse | |
| Issue | Afonso, Prince of Beira Maria Francisca, Duchess of Coimbra Dinis, Duke of Porto |
| Father | Jorge de Herédia |
| Mother | Raquel Leonor Pinheiro de Castro Curvello |
Isabel, Duchess of Braganza (néeIsabel Inês de Castro Curvello de Herédia; born 22 November 1966) is a Portuguese noblewoman and wife ofDuarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, the current pretender to the defunctPortuguese throne.
Born into the family of an oldPortuguese nobility, Isabel worked as an assets manager before to her marriage. Since marrying Duarte Pio, Isabel has ceased to have paid employment and become patron to several Portuguese charities and non-profit foundations. She and her husband have had three children together, securing the continuation of theHouse of Braganza.
Isabel Inês de Castro Curvello de Herédia was born on 22 November 1966, inLisbon, toDom Jorge de Herédia (b. 1934), an architect, and his wife, Dona Raquel Leonor Pinheiro de Castro Curvello (b. 1935).[1]
She is a descendant in the male lineage ofFrancisco Correia de Herédia, 1st Viscount of Ribeira Brava[2] (aVitalício title,[2] meaning Life peerage) and his wife DonaJoana Gil de Borja de Macedo e Meneses (1851-1925). Although Francisco was a member of thePortuguese nobility, he was a famed republican, who was involved in the failed republican uprising of 28 January 1908.
Isabel de Herédia is the first cousin ofManuel Caldeira Cabral, formerPortuguese Minister of Economy.[3]
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Isabel lived between metropolitanPortugal andPortuguese Angola until 1975, when Angola was granted independence. Her family subsequently moved toSão Paulo,Brazil. There, she studied at the Colégio São Luís, aJesuit-run institution. In 1990, she obtained a degree in business administration from theFundação Getúlio Vargas and returned to Portugal to a job in BMF — Sociedade de Gestão de Patrimónios, S.A. She worked ininvestment management.
On 13 May 1995 she married Duarte Pio de Bragança, atJerónimos Monastery. Present at the ceremony were representatives of various European royal and noble houses:Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant,Prince Henri, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg andInfanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria, among others. The principal Portuguese political figures, including the President of the RepublicMário Soares, Prime MinisterAníbal Cavaco Silva and President of the AssemblyAntónio 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, the family's assets and the patronage of various causes.[4]
House of Braganza:
Knight Grand Cross of theRoyal Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila ViçosaHouse of Braganza:
Grand Mistress Dame Grand Cross of theRoyal Order of Saint Isabel[5][6][7]
Montenegrin Royal Family:
Dame Grand Cross of theRoyal Order of Prince Danilo I
Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Dame Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of theOrder of Saint John
Two Sicilian Royal Family:
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Duarte Pio and Isabel of Heredia have three children:
| Name | Birth | Notes |
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| Afonso, Prince of Beira | 25 March 1996 | 16thPrince of Beira, 18thDuke of Barcelos; 2nd in line in the succession |
| Maria Francisca, Duchess of Coimbra | 3 March 1997 | 5thDuchess of Coimbra,Infanta of Portugal; 4th in line in the succession |
| Dinis, Duke of Porto | 25 November 1999 | 4thDuke of Porto,Infante of Portugal; 3rd in line in the succession |
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