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Princess Maria da Glória, Duchess of Segorbe

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Princess Maria da Glória
Duchess of Segorbe and Countess of Rivadavia
Crown Princess of Yugoslavia (1972–1985)
Born (1946-12-13) 13 December 1946 (age 77)
Petrópolis, Brazil
Spouse
Issue
HouseOrléans-Braganza
FatherPrince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza
MotherPrincess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Princess Dona Maria da Glória of Orléans-Bragança, Duchess of Segorbe, Countess of Rivadavia (Portuguese: Dona Maria da Glória Henriqueta Dolores Lúcia Miguela Rafaela Gabriela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Bourbon, Princesa de Orléans e Bragança, Duquesa de Segorbe, Condesa de Rivadavia; Serbian: Марија да Глорија Енрикета Долорес Луција Михаела Рафаела Габријела Гонзага од Орлеан-Браганце и Бурбона, Принцеза од Орлеана и Браганце, Војвоткиња од Сегорбе, Грофица од Ривадавије; born 13 December 1946) is a descendant of the Brazilian Imperial Family and the second wife of the Duke of Segorbe. She is also the former wife of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia.[1]

Life and marriages[edit]

Born at Petrópolis, Brazil, she is the daughter of Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (1913–2007) and Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1914–2005). She is the first cousin of Juan Carlos I of Spain.

On 1 July 1972, she married Alexander, former Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, at Villamanrique de la Condesa, near Seville, Spain. They were divorced on 19 February 1985. She has three sons from her first marriage:

On 24 October 1985, she married Ignacio de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba, 19th Duke of Segorbe (in 2003 20th Count of Rivadavia), son of Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli at Seville. It was also his second marriage, as he was previously married to Mercedes Maier y Allende, granddaughter of former Wimbledon mixed doubles tennis champion Enrique Maier. Maria da Gloria and Ignacio have two daughters:

  • Sol María de la Blanca de Medina y Orléans-Braganza, 54th Countess of Ampurias (born 1986), heiress apparent to the Dukedom of Segorbe.
  • Ana Luna de Medina y Orléans-Braganza, 17th Countess of Ricla (born 1988).

Ancestry[edit]

The Duchess of Segorbe is a great-great-granddaughter of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil, and great-great-great-granddaughter of Louis Philippe, King of the French.

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Titles in pretence
Vacant
Title last held by
Alexandra of Greece and Denmark
— TITULAR —
Crown princess of Yugoslavia
1 July 1972 – 1985
Reason for succession failure:
Communists abolished the Kingdom in 1945
Vacant
Title next held by
Katherine, Crown Princess of Yugoslavia
Preceded by
Princess Maria Isabel
— TITULAR —
Line of succession to the Brazilian throne
13th position (Petrópolis branch)
Reason for succession failure:
Empire abolished in 1889
Succeeded by
Princess Cristina


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