The Imperial Family of Brazil: Birthday and Anniversary Wishes 2013

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2013 birthday and anniversary wishes for the

Imperial Family of Brazil

may be posted in this thread.

News and photos of these events should be posted in the regular threads.
Congratulatory messages are off topic in those threads and should be posted here.

Please be mindful of the dates of the occasions and don't post messages too early or late.

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February 2 - Prince Bertrand, Prince Imperial of Brazil (72).

March 15 - Princess Amélia (29).

May 5 - Princess Isabel (69).

May 20 - Princess Eleonora, Princess of Ligne (60).

April 24 - Prince Rafael (27).

June 6 - Prince Luiz, Head of the Imperial House of Brazil (75).

June 8 - Princess Maria Gabriela (24).

June 24 - Prince Antônio (63).

August 11 - Princess Christine (née Princess of Ligne; 58).

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Wedding Anniversaries:

March 10 - Princess Eleonora and Michel, 14th Prince of Ligne (1981).

September 26 - Prince Antônio and Princess Christine (1981).

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Congratulations to Her Royal Highness the Princess and His Highness the Prince of Ligne, they're celebrating their 32th (Pine) Wedding Anniversary.

Princess Eleonora of Brazil was born in May 20, 1953, in Jacarezinho, Paraná, she's the eighth child and second daughter of Prince Pedro Henrique (1909-1981), Head of the Brazilian Imperial House, and Princess Maria Elizabeth of Bavaria (1914-2011). Her Royal Highness is graduated in History, by the Pontificial Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.

Prince Michel de Ligne was born in May 26, 1951, in the Chateau de Beloeil, in Belgium, as the firstborn son of Prince Antoine of Ligne (1925-2005) and Princess Alix of Luxembourg (b. 1929). With the death of his father, in August 21, 2005, His Royal Highness became the 14th Prince of Ligne.

Princess Eleonra and Prince Michel married in the Church of Our Lady of the Glory of the Hill (Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Glória do Outeiro), on March 10, 1981. They have two children:

1. Princess Alix of Ligne, born in 1984.

2. Prince Henri Antoine, Hereditary Prince of Ligne, born in 1989.

The Princely couple lives in Belgium, at Chateau de Beloeil.

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Congratulations, to Her Royal Highness Princess Amélia of Brazil!

Today, she's celebrating her 29th birthday.

Born in Brussels, Belgium, she's the second child and first daughter of Prince Antônio and Princess Christine (neé Princess of Ligne). Her Royal Highness graduated in Architeture, at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. Currently, she's living in Spain, where she works as an architet.

Her Royal Highness is the fifth in the Line of Succession to the Brazilian Throne.

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Happy Birthday to His Royal Highness Prince Rafael of Brazil! Today, he is celebrating his 27th birthday.

Rafael Antônio Maria José Francisco Miguel Gabriel Gonzaga was born in Rio de Janeiro. He's the second son and third child of Prince Antônio of Brazil and his wife, Princess Christina of Brazil (née Princess of Ligne). Raised in Petrópolis, "the Imperial Citiy", now he lives in Rio, where he works as an engeneer.

Since the death of his older brother, Prince Pedro Luiz, in 2009, Prince Rafael is fourth in the Line of Succession to the Brazilian Throne.

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Today we celebrate the 69th birthday of Her Royal Highness Princess Isabel of Brazil.

Isabel Maria Josefa Henriqueta Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, born in La Bourboule, France, during the Exile of the Brazilian Imperial Family, was the first daughter, and fourth child, of Prince Pedro Henrique (1909-1981), Head of the Imperial House of Brazil, and Princess Maria Elizabeth of Bavaria (1914-2011). Princess Isabel's godmother was her namesake, the Countess of Paris (née Princess Isabel of Orleans-Braganza; 1911-2003).

After the end of WWII, the Imperial Family was finally able to return to Brazil. Initially, they lived in Petrópolis, then moved to Rio de Janeiro. In 1951, Prince Pedro Henrique acquired a farm in Jacarezinho, Paraná, again, moving with his Family.

Princess Isabel studied German and French Languages and Civilizations, at the Universities of Paris and Munich. Returnig to Brazil, in 1966, she worked as Social Worker and was President of the Brazilian Red Cross. In 2004, she was made Honorary Citizen of the State of Rio de Janeiro.

Curently, Princess Isabel is the 9th Line of Succession to the Brazilian Throne. She lives between her apartament in Rio and the Imperial Family's farm in Vassouras (in the State of Rio de Janeiro). Her Royal Highness is unmarried and childless.