Countess Elizabeth Dobrženský von Dobrženitz

Elisabeth Maria Adelheid Dobrženský von Dobrženitz (also Dobrzensky de Dobrzenicz or Dobrzenští z Dobrzenicz; Czech: Alžběta Maria Adelheid Dobřenská z Dobřenic; 7 December 1875 – 11 June 1951) was a Bohemian noblewoman whose marriage to the son of the former heiress to the throne of Brazil prompted renunciation of his claim to the abolished monarchy's throne.

Elizabeth Dobrženský
Princess Pedro de Alcântara of Orléans-Braganza
BornAlžběta Maria Adelheid Dobřenská z Dobřenic
(1875-12-07)7 December 1875
Chotěboř, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Died11 July 1951(1951-07-11) (aged 75)
Sintra, Portugal
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Spouse
(m. 1908; died 1940)
IssuePrincess Isabelle, Countess of Paris
Prince Pedro Gastão
Princess Maria Francisca, Duchess of Braganza
Prince João Maria
Princess Teresa
HouseOrléans-Braganza (by marriage)
FatherCount Johann Wenzel Dobrženský von Dobrženicz
MotherCountess Elisabeth Kottulinsky von Kottulin und Krzizkowitz

Early life

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Chotěboř castle, country estate of the Dobrženský family

Born in the Chotěboř castle, family estate of an old Bohemian noble family, Elisabeth Maria Adelheid was the fourth child and only daughter of Johann Wenzel, Count Dobrženský of Dobrženicz (1841–1919) and his wife, Countess Elisabeth Kottulinsky, Baroness of Kottulin and Krzizkowitz (1850–1929).[1]

She had three elder brothers Jan, Otokar and Jaroslav and a younger brother named Karl Kunata. Karl Kunata renamed himself to Count Kottulinský, like his maternal family, in Austria in 1905; late in 1912, he married Countess Maria Theresia von Meran (1893-1981), member of a morganatic branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.[1][2]

Legacy

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Coat of arms of the Dobrženský family

Elisabeth married Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará on 14 November 1908 at Versailles. He had previously renounced his hereditary claim to the crown of Brazil because she was not of royal birth.[1][2] They had five children:[1]

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

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Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Enache, Nicolas (1999). La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg, Reine de Hongrie et de Boheme. Paris: ICC. pp. 71, 80, 253–259, 275. ISBN 2-908003-04-X.
  2. ^ a b c d e Montjouvent, Philippe de (1998). Le Comte de Paris et sa Descendance. Charenton, France: Editions du Chaney. pp. 148–153, 161–162, 165–166. ISBN 2-913211-00-3.
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