Prince Eudes of Orléans-Braganza


Prince Eudes Maria Rainier Pedro José of Orléans-Braganza is a member of the Imperial House of Brazil. He was the second child of Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza, then head of the Brazilian Imperial Family, and Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria.

Biography

Prince Eudes first married on 14 May 1967 in São Paulo, Ana Maria de Cerqueira César Moraes de Barros, daughter of Luíz Moraes de Barros and Maria do Carmo Cerqueira César. He renounced any rights of succession to the defunct Brazilian throne for himself and his descendants on 3 June 1966. They officially divorced on 22 March 1976. Ana Maria then married to Baldomero Barbará. From his first marriage, Prince Eudes has two children:
On 26 March 1976 in Rio de Janeiro, Prince Eudes married secondly Mercedes Willemsens Neves da Rocha, daughter of Guy de Provença Neves da Rocha and Lia Viegas Willemsens. Together they have four children: