Isabel, Duchess of Braganza

Isabel, Duchess of Braganza

Infobox Portuguese Royalty|princess
name =Isabel
title =Duchess of Braganza
titles ="HRH" The Duchess of Braganza
Isabel Curvelo de Herédia
full name =Isabel Inês de Castro
royal house =House of Braganza
father =Jorge de Herédia
mother =Raquel Curvelo
date of birth =birth date and age|1966|11|22|df=y
spouse =Duarte Pio, Duke of Bragança
issue = Infante Afonso, Prince of Beira
Infanta Maria Francisca
Infante Dinis, Duke of Porto|

Dona Isabel Inês de Castro Curvelo de Herédia (born November 22 1966 in Lisbon), daughter of Architect Jorge de Herédia (great-grandson of the 1st Viscount da Ribeira Brava) and wife Raquel Leonor Pinheiro Curvelo, is the wife of Duarte Pio, Duke of Bragança, current pretender to the Portuguese throne and Duchess of Bragança. Portugal is a Republic, but monarchists grant her the style of "HRH The Duchess of Braganza".

Dona Isabel de Herédia lived between Portugal and Angola until 1975, when her family moved to São Paulo, Brazil. She studied in the Jesuit Colégio São Luís until 1988. In 1990, she obtained a MBA from the Universidade Getúlio Vargas and returned to Portugal to a job in BMF — Sociedade de Gestão de Patrimónios, S.A. She specialized as an asset manager. In May 13 1995 she married the Duke of Bragança and quit her professional life to dedicate herself to the family. The couple have three children:

*Afonso de Santa Maria de Bragança, Infante of Portugal, Prince of Beira, Duke of Barcelos (b. 1996)
*Maria Francisca de Bragança, Infanta of Portugal (b. 1997)
*Dinis de Santa Maria de Bragança, Infante of Portugal, Duke of Porto (b. 1999)

Since 1995, Dona Isabel Herédia is a patron of several charity institutions, mainly concerned with the help and support of uncared children and awareness of diseases like Down syndrome. The Duchess of Bragança is Great Master of a Portuguese Chivalry Order (Ordem Real de Santa Isabel).

External links

* [http://www.casareal.co.pt/ Official Website of the Royal House of Braganza]
* [http://www.fcbraganca.pt/ Website of the Foundation of the House of Braganza]


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