Prince Dom Luiz de Orleans e Bragança died this Friday (15) at the age of 84.
“We fulfill the painful duty of communicating the death of His Imperial and Royal Highness Prince Dom Luiz de Orleans e Bragança, Head of the Imperial House of Brazil, which took place today, July 15, 2022, in the city of São Paulo, at the age of 84 of age”, announced the official profile of the “Secretariat of the Imperial House of Brazil” on Twitter.
We fulfill the painful duty of communicating the death of His Imperial and Royal Highness Prince Dom Luiz de Orleans e Bragança, Head of the Imperial House of Brazil, which took place today, July 15, 2022, in the city of São Paulo, at the age of 84. age. pic.twitter.com/hi7p3M6QxH
— Pro Monarchy (@ProMonarquia) July 15, 2022
The head of the Imperial House was hospitalized at Hospital Santa Catarina, in Sao Paulo since the 9th of June.
On the 8th, he was informed that his case was irreversible.
This Monday (11), a new hospital bulletin stated that the clinical picture was considered very serious. The prince remained in palliative care, prioritizing symptom control.
Who was Dom Luiz of Orleans and Bragança
The eldest of the 12 children of Pedro Henrique de Orleans e Bragança and his wife, Maria da Baviera, Dom Luiz was born on June 6, 1938, in the Mandelieu-la-Napoule resort, south of France .
Seven years after its birth, in May 1945, with the end of the Second World War, the imperial family returned from the exile imposed after the Proclamation of the Republic.
resided in Rio de Janeiro until, in 1951, they moved to the Paraná .
In 1967, after graduating from chemical engineering in Germany, Dom Luiz settled in São Paulo, where he remained until his death.
Single, the prince had no children and never married.
The successor to the post of head of the Imperial House is his brother, Dom Bertrand.
house of orleans
The House of Orleans is the result of the marriage between Princess Isabel, daughter of Dom Pedro II, and Prince Gastão de Orleans, Count d’Eu, a member of the French royal family.
As Pedro II was deposed on November 15, 1889, when the Republic was proclaimed, no member of the House ever reigned over Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
