Miguel of Braganza They had two sons and two daughters. Miguel of Braganza "Dom" Michael of Braganza () was a Portuguese infante, illegitimate son of King Pedro II of Portugal and of the French lady Anne Armande Pastre de Verger (sometimes called "du Vergé"). He was born in Lisbon on 15 October 1699 and died drowned in the Tagus River on 13 January 1724. He married "Dona" Luísa Casimira de Sousa Nassau e Ligne, Princess of Ligne by her father, and, through her mother, heiress of a rich noble family: she was 30th. Lady of the House of Sousa, 6th. Countess of Miranda
House of Orléans-Braganza According to the pact, the House of France recognized the Brazilian House of Orléans-Braganza as a cadet branch and create to his member the French title of "Prince of Orléans-Braganza". Alfred de Gramont alleged in his diary, "L'ami du Prince", journal of a novel, published by Eric Mension Rigau-Fayard in 2011) that this decision was made by the Orléans for two reasons: first, the desire of other dynasts to exclude the Comte d'Eu and the princes of Orléans-Braganza (who became heirs presumptive to the Empire of Brazil), and second, the influence of French nationalism. However, exclusion from the succession as