House of Orléans-Braganza live in rented apartments in wealthy neighborhoods, private mansions or in Europe. Some of them like Eleanora, Princess of Ligne, for having married members of other royal houses live in their palaces. House of Orléans-Braganza The House of Orléans-Braganza (Portuguese: "Casa de Orleães-Bragança" or "Orléans-Bragança") is an imperial and royal house, of French and Brazilian origin. It is a cadet branch of the House of Orléans, of France, and the House of Braganza, of Portugal and Brazil. The house was founded with the marriage between Isabel of Braganza, Princess Imperial of Brazil, and Prince Gaston of Orléans, Count of Eu.
Princess Pia Maria of Orléans-Braganza Princess Pia Maria of Orléans-Braganza Princess Pia Maria of Orléans-Braganza (; 4 March 191324 October 2000) was a Princess and member of the House of Orléans-Braganza and the Brazilian Imperial Family. With the premature death of her father, Prince Luís of Orléans-Bragzna, in 1920, and the following year, the death of her grandmother, Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, in 1921, Pia Maria's older brother Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza claimed the title Prince Imperial of Brazil in 1920, and the position of head of the Imperial House of Brazil in 1921. At the time of the latter claim, Prince Pedro