| Head of the Imperial House of Brazil | |
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| Chefe da Casa Imperial do Brasil | |
 Coat of Arms of the Head of the Imperial House of Brazil | |
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| Style | His Imperial and Royal Highness Dom |
| Status | active |
| Member of | Brazilian imperial family |
| Residence | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Formation | 12 October 1822 |
| First holder | Pedro I of Brazil |
| Website | https://monarquia.org.br/ |
The Head of the Brazilian Imperial House (Portuguese: Chefe da Casa Imperial do Brasil[1]) is a title used by the leader of the Brazilian imperial family, currently the House of Orléans-Braganza, a descendant branch of the House of Braganza. The title of the head of the imperial house is "Emperor de jure". The current head of the imperial house is Prince Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza, who took over as head of the imperial house on July 15, 2022, after the death of his brother, Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza.[2]
After the death of the last emperor of Brazil, Pedro II, in 1891, in the wake of the proclamation of the Brazilian republic on November 15, 1889, and the revocation of all titles of nobility then existing, starting with the Brazilian Constitution of 1891, it serves to indicate the heir presumptive to the extinct imperial throne of Brazil.[3] The Brazilian monarchists affirm that, maintaining the logic established by the Brazilian Constitution of 1824, this title would respect the line of sovereignty of the jus sanguinis, being granted to the oldest male direct descendant of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil and, failing that, to the female one. If the holder of the title were a descendant of the Brazilian imperial family, as was Princess Isabel of Braganza, who married Prince Gaston of Orléans in 1864, the title would never be transmitted to her husband, this being the Head Consort of the Brazilian Imperial House.[4]
In the same way that happened with the Brazilian emperors when they were elevated to the throne, the first-born of the Head of the Brazilian Imperial House would receive the extinct title of Prince Imperial of Brazil, and his son the title of Prince of Grão-Pará.[5]
- ^ "No pior momento da pandemia, Chefe da Casa Imperial do Brasil divulga mensagem". Jornal Mundo Lusíada (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-04-05. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- ^ Freire, Quintino Gomes (2020-12-26). "Mensagem de Natal de 2020 do Chefe da Casa Imperial do Brasil". Diário do Rio de Janeiro (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- ^ "Presidência da República Casa Civil Subchefia para Assuntos Jurídicos". www.planalto.gov.br. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- ^ "Constituicao24". www.planalto.gov.br. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- ^ Vasconcellos, barão de; Smith de Vasconcellos, barão (1918). Archivo nobiliarchico brasileiro. Robarts - University of Toronto. Lausanne : Imprimerie La Concorde.