Consort of the Head of the Imperial House of Brazil (disputed)
Maria Elisabeth
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Consort of the Head of the Imperial House of Brazil (disputed)
Tenure
19 August 1937 - 5 July 1981
Born
Maria Elisabeth Franziska Josepha Therese (1914-09-14)14 September 1914 Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
Died
13 May 2011(2011-05-13) (aged 96) Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Burial
14 May 2011
Imperial Family Mausoleum, Vassouras, Brazil
Spouse
Prince Pedro Henrique of Brazil
(m. 1937; died 1981)
Issue
Luiz of Orléans-Braganza Eudes Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza Isabel Pedro Fernando Antônio Eleonora Prince Francisco Alberto Maria Teresa Maria Gabriela
Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria (German: Prinzessin Maria Elisabeth Franziska Josepha Therese von Bayern; 9 September 1914 – 13 May 2011), nicknamed "Empress-mother", was a German princess of the House of Wittelsbach, granddaughter of King Louis III of Bavaria and wife of Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza, one of two claimants to the headship of the Imperial House of Brazil.
Her son Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza is a current claimant, a position held previously by her elder son Luiz Gastão and her husband.
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