Teodósio, Prince of Brazil [SEP] noble family
Teodósio, Prince of Brazil
Dom Teodósio, Prince of Brazil, Duke of Braganza ("Teodósio de Bragança"; ; 8 February 1634 – 13 May 1653) was the heir-apparent son of John IV of Portugal (first king of the House of Braganza) and his wife Luisa de Guzmán (Luísa de Gusmão). In 1645 he was given the title of Prince of Brazil, a new crown-princely position thus created. Also, his father granted him the duchy as 10th Duke of Braganza, presumably
of his eldest son and heir Teodósio, to replace the title "Prince of Portugal". The eldest son and heir of the "Prince of Brazil" was styled Prince of Beira and Duke of Barcelos.
When Brazil was elevated to the status of a Kingdom within the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, the title was replaced by "Prince Royal of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves". When Brazil broke away from the United Kingdom to become an independent Empire, the