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D. Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (born 6 November 1949) is an Infante of Portugal and a member of the former Portuguese Royal Family as the youngest son of Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, and Princess Maria Francisca of Orléans-Braganza. Infante Henrique is fifth in the line of succession to the former Portuguese throne.[1] His elder brother, Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, is head of the House of Braganza, which ruled Portugal until 1910.
Henrique Nuno João Miguel Gabriel Rafael was born on 6 November 1949, in Bern, Switzerland, to Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, the pretender to the defunct throne of Portugal, and Maria Francisca of Orléans-Braganza.
In 1950, the Portuguese Laws of Banishment were repealed and Infante Henrique's family was permitted to return to Portugal, which he did along with his parents and elder brothers in 1952.[1]
Infante Henrique's styling as Duke of Coimbra:
Infante Henrique has been decorated with the following:
Pedro II of Brazil, House of Aviz, House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, House of Vasa, House of Savoy
House of Braganza, Empire of Brazil, Pedro I of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil
House of Braganza, Miguel, Duke of Braganza, Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, House of Aviz, Manuel II of Portugal
House of Savoy, House of Habsburg, House of Vasa, House of Bonaparte, House of Oldenburg
Coimbra, Portuguese language, Portugal, Kings of Portugal, John I of Portugal
Portugal, Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra, List of Portuguese monarchs, Henry, Count of Portugal, Henry, King of Portugal
House of Braganza, House of Aviz, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Portuguese nobility, House of Habsburg