Captain Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza was a Brazilian prince who served in the forces of the British Empire during World War I. He was the third and last son of Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, and her husband Gaston d'Orléans, Comte d'Eu. His father was a grandson of the last Bourbon king of France, Louis Philippe I, and his mother was the eldest daughter and heir of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil.
When World War I broke out, he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Dragoons where he served attached to the Royal Flying Corps as intelligence officer. He was prevented from joining the French armed forces by a law that forbade members of the deposed French royal family from serving in the military. He died from injuries he received in an air crash at Edmonton, London, shortly after the end of the war. His remains were placed in the Chapelle Royale de Dreux.
When World War I broke out, he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Dragoons where he served attached to the Royal Flying Corps as intelligence officer. He was prevented from joining the French armed forces by a law that forbade members of the deposed French royal family from serving in the military. He died from injuries he received in an air crash at Edmonton, London, shortly after the end of the war. His remains were placed in the Chapelle Royale de Dreux.
Captain Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza was a Brazilian prince who served in the forces of the British Empire during World War I. He was the third and last son of Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, and her husband Gaston d'Orléans, Comte d'Eu. His father was a grandson of the last Bourbon king of France, Louis Philippe I, and his mother was the eldest daughter and heir of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil.
When World War I broke out, he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Dragoons where he served attached to the Royal Flying Corps as intelligence officer. He was prevented from joining the French armed forces by a law that forbade members of the deposed French royal family from serving in the military. He died from injuries he received in an air crash at Edmonton, London, shortly after the end of the war. His remains were placed in the Chapelle Royale de Dreux.
When World War I broke out, he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Dragoons where he served attached to the Royal Flying Corps as intelligence officer. He was prevented from joining the French armed forces by a law that forbade members of the deposed French royal family from serving in the military. He died from injuries he received in an air crash at Edmonton, London, shortly after the end of the war. His remains were placed in the Chapelle Royale de Dreux.
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