Princes Imperial of Brazil
- Maria II of Portugal (1819–1853), who was heiress presumptive from 1822 to 1825, after which she was created Princess of Grão-Pará due to the birth of her brother Pedro. She ascended the Portuguese throne in 1826, as Maria II of Portugal.
- Pedro II of Brazil (1825–1891), who was the imperial heir from 1825 until his accession to the Brazilian throne in 1831.
- Maria II of Portugal (1819–1853), who was heiress presumptive from 1831 to 1835 until her exclusion from the Brazilian line of succession by law no. 91 of 30 October 1835.
- Januária, Princess Imperial of Brazil (1822–1901), Princess Imperial from 1831 to 1845, until the birth of her nephew Afonso. She married in 1844 Prince Louis of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, count of Aquila.
- Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil (1845–1847), eldest son of Emperor Pedro II.
- Pedro, Prince Imperial of Brazil (1848–1850), the other, and then only surviving, son of Pedro II.
- Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (1846–1921), Princess Imperial from the death of her elder brother Afonso in 1847 until the birth of her younger brother Pedro in 1848, and from Pedro's death in 1850 onwards. She married in 1864 Prince Gaston d'Orléans, comte d'Eu.
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