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Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança,〔According to her (alleged birth certificate )〕 also known by her literary pseudonym Hilda de Toledano (March 13, 1907 – May 6, 1995) was a Portuguese writer and journalist. She claimed to be an out of wedlock child of King Carlos I of Portugal. She also claimed that King Carlos I had recognized her as his daughter and given her the same rights and honours as legitimately-born princes of Portugal. From 1932 she claimed the right to use the royal title Duchess of Braganza〔''Princess Maria Pia of Saxe-Coburg, duchess of Braganza'' in CHILCOTE, Ronald H.; ''The Portuguese Revolution: State and Class in the Transition to Democracy'', page 37. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; Reprint edition (August 31, 2012).〕 and made an active claim to be the rightful Queen of Portugal. In 1983 a Portuguese court declared that she had failed to present sufficient evidence to establish King Carlos I as her father. ==Birth and baptism== Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança was born in Lisbon, Portugal, to Maria Amélia Laredó e Murça, the daughter of a wealthy Brazilian couple who had moved to Europe: Armando Maurício Laredó and Maria Amélia Murça e Berhen. Maria Amélia's parents are sometimes given the title "baron", but they did not actually hold any noble title; their wealth, however, may have allowed them to use such a title unquestioned. Maria Amélia Laredo e Murça was not married at the time she gave birth to her daughter on March 13, 1907. Maria Pia de Bragança claimed that, shortly thereafter, she was taken by her mother and grandparents to Madrid, Spain. There, she said, she was baptised in the Church of Saint Fermin de los Navarros on April 15, 1907 and that the baptism was registered at the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel and Saint Aloysius. She claimed that her baptismal registration recorded that her father was "D. Carlos de Sassonia-Coburgo y Savoya de la Casa de Braganza de Portugal". This clearly refers to King Carlos I of Portugal, who at the time was married to another woman, Princess Amélie of Orléans. It has been suggested that Maria Pia de Bragança was, in fact, one ''Hilda de Toledano'', a girl of modest birth adopted by a Brazilian family. The original baptismal registers of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel and Saint Aloysius were destroyed during the Spanish Civil War, and no original birth record of Maria Pia de Bragança has ever been made public. In 1939 the Vicar-General of the Diocese of Madrid-Alcalas issued a baptismal certificate to Maria Pia de Bragança with information provided to him at that time by Don Antonio Goicoechea y Cusculluela, a member of the Spanish parliament and the Governor of the Bank of Spain, who had reportedly been present at the baptism. Subsequently Maria Pia de Bragança used this baptismal certificate as evidence for her claim to be the recognised daughter of King Carlos. Maria Pia de Bragança also claimed that in the archives of the Diocese of Madrid-Alcalá there was a copy of a document signed by King Carlos March 14, 1907 in which he recognised Maria Pia de Bragança as his daughter and that "she may be called by my name and enjoy from now on the use of this name with the honours, prerogatives, rank, obligations and advantages of the princes of the House of Braganza of Portugal". Like the baptismal certificate, the original of this document did not survive. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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