Princess Anita Rhinelander de Braganca

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Princess Anita Rhinelander de Braganca (Stewart)

Also Known As: "Princess Miguel of Braganza / Duchess of Viseu", "Morris", "Stewart"
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Birthplace: Elberon, Long Branch, Monmouth, NJ, USA
Death: September 15, 1977 (91)
Newport, RI, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Rhinelander Stewart, Sr. and Annie McKee Smith
Wife of Príncipe Miguel de Bragança, duque de Viseu and Lewis Gouverneur Morris
Mother of Nadejda de Braganca; João de Bragança and Miguel de Bragança
Sister of William Rhinelander Stewart, Jr. and Muriel Stewart

Occupation: photography studio
Managed by: Ofir Friedman
Last Updated:

About Princess Anita Rhinelander de Braganca

Anita Stewart Morris, also known as Princess Miguel of Braganza, Duchess of Viseu, was an American socialite and heiress who married Prince Miguel, Duke of Viseu, grandson of King Miguel I of Portugal, and the eldest son of Dom Miguel, Duke of Braganza, who was Miguelist claimant to the throne of Portugal from 1866 to 1920.

Anita Rhinelander Stewart was born to Annie McKee Armstrong and William Rhinelander Stewart. The princess had one sibling, William Rhinelander Stewart, Jr. After her parents divorced in August 1906, her mother married the millionaire James Henry Smith. Smith died in Japan in 1907 while on their honeymoon. Annie McKee Armstrong Stewart Smith then married Jean de Saint Cyr on 25 April 1915. Stewart married Dom Miguel of Braganza, Infante of Portugal, Duke of Viseu, in Dingwall Castle, Scotland, on September 15, 1909; she had been created Princess of Braganza by the Emperor of Austria the day before. Out of this union, three children were born. All of them used the title Prince or Princess until 1920, when their parents' marriage was deemed to be in contravention of royal law. Nadejda married Vadim Dorozynski in Capri, Italy on August 16, 1930, as her first husband; she committed suicide in 1936, after her marriage to René Millet. Miguel graduated from the St. George School in Newport, Rhode Island in 1933. Dom Miguel, Duke of Viseu, died in 1923, after which the Princess moved to New York City. In order to regain her American citizenship, she had to renounce her royal title. However, society continued to refer to her with her regal title. Anita de Braganza married Lewis Gouverneur Morris in New York City in 1946. After that, she continued to operate a photography studio in Manhattan and spend time at Malbone their Gothic Revival estate in Newport, Rhode Island. Anita died at the age of 91, on September 15, 1977 at her home in Newport, Rhode Island.

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Princess Anita Rhinelander de Braganca's Timeline

1886
August 7, 1886
Elberon, Long Branch, Monmouth, NJ, USA
1910
June 28, 1910
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1912
September 7, 1912
Nutley, East Sussex, United Kingdom
1915
February 8, 1915
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1977
September 15, 1977
Age 91
Newport, RI, United States