Back Prinses Maria Elizabeth Afrikaans Maria Elisabeth de Baviera Catalan Marie Alžběta Bavorská (1914–2011) Czech Μαρία Ελισάβετ της Βαυαρίας Greek María Isabel de Baviera y de Croÿ Spanish Marie-Élisabeth de Bavière French マリア・エリーザベト・フォン・バイエルン Japanese Мария Елизавета Баварская (1914—2011) Russian Марија Елизабета од Баварске Serbian Malika Maria Elisabeth Uzbek
| Maria Elisabeth | |
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| Consort of the Head of the Imperial House of Brazil (disputed) | |
| Tenure | 19 August 1937 - 5 July 1981 |
| Born | Maria Elisabeth Franziska Josepha Therese 14 September 1914 Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria |
| Died | 13 May 2011 (aged 96) Rio de Janeiro Brazil |
| Burial | 14 May 2011 Imperial Family Mausoleum, Vassouras, Brazil |
| Spouse | |
| Issue | Luiz of Orléans-Braganza Eudes Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza Isabel Pedro Fernando Antônio Eleonora Prince Francisco Alberto Maria Teresa Maria Gabriela |
| House | Wittelsbach (by birth) Orléans-Braganza (by marriage) |
| Father | Prince Franz of Bavaria |
| Mother | Princess Isabella Antonie of Croÿ |
Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria (German: Prinzessin Maria Elisabeth Franziska Josepha Therese von Bayern; 9 September 1914 – 13 May 2011), nicknamed "Empress-mother", was a German princess of the House of Wittelsbach, granddaughter of King Louis III of Bavaria and wife of Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza, one of two claimants to the headship of the Imperial House of Brazil.
Her son Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza is a current claimant, a position held previously by her elder son Luiz Gastão and her husband.
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