Dinis de Bragança, Duke of Porto, to wed Countess Anna Schaffgotsch on 16 October 2027

The announcement

The Portuguese Royal House announced on Monday, 26 October 2026, that Dinis de Bragança, Duke of Porto, will marry Countess Anna Schaffgotsch von und zu Kynast und Greiffenstein on 16 October 2027 in Lisbon. The notice appeared on the House's official social media accounts and included a new photograph of the couple. ABC notes that the photograph shows a sapphire ring Dinis gave Anna, and that the proposal also took place in Lisbon. The relationship had not been publicly known, so the news surprised even the local press. The Dukes of Bragança have said that more details about the wedding day will be announced in due course.

The dates reported so far are shown below.

The groom

Dinis is the youngest son of Duarte Pio and Isabel de Herédia, the Duke and Duchess of Bragança, and he holds the title Duke of Porto. Observador gives his birth date as 25 November 1999 in Lisbon, which made him 26 at the time of the announcement, and Notícias ao Minuto notes that he turns 27 in November. ABC reports that he earned a degree in social sciences at the University of Brussels and is now studying political science and international relations at the Catholic University of Portugal. After internships in government institutions, including the European Parliament, he co-founded Caravela Consulting, a firm that offers strategic advice to public and private bodies. He speaks Portuguese as a first language and English at a similar level, and ABC adds that he also speaks French, Spanish and Italian.

The bride

Anna was born in Vienna on 17 February 2002, making her 24, and she is the daughter of Marie and Maximilian Schaffgotsch, Barons of Trachenberg, with three siblings. ABC describes her family as part of the Silesian nobility, a region now divided between Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany. She holds a degree in economics and social sciences from the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), along with certificates in real estate management and health management. She is now specialising in education and plans a master's in Comparative Education at University College London. Earlier she worked as an Office Assistant and Personal Assistant at the Viennese Children's Theatre, and Observador reports that she is now interning with an education programme run by the NGO Lisbon Project Association in Lisbon. She speaks German as her mother tongue, English and Italian, and is learning Portuguese.

Engagement and family background

The sources do not agree on when the engagement was announced. Observador reports that the Dukes of Bragança made it public on 26 June 2026, while SAPO gives 29 July 2026 and attributes the announcement to a note issued by the Casa de Bragança. That note says the engagement took place in Lisbon and that the Infante informed the Dukes and close family members. SAPO places the marriage proposal in Lisbon in the summer. The Dukes' daughter, Infanta Maria Francisca, had already married the lawyer Duarte de Sousa Araújo Martins on 7 October 2023 at the basilica of the Mafra convent, according to Notícias ao Minuto.

What comes next

So far, the wedding date and venue are the only arrangements the House has announced. The Casa de Bragança has said that more details about the wedding day will follow in due course. Anna's master's in Comparative Education at University College London also lies ahead, and the sources give no start date for it. Dinis, for his part, continues his studies in political science and international relations while working at Caravela Consulting.