Princess Christine of Orléans-Braganza (née Princess Christine de Ligne; born 11 August 1955 at Château de Belœil), is the daughter of Antoine, 13th Prince de Ligne and Princess Alix of Luxembourg.
She is the maternal granddaughter of Charlotte, Grand Duchess Regnant of Luxembourg and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma.
Her father was head of one of Belgium's foremost noble families, mediatized in 1803.
Her mother, Princess Alix (1929–2019), was the sister of former Grand Duke Jean.
Through her mother, Princess Christine is a descendant in the fifth generation of King John VI of Portugal and is a great-grand niece of Brazil's first emperor, Pedro I of Brazil.