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Every case set in what is now Brazil, best-known first. Cities, states and old kingdoms count under the country that holds them today.

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Cases in Brazil

Best-known first. Each card opens the full cited case.

Cases
13
Years
1792 to 2022
Region
Latin America
Main subjects
Latin America, Modern estates, Fame and fortune, Music and sport
Updated
30 October 2026
João Gilberto: Brazilian singer João Gilberto2019 · Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJoão Gilberto's daughter had him declared incapable while he faced eviction, and his heirs won R$150 million from his record label after he diedIn 1997 the singer João Gilberto sued his record label, EMI, for reissuing his early albums on CD without his consent and for unpaid royalties.rollingstone.com.br and 3 moreGugu Liberato: Vagner Santana & GUGU2 (cropped)2019 · Windermere (Orlando), Florida, USA; estate in São Paulo, BraGugu Liberato's will left nothing to the mother of his three children, and a chef who said he was Gugu's partner of eight years sued as wellGugu Liberato, a Brazilian television host, died after an accident at his home in Orlando, Florida, in November 2019.agazeta.com.br and 3 moreMap of Brazil, marked on the globe2020 · São Paulo, BrazilJoseph Safra's son sued his mother and brothers over the family bank, alleging his father had been influenced to change his will, and settled in 2024Jacob Safra founded the family bank, and his son Joseph took it over in 1955 and ran it with his brothers Edmond and Moise. Edmond died in 1999, and Joseph bought out Moise in 2006. Joseph died in December 2020, aged 82.forbes.com.br and 1 morePelé: Pele con brasil (cropped)2022 · São Paulo, BrazilPelé fought a paternity case he lost, and after his death a woman claimed his estate until two DNA tests failedPelé, born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, won three World Cups. In the 1990s Sandra Regina Machado sued to be recognized as his daughter. A court-ordered DNA test in 1993 confirmed it. Pelé never accepted her socially.primicias.ec and 3 moreGal Costa: Gal Costa e André Midani (Década de 1970) (cropped 2)2022 · São Paulo, BrazilGal Costa's adopted son asked to exhume her and challenged her widow's claim to half the estate, then settled for an equal splitGal Costa died on 9 November 2022, aged 77. Her death certificate gave a heart attack and cancer of the head and neck. No autopsy was done. In 2007 she had adopted Gabriel, then about two, from a shelter in Rio de Janeiro.cnnbrasil.com.br and 4 morePedro II of Brazil: Pedro II of Brazil - Brady-Handy1891 · Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilPedro II's heirs still collect 2.5 percent of every land sale in central Petrópolis, 137 years after the empire fellIn 1830 Pedro I bought the Córrego Seco farm in the mountains above Rio and renamed it the Imperial Fazenda da Concórdia. On his death in 1834 it passed to his son Pedro II.ub.edu and 2 moreAlfredo Stroessner: Alfredo Stroessner at desk (1cropped)2006 · Brasília, BrazilStroessner's family wealth was never prosecuted, and human bones were found in his former house in 2019Alfredo Stroessner ruled Paraguay from 1954 until a coup on 2 to 3 February 1989. He went into exile in Brazil on 5 February 1989.NBC News and 5 moreCopacabana Palace en 1923: Copacabana Palace en 19232004 · Copacabana Palace, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilThe heir to the Santos docks fortune spent it all and died on a state pension in the Rio hotel his family built and soldIn the late 1800s Eduardo Guinle won a 90-year concession to build and operate the docks of Santos, which became Brazil's largest port.The Seattle Times and 2 moreAssis Chateaubriand: Senador Francisco de Assis Chateaubriand Bandeira de Mello1968 · São Paulo, BrazilAssis Chateaubriand had Vargas change the law to win custody of his daughter, gave his media empire to 22 employees, and that daughter lost the fight to recover it in 2014Francisco de Assis Chateaubriand built the Diários Associados, at its peak more than a hundred newspapers, radio and television stations and magazines.correiodamanha.com.br and 4 moreErmelino Matarazzo: Localização do distrito de Ermelino Matarazzo no município de São Paulo.1937 · São Paulo, BrazilBrazil's largest industrial group lost its chosen heir in a car race, passed to the founder's twelfth child, and filed for court protection in 1983Francesco Matarazzo left Castellabate, near Naples, in 1881 with his wife and two small children.vivant.it and 4 moreIsabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil: Isabel, Princesa do Brasil, 1846-1921 (cropped)1921 · Rio de Janeiro, BrazilPrincess Isabel sued Brazil for her Rio palace in 1895, and her heirs lost the case 125 years laterThe Guanabara Palace in Rio de Janeiro was begun in 1853 by the Portuguese merchant José Machado Coelho.jota.info and 4 moreIgreja de São Francisco de Assis (Diamantina, Minas Gerais): Igreja de São Francisco de Assis em Diamantina, Minas Gerais1796 · Arraial do Tejuco (Diamantina), Minas Gerais, BrazilChica da Silva, born enslaved, made a will naming 14 children as heirs and divided enslaved people among themFrancisca da Silva was born enslaved near Serro about 1732, daughter of an enslaved African woman, Maria da Costa, and a Portuguese man. Her first owner, the physician Manuel Pires Sardinha, fathered her son Simão.tjmg.jus.br and 1 moreJoaquim José da Silva Xavier signature: Assinatura de Tiradentes (Joaquim José da Silva Xavier) no auto da devassa.1792 · Rio de Janeiro, BrazilPortugal's 1792 sentence declared Tiradentes's children and grandchildren infamous, and Brazil later paid pensions to people who said they descended from himJoaquim José da Silva Xavier, called Tiradentes, was a militia ensign in Minas Gerais and a leader of the Inconfidência Mineira, a 1789 plot to end Portuguese rule. The 1792 sentence condemned him to hang.pt.wikisource.org and 3 more