Prince Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza
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| Prince Imperial of Brazil (disputed) | |||||
Prince Bertrand in 2011
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2 February 1941 Mandelieu, France |
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| House | House of Orléans-Braganza | ||||
| Father | Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza | ||||
| Mother | Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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| Bertrand Maria José Pio Januário Miguel Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança |
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Brazilian Imperial Family (Vassouras branch) |
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Styles of Prince Bertrand |
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| Reference style | His Imperial and Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Imperial and Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Sir |
Prince Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza, Prince Imperial of Brazil (born 2 February 1941, Mandelieu, France) is a member of the Imperial House of Brazil. According to the disputed claims of the Vassouras branch of the family, he is first in the line of succession to the defunct Brazilian throne, and consequently the current Prince Imperial of Brazil. Prince Bertrand is also related to the Royal House of Portugal and the Royal House of France (Orleanist claimants), both by his father's lineage, and to the Royal House of Wittelsbach, by his mother's lineage.
The third son of Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza and Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria, his elder brothers are, in order, Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza who is the present Head of the Brazilian Imperial Family and Prince Eudes of Orléans-Braganza, who renounced his dynastic rights to the Brazilian Throne in order to marry a commoner.
As with his two elder brothers, Prince Bertrand was born in France, even though the exile imposed to the Imperial Family had already been revoked, due to the Second World War. He came to Brazil only after the end of the conflict.
In Brazil, the Imperial Family settled in the state of Rio de Janeiro and later in Paraná, where Prince Bertrand spent his childhood. When he was 18 years old, he went to São Paulo, where he achieved a bachelor's degree in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo in 1964. He still lives in São Paulo.
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