Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza
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Prince Pedro Carlos (on the right) receiving the Brazilian Order of Cultural Merit
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Head of the Imperial House of Brazil (disputed) |
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| Period | 27 December 2007 – present | ||||
| Predecessor | Prince Pedro Gastão | ||||
| Heir presumptive | Prince Pedro Thiago | ||||
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31 October 1945 Petrópolis, Brazil |
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| Spouse |
Rony Kuhn de Souza (m. 1975; d. 1979) Patricia Alexandra Brascombe (m. 1981; d. 2009) |
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Prince Pedro Thiago Prince Filipe |
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| House | Orléans-Braganza | ||||
| Father | Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza | ||||
| Mother | Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies | ||||
| Occupation | Forest engineer | ||||
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| Pedro de Alcântara Carlos João Lourenço Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga |
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Styles of Prince Pedro Carlos |
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| Reference style | His Imperial and Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Imperial and Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Sir |
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Brazilian Imperial Family (Petrópolis branch) |
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Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza (born 31 October 1945) is one of two claimants to the defunct Brazilian throne, and head of the Petrópolis branch of the Imperial House of Brazil.
Prince Pedro Carlos was born in Rio de Janeiro, the eldest son of six children of Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza and his wife, Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. He was baptised with the names Pedro de Alcântara Carlos João Lourenço Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga. Paternally, Pedro Carlos is a cousin of Prince Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France (born 1933), Orléanist pretender to the French throne, and great grandnephew of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza (born 1945), pretender to the throne of Portugal and uncle of Prince Peter of Serbia, eldest son of Crown Prince Alexander. On the maternal side, he is also a cousin of Juan Carlos I of Spain (born 1938).
Prince Pedro Carlos is considered to be a claimant to the Brazilian throne by monarchists who believe the 1908 renunciation to dynastic rights of his paternal grandfather was invalid, although a Spanish newspaper has reported that Pedro Carlos subscribes to a republican point of view. Since the death of his father he is genealogically the senior representative of the House of Orleans-Braganza. The validity of his claim to headship of the Imperial dynasty and to the Brazilian throne, if restored, is disputed by those who consider his grandfather's renunciation valid and binding upon his descendants.
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