Prince Pedro de Alcântara of Orléans-Braganza
| Prince Pedro de Alcântara | |||||
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| Prince of Grão-Pará | |||||
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| Born | 15 October 1875 Petrópolis, Empire of Brazil |
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| Died | 29 January 1940 (aged 64) Petrópolis, Brazil |
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| Burial | Cathedral of São Pedro de Alcântara, Petrópolis, Brazil | ||||
| Spouse | Countess Elisabeth Dobržensky de Dobrženicz | ||||
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Princess Isabelle, Countess of Paris Prince Pedro Gastão Princess Maria Francisca, Duchess of Braganza Prince João Maria Princess Teresa |
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| House | Orléans-Braganza | ||||
| Father | Prince Gaston, Count of Eu | ||||
| Mother | Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil | ||||
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| Pedro de Alcântara Luiz Filipe Maria Gastão Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga |
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Styles of Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão Pará |
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| Reference style | His Imperial Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Imperial Highness |
| Alternative style | Sir |
Dom Pedro de Alcântara of Orléans-Braganza, Prince of Grão Pará (15 October 1875 – 29 January 1940) was the first-born son of Dona Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil and Prince Gaston of Orléans, Count of Eu, and as such, was born second-in-line to the imperial throne of Brazil, during the reign of his grandfather, Emperor Dom Pedro II, until the empire's abolition. He went into exile in Europe with his mother when his grandfather was deposed in 1889, and grew up largely in France, at a family apartment in Boulogne-sur-Seine, and at his father's castle, the Château d'Eu in Normandy.
With the deposition of Pedro II of Brazil and the departure of the imperial family to the exile, rumors and even initiatives for the restoration appeared, occasionally. In 1893, the republic staggered with the second revolt of the navy and the federalist revolution in the south of the country. The leader of this last movement, , avowedly monarchist, was engaged in conspiracies to restore the parliamentary monarchy in Brazil. He had already insisted in vain that Pedro II should return to the country, after Marshal Deodoro had closed the National Congress. With the advance of the revolution, he proposed to Princess Isabel to allow the soldiers linked to the Army Revolt to take their eldest son, Pedro, Prince of Grão-Pará, to be acclaimed Dom Pedro III. He heard from the princess that "first of all she was a Catholic, and as such she could not leave the Brazilians with the education of her son, whose soul he had to save". Outraged, Silveira Martins replied: "So, madam, your (his) fate is the convent."
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