Prince Pedro Thiago of Orléans-Braganza

Prince Pedro Thiago of Orléans-Braganza (born 12 January 1979) is a member of the Imperial Family of Brazil and heir to the leadership of the Petrópolis branch founded by his grandfather Prince Pedro Gastão.

He was born in Petrópolis the son of Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza and his first wife Rony Kuhn de Souza who died two days after his birth. [cite web | last =Lundy| first =Darryl | title =Pedro Thiago de Orléans-Bragança e Borbon | publisher =The Peerage | url =http://www.thepeerage.com/p4395.htm#i43945 | accessdate =2007-12-27 ]

On 26 May 1992 Pedro Thiago was kidnapped while on his way to school and held for a ransom reported at $5,000,000. [cite news | last =Soca | first = Ricardo | title =La policía brasileña prepara una "operación de guerra" para rescatar al príncipe Pedro | language = Spanish | publisher =El Pais | date =1992-05-29 | url =http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/BRASIL/policia/brasilena/prepara/operacion/guerra/rescatar/principe/Pedro/elpepiint/19920529elpepiint_9/Tes/ | accessdate =2007-12-27 ] He was freed on June 2 after Police raided a house in a Rio de Janeiro suburb. [cite news | title =Police raid hideout near Rio and liberate a teen Prince | publisher =Deseret News | date =1992-06-02 ] In January 2002 he was indicted on charges relating to the theft and then sale of a set of porcelain dishes from the Grão Pará Palace belonging to his aunt Princess Christina. [cite news | last =Rother | first =Larry | title =Brazil's Royal Scandal: Prince Is Said to Steal Aunt's Dishes | publisher =NY Times | date =2002-01-06 | url =http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9500EFDC1639F935A35752C0A9649C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 | accessdate =2007-12-27 ]

He has been awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Pedro I and the Rose. [cite web | last =Sainty | first =Guy Stair | authorlink = Guy Stair Sainty | title =House of Bourbon: Branch of Orléans-Braganza | publisher = Chivalric Orders | url =http://www.chivalricorders.org/royalty/bourbon/brazil/orl-brag.htm | accessdate = 2007-12-27 ]

Ancestry

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1= 1. Prince Pedro Thiago of Orléans-Braganza
2= 2. Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza
3= 3. Rony Kuhn de Sousa
4= 4. Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza
5= 5. Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
6= 6. Alfredo Kuhn
7= 7. Maria da Graça de Sousa
8= 8. Prince Pedro de Alcantara of Orléans-Braganza
9= 9. Countess Elisabeth Dobrzensky de Dobrzenicz
10= 10. Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
11= 11. Princess Louise of Orléans
16= 16. Gaston, Count of Eu
17= 17. Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil
18= 18. Count Johann Dobrzensky de Dobrzenicz
19= 19. Elisabeth Kottulinsky von Kottulin
20= 20. Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
21= 21. Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
22= 22. Philippe, Count of Paris
23= 23. Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans

References

External links

* [http://jbonline.terra.com.br/jb/papel/paginadois/2001/09/26/jorpg220010926001.html Um príncipe na polícia do Rio] pt icon

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