Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza

Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza (born October 31, 1945) is one of two claimants to the Brazilian throne and head of the Petrópolis branch of the Brazilian Imperial House.

Pedro Carlos was born in Rio de Janeiro, the eldest son 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".

On September 2, 1975, at Petrópolis, Pedro Carlos married Rony Kuhn de Souza (March 20, 1938 – January 14, 1979). They had one son, Prince Pedro Thiago of Orléans-Braganza (born January 12, 1979).

Pedro Carlos' wife, Rony, died two days after the birth of their son.

On July 16, 1981, at Fazenda São Geraldo, Pedro Carlos married Patricia Alexandra Brascombe (born November 22, 1964). They have one son, Prince Filipe of Orléans-Braganza (born December 31, 1982).

Pedro Carlos is a forest engineer. [Marcia Vietra, [http://jbonline.terra.com.br/jb/papel/paginadois/2001/09/26/jorpg220010926001.html "Um príncipe na polícia do Rio"] , "Journal do Brasil" (27 de Setembro de 2001).]

Political beliefs

Prince Pedro Carlos is considered to be a claimant of the Brazilian throne by monarchists who believe the renunciation of his grandfather was invalid, but a Spanish newspaper has reported that Pedro Carlos subscribes to a Republican point of view. [Bernardo Gutiérrez, [http://www.publico.es/internacional/35312 "La familia real brasileña defiende los nuevos ideales"] , "Príncipes Republicanos" (09/01/2008)]

Ancestry

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1= 1. Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza
2= 2. Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza
3= 3. Princess Maria de la Esperanza of the Two Sicilies
4= 4. Prince Pedro de Alcantara of Orléans-Braganza
5= 5. Countess Elisabeth Dobrzensky de Dobrzenicz
6= 6. Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
7= 7. Princess Louise of Orléans
8= 8. Gaston, Count of Eu
9= 9. Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil
10= 10. Count Johann Dobrzensky de Dobrzenicz
11= 11. Elisabeth Kottulinsky von Kottulin
12= 12. Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
13= 13. Princess Antonietta of the Two Sicilies
14= 14. Philippe, Count of Paris
15= 15. Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans
16= 16. Louis, Duke of Nemours
17= 17. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Kohary
18= 18. Pedro II of Brazil
19= 19. Teresa of the Two Sicilies
20= 20. Count Johann Nepomuk Dobrzensky de Dobrzenicz
21= 21. Maria Friederike Wanczura von Rzehnicz
22= 22. Josef Kottulinsky von Kottulin
23= 23. Adelheid von Attems-Heiligenkreuz
24= 24. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
25= 25. Maria Theresa of Austria
26= 26. Prince Francis, Count of Trapani
27= 27. Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria
28= 28. Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans
29= 29. Duchess Helena of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
30= 30. Antoine, Duke of Montpensier
31= 31. Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain

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