PedroHenriqueofOrlansBraganza

French-born great-grandson of the last emperor of Brazil, Pedro II, and one of two claimants to the abolished throne. He was born during the exile of the Brazilian imperial family, which had been deposed in 1889. His father, Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza, was the second son of the heir to the defunct Brazilian throne, the Princess Imperial Isabel, and Prince Gaston, Count of Eu. His mother was Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. The year before Pedro Henriques birth, she recognized his father, Luiz, as the heir to the succession when Luizs elder brother, Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, renounced his claim to the throne on behalf of himself and his descendants. Thus, at birth Pedro Henrique became claimant to the title of Prince of Grão-Pará, according to Article 105 of the defunct Constitution of 1824. Upon the death of his father in 1920 Pedro Henrique became claimant to the title of Prince Imperial, but on 14 November 1921 Princess Isabel died at the Castle dEu. So, at age of 12 Prince Pedro Henrique became the head of the imperial family. Had he became emperor, his imperial name would be Dom Pedro III. Pedro Henrique was only able to return to Brazil in 1945, when the Second World War ended. Pedro Henrique married Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria at Nymphenburg Palace, Bavaria, on 17 August 1937. They had twelve children. He died on 5 July 1981 at age 71 in Vassouras, Brazil. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less