Pedro Thiago of Orléans-Braganza

Pedro Thiago of Orléans-Braganza
Pedro Thiago of Orléans-Braganza
Born	12 January 1979; Petrópolis, Brazil
Parents	Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza (father); Rony Kuhn de Souza (mother);

Prince Pedro Thiago of Orléans-Braganza (born 12 January 1979) is a member of the former Brazilian Imperial Family.

Biography

He was born in Petrópolis, the son of Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza and his first wife Rony Kuhn de Souza who died two days after his birth.

On 26 May 1992, Pedro Thiago was kidnapped while on his way to school and held for a ransom reported at $5 million.[1] He was freed on 2 June after police raided a house in a Rio de Janeiro suburb.[2] In January 2002, he was indicted on charges relating to the theft and then sale of a set of porcelain dishes from the Palace of the Grão-Pará belonging to his aunt Princess Christina.[3]

He has been awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Pedro I, as well of the Order of the Rose.[4]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Pedro Thiago of Orléans-Braganza

16. Gaston, Count of Eu

8. Pedro de Alcantara of Orléans-Braganza

17. Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil

4. Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza

18. Count Johann Dobrzensky de Dobrzenicz

9. Countess Elisabeth Dobržensky de Dobrženicz

19. Elisabeth Kottulinsky von Kottulin

2. Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza

20. Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta

10. Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

21. Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

5. Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

22. Philippe, Count of Paris

11. Princess Louise of Orléans

23. Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans

1. Pedro Thiago of Orléans-Braganza

6. Alfredo Kuhn

3. Rony Kuhn de Sousa

7. Maria da Graça de Sousa

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References

Soca, Ricardo (29 May 1992). "La policía brasileña prepara una "operación de guerra" para rescatar al príncipe Pedro". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2007.
"Police raid hideout near Rio and liberate a teen Prince". Deseret News. 2 June 1992.
Rother, Larry (6 January 2002). "Brazil's Royal Scandal: Prince Is Said to Steal Aunt's Dishes". NY Times. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
Sainty, Guy Stair. "House of Bourbon: Branch of Orléans-Braganza". Chivalric Orders. Archived from the original on 25 October 2008. Retrieved 27 December 2007.

External links

The Imperial Family of Brazil
Um príncipe na polícia do Rio (in Portuguese)

Titles in pretence
Pedro Thiago of Orléans-Braganza House of Orléans-Braganza Cadet branch of the House of Orléans Born: 12 January 1979
First heir apparent	Petrópolis line of succession to the Brazilian throne 1st position	Succeeded by Prince Felipe Rodrigo

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[1] Soca, Ricardo (29 May 1992). "La policía brasileña prepara una "operación de guerra" para rescatar al príncipe Pedro". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2007.

[2] "Police raid hideout near Rio and liberate a teen Prince". Deseret News. 2 June 1992.

[3] Rother, Larry (6 January 2002). "Brazil's Royal Scandal: Prince Is Said to Steal Aunt's Dishes". NY Times. Retrieved 27 December 2007.

[4] Sainty, Guy Stair. "House of Bourbon: Branch of Orléans-Braganza". Chivalric Orders. Archived from the original on 25 October 2008. Retrieved 27 December 2007.