Mother Rony Kuhn de Souza | Name Prince Thiago | |
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Born 12 January 1979 (age 45)
Petropolis, Brazil ( 1979-01-12 ) House House of Orleans-Braganza Father Prince Pedro Carlos of Orleans-Braganza | ||
Prince Pedro Thiago of Orléans-Braganza (born 12 January 1979) is a member of the Brazilian Imperial Family. According to the claims of the Petrópolis branch, he is the current Prince Imperial of Brazil and therefore first in line of succession to the defunct Brazilian throne.
Biography
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.
On 26 May 1992, Pedro Thiago was kidnapped while on his way to school and held for a ransom reported at $5 million. He was freed on 2 June after police raided a house in a Rio de Janeiro suburb. 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.
He has been awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Pedro I, as well of the Order of the Rose.