Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza is a Brazilian royal, one of two claimants to the defunct Brazilian throne, and head of the Petrópolis branch of the Brazilian Imperial House.
Background
Prince Pedro Carlos was born in Rio de Janeiro, the eldest son of six children of Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza and his wife, Princess Maria de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. By his father, Pedro Carlos is the cousin of Prince Henri, Count of Paris, Duke of France (born 1933), Orléanist pretender to the French throne, and Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza (born 1945), pretender to the throne of Portugal.
Career
He was baptised with the names Pedro de Alcântara Carlos João Lourenço Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga. By his mother, he is also the cousin of Juan Carlos I of Spain (born 1938) and Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (born 1926). Pedro Carlos is a forest engineer
Politics
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. Since the death of his father he is considered as the senior representative of the Imperial House of Brazil.