Prince Pedro Thiago of Orléans-Braganza

Prince Pedro Thiago of Orléans-Braganza (born 12 January 1979) is a member of the Imperial Family of Brazil and heir to the leadership of the Petrópolis branch founded by his grandfather Prince Pedro Gastão.

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 college and held for a ransom reported at $5,000,000. He was freed on June 2 after Police raided a house in a Rio de Janiero suburb. In January 2002 he was indicted on charges relating to the theft and then sale of a set of porcelain dishes from the Grão Pará Palace belonging to his aunt Princess Christina.

He has been awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Pedro I and the Rose.

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