Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza

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Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza (born 2 February 1941) is the current head of the Vassouras branch of the House of Orléans-Braganza. He is one of the two principal claimants to the defunct Brazilian throne. He assumed the headship of the branch on 15 July 2022, following the death of his elder brother, Luiz of Orléans-Braganza. The Vassouras claim is contested by the rival Petrópolis branch, headed by Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza. Both men are great-grandsons of Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, the daughter and heiress of Emperor Pedro II of the House of Braganza. The long-standing rivalry between the two branches originates in a dynastic dispute concerning the validity of the 1908 renunciation of succession rights by Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará (eldest son of Princess Isabel and grandfather of Pedro Carlos), and the consequent rights of his younger brother Luís and the latter’s descendants.

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