Prince Pedro of Brazil

Prince Pedro of Brazil (born 1 December 1945) is the son of Pedro Henrique, Prince of Brazil and Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria, member of the Imperial House of Brazil. Born Prince of Brazil and Prince of Orléans-Braganza, he renounced his rights to the throne of Brazil, for himself and his future offspring, on December 28, 1972.

Training
He graduated in Economics from the Faculty of Economics of Instituto Metodista Bennet.

Marriage and children
He was married in the Church of the Imperial Irmandade de Nossa Senhora da Glória do Outeiro on July 4, 1974, with the four-hundred-year-old Maria de Fátima de Andrada Baptista de Oliveira de Lacerda Rocha, great-great-great-niece of the "Patriarch of Independence", José Bonifácio de Andrade and Silva. Maria de Fátima was born in Rio on July 14, 1952, the daughter of Orlando de Lacerda Rocha and Sílvia Maria de Andrada Baptista de Oliveira, her family descending from the Portuguese nobility and the nobility of the Empire of Brazil. His wife was titled princess Maria de Fátima of Orléans-Braganza by Pedro Henrique.

Descendants
The couple has five children:

He lives with his family in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Botafogo.
 * Maria Pia of Orléans-Braganza (August 23, 1975 in Rio de Janeiro). Bachelor of Laws from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. Working in his uncle's office, D. Alberto. She has been married since August 25, 2001 to Rodrigo Octávio Broglia Mendes (1975).
 * Maria Carolina of Orléans-Braganza (September 19, 1978 in Rio de Janeiro). She graduated in Industrial Design from Universidade Cândido Mendes, in Rio de Janeiro. She has been married since December 2, 2005, to Nuno de Carvalho Moreira (1974).
 * Gabriel of Orléans-Braganza (December 1, 1980 in Rio de Janeiro). Lawyer, postgraduate in Business Law from Fundação Getúlio Vargas/RJ. Since July 19, 2009, he has been married to Luciana Oliveira de Souza Guaspari (1981).
 * Maria de Fátima Isabel of Orléans-Braganza (May 13, 1988 in Rio de Janeiro).
 * Maria Manuela of Orléans-Braganza (May 26, 1989 in Rio de Janeiro).