Pedro Thiago, Prince Imperial of Brazil

Pedro Thiago, Prince Imperial of Brazil (born 12 January 1979) is a member of the former Brazilian Imperial Family.

Biography
He was born in Petrópolis, the son of Pedro Carlos, Prince of Brazil 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.