Prince Pedro Gastao of Orleans-Braganza (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Prince Pedro Gastao of Orleans-Braganza (born Pedro de Alcantara Gastao Joao Maria Filipe Lourenco Humberto Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Orleans e Braganca) (19 February 1913 - 27 December 2007) was one of two claimants to the Brazilian throne and head of the Petropolis branch of the Brazilian Imperial House. Prince Pedro Gastao was the son of Prince Pedro de Alcantara of Orleans-Braganza and Countess Elisabeth Dobr ensky de Dobr enicz. He was born in Eu, France. He spent his youth in Europe and at his family's Parisian home in the Boulogne sur Seine suburb: "I have very good memories of my grandparents... In exile in France I was always brought up thinking of Brazil not France or Portugal." A few years before his death Pedro Gastao's father Prince Pedro de Alcantara told a Brazilian newspaper: "My resignation was not valid for many reasons: besides, it was not a hereditary resignation."