Pedro De Alcântara, Prince Of Grão-Pará
'' Dom'' Pedro de Alcântara of Orléans-Braganza, Prince of Grão Pará (15 October 1875 – 29 January 1940) was the first-born son of '' Dona'' Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil and Prince Gaston of Orléans, Count of Eu, and as such, was born second-in-line to the imperial throne of Brazil, during the reign of his grandfather, Emperor ''Dom'' Pedro II, until the empire's abolition. He went into exile in Europe with his mother when his grandfather was deposed in 1889, and grew up largely in France, at a family apartment in Boulogne-sur-Seine, and at his father's castle, the Château d'Eu in Normandy. In 1908 he renounced his claim to the defunct throne of Brazil in an act whose legal validity is continually disputed,d'Orléans et Bragance, Isabelle. ''Tout m'est Bonheur''. Éditions Robert Laffont, Paris, 1978. pp. 14–16. French. .'' ndrade Figueiraconsidered that, despite the renunciation, the primogeniture rights of D. Pedro de Alcântara were inalienable by simpl ...
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Prince Of Grão-Pará
The Prince of Grão-Pará was the title bestowed on the eldest son of the Prince Imperial of Brazil. It was inspired and was analogous to the title of Prince of Beira, bestowed on the eldest son of the Prince Royal of Portugal. The title holder was the second in the line of succession to the throne of the Empire of Brazil, after the Prince Imperial. The title was established by article 105 of the 1824 Brazilian Constitution, which read: :''O Herdeiro do Imperio terá o Titulo de "Principe Imperial" e o seu Primogenito o de "Principe do Grão Pará" todos os mais terão o de "Principes". O tratamento do Herdeiro será o de "Alteza Imperial" e o mesmo será o do Principe do Grão Pará: os outros Principes terão o Tratamento de Alteza.'' :(The heir presumptive of the Empire will have the title of "Prince Imperial" and his first born son the title of "Prince of Grão-Pará", all the others shall have that of "Prince". The style of the heir presumptive and the Prince of Grão-Parà ...
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