Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará
| Prince Pedro de Alcântara | |||||
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| Prince of Grão-Pará | |||||
| Head of the Imperial House of Brazil (disputed) | |||||
| Tenure | 14 November 1921 – 29 January 1940 | ||||
| Predecessor | Isabel | ||||
| Successor | Pedro Gastão | ||||
| Born | 15 October 1875 Petrópolis, Empire of Brazil | ||||
| Died | 29 January 1940 (aged 64) Petrópolis, Brazil | ||||
| Burial | Cathedral of São Pedro de Alcântara, Petrópolis | ||||
| Spouse | |||||
| Issue | Princess Isabelle, Countess of Paris Prince Pedro Gastão Princess Maria Francisca, Duchess of Braganza Prince João Maria Princess Teresa | ||||
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| House | Orléans-Braganza | ||||
| Father | Prince Gaston, Count of Eu | ||||
| Mother | Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil | ||||
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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, by virtue of which some royalists recognize him as having been Head of the Imperial House of Brazil.