Bertrand de Orléans e Bragança

Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza is the current head of the Vassouras branch of the House of Orléans-Braganza and one of the two principal claimants to the defunct Brazilian throne. He assumed the position on 15 July 2022, following the death of his elder brother, Luiz of Orléans-Braganza. The Vassouras branch asserts its claim in opposition to the Petrópolis branch of the Orléans-Braganzas, headed by Pedro Carlos. Both Bertrand and Pedro Carlos are great-grandsons of Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, daughter and heir of Emperor Pedro II, of the House of Braganza. The rivalry between the two branches stems from a dynastic dispute involving their fathers—who were first cousins—regarding the validity of renunciations and succession rights within the former Brazilian imperial family.