His older brother , Prince Pedro Luíz , was a passenger on Air France Flight 447 , which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean while traveling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on 1 June 2009 . His body was later recovered and interred . Although prior to his death the elder brother had been expected to take up the dynastic claim , he had impressed upon his younger brother the importance of the imperial legacy as a familial duty
Air France Flight 447
Air France Flight 447
Prince Rafael of Orléans-Braganza