Prince Pedro Luiz of Orléans-Braganza ( 12 January 19831 June 2009 ) was the son of Prince Antônio of Orléans-Braganza , and was third in the line of succession to the former Brazilian throne , abolished in 1889 . A current pretender to the former imperial crown of Brazil and one of two claimants to be head of the former dynasty is his childless uncle , Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza . Prince Luiz ' heir is another childless uncle , Prince Bertrand ( born 1941 ) , and his own father , Prince Antônio , is second in line . Some monarchists expected Prince Pedro Luiz to eventually become the pretender on the deaths of his father and uncles . Pedro Luiz ' younger brother , Prince Rafael , took his place in the line of succession upon legal declaration of Pedro Luiz ' death in the crash of Air France Flight 447
Air France Flight 447
Air France Flight 447
Prince Pedro Luiz of Orléans-Braganza