Armando, 5th Baron of Roches

Armando
Baron of Roches
Head of the House of Bruyn
Reign	20 May 1992  – present
Predecessor	Mário van der Bruyn
Full name Armando van der Bruyn
Born	9 September 1961 (1961-09-09) Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara, Brazil
Noble family	Bruyn
Spouse(s)	Fabíola Figueiredo
Issue	Princess Élida Princess Louise Princess Elaine Arthur II of Ebenthal Princess Laura Princess Sophia
Father	Mário, 4th Baron of Roches
Mother	Lindalva di Savoia
Occupation	Hotel manager
Political offices Chief Executive of Saxenfurt Incumbent Assumed office 29 December 2019 Monarch Arthur II Preceded by Office established President of the Bank of Ebenthal Incumbent Assumed office 31 December 2019 Preceded by Jorge Beato Commissioner at the PLANET Incumbent Assumed office 8 September 2020

Armando, 5th Baron of Roches (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 9 September 1961) is the 17th Head of the House of Bruyn and 5th Baron of Roches in Portugal. He is the father of King Arthur II of Ebenthal and grandfather of Hector, Prince Royal. Born in Rio de Janeiro, in the former state of Guanabara, he is the last of the nine children of Mário, 4th Baron of Roches, and his wife Lidalva Barbosa de Sousa Saboia, a descendant in illegitimate line of King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy.

Graduated in hospitality and tourism and working as a hotel manager for over 30 years, Armando also holds the positions of President of the Bank of Ebenthal and Chief Executive of Saxenfurt, in addition to being Commissioner of the PLANET. Armando is also a poet, being the 2013 Brazilian champion of a poetry contest, as well as an amateur musician and aspiring psychoanalyst.

Biography

Early life and family

Armando van der Bruyn was born in 9 September 1961 as the youngest child of Mário van der Bruyn, 4th Baron of Roches, and Lindalva Barbosa de Sousa Sabóia, an illegitimate agnatic member of the House of Savoy as great-great-granddaughter of King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy. He was born in the former State of Guanabara, which ceased to exist when he was 14. Armando's father Mário, the 4th Baron of Roches, was legitimate son of Henrique van der Bruyn, 3rd Baron of Roches. Henrique, in turn, was son of Bernardino van der Bruyn, half-brother of Simão de Roches da Cunha Brum ("Brum" being the portuguese version of "van der Bruyn"). Simão, childless, adopted Henrique as his own son following Bernardino's death so he could inherit both the title, but more importantly, the state of the Bruyn family in the Azores.

Armando grew in the neighbourhood of Botafogo, in Rio de Janeiro, at the estate owned by his mother's family since 1876. He was educated thorugh a scholarship at the St. Ignatius College, one of the most prestigious schools in the country, graduating in 1978. He then studied hotel management at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro and later studied tourism at Estácio de Sá University.

Marriages and children

At the early age of 20, Armando had his first child, the future Princess Élida of Ebenthal, with a romantic affair, Wanda da Costa, in 1981. After it the two of them married and eventually had two more daughters, Laíze in 1984 and Eleine in 1987. Due to constant conflicts that strained the relationship, Armando and Wanda divorced in 1990. In 1994 Armando met Marília Carvalho while working at a hotel in Copacabana. The two began dating and soon decided to move in together, eventually moving to Fortaleza, in the state of Ceará, where Armando was employed as a manager of a luxury hotel. There, in 1998, the future King Arthur II of Ebenthal was born. Armando and Marília's relationship wasstable, but Armando, a womanizer, had multiple extramarital affairs (although the couple was never officially married). Because of this, Marília separated from Armando without trouble and returned to Rio de Janeiro with their son. Armando only returned to Rio de Janeiro in 2000, and began a relationship with Fabíola, a much younger black hairdresser, with whom he had two daughters, Laura in 2004 and Sophia in 2007. The couple got married in 2014.

Furthermore, Armando has five grandchildren: Hector, Prince Royal (2011), son of Princess Élida, Prince Lorenzo (2016), son of Princess Louise, and Prince Theodore (2008) and the twin Princesses Alice and Lara (2018), all children of Princess Elaine.

Role in Ebenthal

When his son Arthur became King of Ebenthal on 29 December 2019, Armando, in his capacity as owner of the Palace of Rochesburg, at the time seat of government, was immediately appointed Administrator of the capital of Ebenthal. Armando was also appointed President of the Bank of Ebenthal and Royal Treasurer. In 2020, with the creation of the PLANET and the installation of the Royal Observatory at the Palace of Rochesburg, Armando became Commissioner and part of the institute's administrative board, being primarily responsible for the Bubbington observatory. Among its main functions are the management, maintenance control and acquisition of new parts for the observatory, in addition to the maintenance of research records.

Also in 2020, the King Arthur II of Ebenthal made a decision not to grant titles to Armando so as not to prejudice his claim to the title of Baron of Roches in Portugal. Nevertheless, the monarch bestowed on his father the unique style of treatment in Ebenthal of Serene Highness.

Titles, styles and honours

Styles of Armando, Baron of Roches
Reference style	His Excellency
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Alternative style	Sire

Titles and styles

• 9 September 1961 – 20 May 1994: His Excellency The Hereditary Baron of Roches
• 20 May 1994 – present: His Excellecy The 5th Baron of Roches

Honours

National Honors

As father of the King of Ebenthal, Armando is recipient of the following Ebenthaler Orders:

• Knight of the Order of the Blue Blood
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Swiss Prince

Foreign Honors

• Federative Republic of Brazil: Knight of the Order of the Jurisdictional Merit
• Empire of Karnia-Ruthenia: Knight of the Imperial and Royal Order of the Lion
• State of Vishwamitra: Grand Cross of the Most Illustrious Royal Order of the Crown of Vishwamitra
• Kingdom of Sildavia: Recipient of the Commemorative Medal of the First Queen's Day
• Kingdom of Roschfallen: Grand Cross of the Most Serene Order of Blue Blood
• Kingdom of Roschfallen: Grand Cross of the Most Serene Order of the Crowned White Lion
• Kingdom of Roschfallen: Grand Cross of the Most Serene Order of the Golden Triumph
• Sultanate of Harram: Grand Cross of the Order of Hassan the Great
• Sultanate of Harram: Grand Cross of the Most Sacred Order of the Sultan

Ancestry

The ancestry of Armando:

Ancestors of Armando, 5th Baron of Roches

16.               8. Bernardino Ignácio van der Bruyn ()                       17. TBD               4. Henrique Ignácio van der Bruyn, 3rd Baron of Roches (1886-1950)                             18. Macedo van der Bruyn               9. Maria Macedo van der Bruyn ()                       19. TBD               2. Mário Ignácio van der Bruyn, 4th Baron of Roches (1912-1994)                                   20. TBD               10. Fernando Martins Leite ()                       21. TBD               5. Isabel Leite van der Bruyn (1888-1963)                             22. TBD               11. Maria Leal da Costa ()                       23. TBD               1. Armando Ignácio van der Bruyn, 5th Baron of Roches (1961)                                         24. José Marques Barbosa               12. Manoel Marques Barbosa (1865-1899)                       25. Maria da Silva Marques               6. Armando Marques Barbosa (1899-1980)                             26. José Pedrosa               13. Justina Martins Marques (1873-1946)                       27. Maria Martins da Costa               3. Lidalva Barbosa de Souza Savoy (1930-2010)                                   28. TBD               14. Antônio de Souza (1878-19??)                       29. TBD               7. Maria Perpétua de Souza Savoy (1904-1934)                             30. Emmanuel Saboia (1858-19??)¹               15. Leonília Saboia (1882-19??)                       31. Tupinambá Woman

References

Armando, 5th Baron of Roches House of Bruyn Born: 9 September 1961
Noble titles
Preceded by Mário van der Bruyn	Baron of Roches 20 May 1992 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Jorge Beato	Administrator of Altenburg 29 December 2019 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Marcos Beato	President of the Bank of Ebenthal 31 December 2019 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent