Princess Élida of Ebenthal

Princess Élida
Princess of Ebenthal
Spouse	Filipe Schlotterbeck
Issue
Heitor, Prince of Bruges
Full name
Élida Roberta da Costa Brum
House	Brum
Father	Armando, Baron of Roches
Mother	Wanda da Costa
Born	23 April 1981 (1981-04-23) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation	Ballet dancer
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Ebenthali Royal Family
House of Brum
Armando, 5th Baron of Roches
Children HM Arthur II HRH Princess Élida HRH Princess Laíze HRH Princess Eleine HRH Princess Laura HRH Princess Sophia Grandchildren HRH Heitor, Prince of Altenburg HRH Prince Theo HRH Prince Lorenzo HRH Princess Alice HRH Princess Lara

Styles of Élida, Princess of Belmonte
Reference style	Her Illustrious Highness
Spoken style	Your Illustrious Highness
Alternative style	Ma'am

Princess Élida (born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 23 April 1981) is a Princess of Ebenthal, sister of King Arthur II and former heiress to her brother's throne as Princess of Belmonte, being the last holder of the title to be heir to the Ebenthali throne. She had been also heiress to her brother when he was King of Roschfallen under the title of Princess of Iriland. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she is the first of the six children of Armando, Baron of Roches, head of the barional Clan Brum, and his first wife Wanda da Costa.

In 2011 Princess Élida married the Brazilian Filipe Schlotterbeck, from São Paulo, with whom she had a son, Heitor, Prince of Bruges, in favor of whom she resigned her dynastical rights in 11 April 2021.

Biography

Early life

Élida was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 1981, as the first daughter of Armando, then Hereditary Baron of Roches to his first wife, Ms. Wanda da Costa Brum, both aged 20 when she was born. Through her father, she is a member of the Clan Brum, a Dutch-Portuguese family, which go back to the nobility of Scotland and the Holy Roman Empire. She is great-great-great-great-granddaughter of King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy through a bastard line.

Education and career

She began her studies at the St. Ignatius College in Rio de Janeiro where she graduated. At the age of 11 she startet a ballet course, being so successful she was invited to the Royal Ballet School, an offer she declined because of her grandparents, who raised her, and which she didn't want to leave. She later presented to Mikhail Baryshnikov and was invited to take part at the Bolshoi Ballet, which she also declined.

In 2001 she joined the ballet company of the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theatre, under the guidance of Ana Botafogo. She rose inside the company to be nowadays the number one ballet dancer, succeeding Ana.

Marriage and children

In 2009 she began to date Mr. Filipe Schlotterback, a Paulistan ballet dancer who moved to Rio to work at the National Theatre, where he become the number one ballet dancer as well. The two moved together and in 2011 they have a son, born Prince Heitor of Ebenthal. The couple and child took residence in the Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro, currently the city of Gillisburgh.

Titles, styles and honours

Titles and styles

• 28 January 2014 – 29 December 2019: Her Serene Highness The Princess of Iriland
• 29 December 2019 – 11 April 2021: Her Gracious Highness The Princess of Belmonte
• 29 December 2019 – 11 April 2021: Her Royal Highness Princess Élida of Ebenthal

Honours

National Honors

As Princess of Ebenthal, Élida is recipient of the following orders:

• Grand Cross of the Order of the Swiss Prince
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Silver Cat
• Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Arnald
• Dame of the Order of Dagon
• Dame of the Order of Lady Mary

Foreign Honors

• Schneeblutig: Grand Cross of the Order of Peterstad
• Soviet Union: Bolshoi Honor Prize 1991 Edition by the Bolshoi Theatre Ballet
• United Kingdom: Gold Award by the The Royal Ballet of London
• Brazil: Zilka Sallaberry Prize by the CEPETIN
• Karnia-Ruthenia: Dame of the Order of the Queen
• Roschfallen: Grand Cross of the Order of Blue Blood
• Roschfallen: Grand Cross of the Order of the Crowned White Lion
• Roschfallen: Grand Cross of the Order of the Golden Triumph
• Roschfallen: Grand Cross of the Order of the Magnum Heart
• Vishwamitra: Companion of the Order for Merit and Public Service

Ancestry

The ancestry of Élida, Princess of Iriland:

Ancestors of Princess Élida of Ebenthal

16. TBD               8. Henrique Ignácio Brum, 4th Baron of Roches                       17. TBD               4. Baron Mário Ignácio Brum                             18. TBD               9. Isabel Leite Brum                       19. Justina Martins Marques               2. Armando Ignácio Brum, 5th Baron of Roches                                   20. TBD               10. Armando Marques Barbosa                       21. TBD               5. Lidalva Barbosa de Souza Savoy                             22. Antônio de Souza               11. Maria Perpétua de Souza Savoy                       23. Leonília Savoy               1. Élida, Princess of Belmonte                                         24. TBD               12. TBD                       25. TBD               6. TBD                             26. TBD               13. TBD                       27. TBD               3. Wanda da Costa                                   28. TBD               14. TBD                       29. TBD               7. TBD                             30. TBD               15. TBD                       31. TBD

References

Princess Élida of Ebenthal Clan Brum Born: 23 April 1981
Preceded by Prince Pedro	Princess of Belmonte 29 December 2019 – 11 April 2021	Succeeded by Prince Pedro
Preceded by New title	Princess of Roschfallen 28 January 2014 – 29 December 2019	Succeeded by Prince Cláudio