Élida, Princess of Iriland

Princess Élida (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 23 April 1981) is the current Princess of Iriland and thus the first in the line of succession to the throne of Roschfallen as heiress to her brother, Arthur I, Prince of Roschfallen, since 28 January 2014. Born in Rio d Janeiro, Brazil, she is the first of the six children of Armando, Baron of Roches, head of the barional House of 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, Prince Heitor of Roschfallen, currently the second in the line of succession.

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 House of Brum, a German-Portuguese family from Dutch origins, which go back to the nobility of the Holy Roman Empire. She is great-great-great-great-grandson 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, Heitor. The couple and child took residence in the district of Iriland in Roschfallen.

Titles and styles

 * 28 January 2014 – present: Her Serene Highness The Princess of Iriland

National Honors
As Princess of Roschfallen, Élida is Grand Cross of the following Roschfallenian Orders:


 * Roschfallen Flag.png Grand Cross of the Most Serene Order of Vissen
 * Roschfallen Flag.png Grand Cross of the Most Serene Order of Blood
 * Roschfallen Flag.png Grand Cross of the Most Serene Order of the White Lion
 * Roschfallen Flag.png Grand Cross of the Most Serene Order of the Black Fleece
 * Roschfallen Flag.png Grand Cross of the Most Serene Order of the Golden Triumph
 * Roschfallen Flag.png Grand Cross of the Most Serene Order of the Heart of Magnus

Foreign Honors

 * NewSchneeblutigFlag.png Schneeblutigan Empire: Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Mauristaad
 * Flag of Russia.svg Russian Federation: Bolshoi Honor Prize by the Bolshoi Theatre Ballet
 * Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom: Gold Award by the The Royal Ballet of London
 * 125px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png Federative Republic of Brazil: Zilka Sallaberry Prize by the CEPETIN

Ancestry
The ancestry of Élida, Princess of Iriland: