Leopoldina of Brazil
Leopoldina Teresa Francisca Carolina Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Bragança (born July 13, 1847 in Rio de Janeiro , † February 7, 1871 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ) was a princess of Brazil .
Life
Leopoldina was a daughter of Emperor Peter II of Brazil and Empress Teresa Maria Cristina of Naples-Sicily .
On December 15, 1864, she married Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , son of Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Clementine d'Orléans , Princess of France.
Princess Leopoldina died of typhus in Vienna in 1871 at the age of 23 . She was buried in the so-called Koháry crypt of the St. Augustin church in Coburg .
progeny
- Peter August (* Rio de Janeiro March 19, 1866 - July 6, 1934)
- August Leopold (* Rio de Janeiro December 6, 1867 - October 11, 1922)
- Joseph (* Petrópolis May 21, 1869; † August 13, 1888)
- Ludwig Gaston (* Ebenthal September 15, 1870; † January 23, 1942)
Web links
Commons : Leopoldina of Brazil - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- A nossa Princesa Leopoldina (Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ^ Harald Sandner: The House of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha 1826 to 2001; Documentation on the 175th anniversary of the parent company in words and pictures. Druck- und Verlagsanstalt Neue Presse, Coburg 2001, ISBN 3-00-008525-4 , p. 318
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Leopoldina of Brazil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gonzaga de Bragança, Leopoldina Teresa Francisca Carolina Micaela Gabriela Rafaela |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Brazil |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rio de Janeiro , Brazil |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 1871 |
| Place of death | Vienna , Austria-Hungary |