Maria Amalia of Brazil
Maria Amalia de Bragança (full name Maria Amalia Augusta Eugénia Josefina Luisa Teodelinda Heloisa Francisca Xavier de Paula Micaela Gabriela Rafela Gonzaga de Bragança ; * December 1, 1831 in Paris , † February 4, 1853 in Funchal , Madeira ) was a princess of Brazil .
Life
Maria Amalia was the only child from the marriage of Pedro I , the first emperor of Brazil , and his second wife Amélie von Leuchtenberg .
When Maria Amalia was born in 1831, her father had already renounced the Portuguese throne in favor of his eldest daughter Maria II and fled into exile in France .
Maria Amalia had poor health and died at the age of 21, unmarried, in Funchal on the Portuguese island of Madeira . Her cousin Ferdinand Maximilian was as good as engaged to her. The emperor had just given his consent to marriage when Maria Amalia died of pulmonary tuberculosis . Ferdinand Maximilian always carried a ring with him that was made from her hair.
Maria Amalia is buried in the Braganzian family crypt São Vicente de Fora in Lisbon .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Konrad Kramar, Petra Stuiber: The quirky Habsburgs. Quirks and airs of an imperial house. Ueberreuter, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-8000-3742-4 .
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SURNAME | Maria Amalia of Brazil |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bragança, Maria Amalia de; Bragança, Maria Amalia Augusta Eugénia Josefina Luisa Teodelinda Heloisa Francisca Xavier de Paula Micaela Gabriela Rafela Gonzaga de |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian princess |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1831 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
DATE OF DEATH | February 4, 1853 |
Place of death | Funchal in Madeira |