Maria Amalia of Brazil

Princess Maria Amalia, portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler

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 .

Web links

Commons : Maria Amalia of Brazil - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Konrad Kramar, Petra Stuiber: The quirky Habsburgs. Quirks and airs of an imperial house. Ueberreuter, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-8000-3742-4 .

personal data
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

[1] Konrad Kramar, Petra Stuiber: The quirky Habsburgs. Quirks and airs of an imperial house. Ueberreuter, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-8000-3742-4 .