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roehenstart · 2 years

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Portrait of Princess Maria Leopoldine von Liechtenstein, née Countess von Sternberg (1733-1809). By August Friedrich Oelenhainz.

Leopoldine von Sternberg (1733–1809) was a princess consort of Liechtenstein by marriage to Prince Franz Joseph I.

#August Friedrich Oelenhainz #fürstentum liechtenstein #haus liechtenstein #german aristocracy #full length portrait #princess maria leopoldine #full-length portrait #princess of liechtenstein

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caroline-klaus · 2 years

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Luise Heyer as Maria Leopoldina of Austria, the Empress Consort of Brazil, Queen Consort of Portugal and Archduchess of Austria

Dona Maria Leopoldina of Austria (22 January 1797 – 11 December 1826) was born Caroline Josepha Leopoldine Franziska Ferdinanda of Habsburg-Lorraine in Vienna, Austria, Holy Roman Empire. She was the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Franz II and Empress Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily. In 1817 the Archduchess married Prince Dom Pedro of Braganza (12 October 1798 – 24 September 1834), heir to Portugal, later the Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil and King Dom Pedro IV of Portugal. The couple had 7 children: Queen Maria II of Portugal, Miguel, Prince of Beira, João Carlos, Prince of Beira, Princess Januária of Brazil, Princess Paula of Brazil, Princess Francisca of Brazil and Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil. On September 2, 1822 while she was the Acting Princess Regent of the Kingdom of Brazil in the absence of her husband Maria Leopoldina signed the Decree of Independence, declaring Brazil separate from Portugal. She died at age 29 in 1826 after a miscarriage. As Acting Regent Maria Leopoldina was the first woman to govern an independent Brazil, the first empress consort of the country, the first empress of the Americas and the first woman to govern an independent American country.

Victoria Guerra as Amélia of Leuchtenberg, the Empress Consort of Brazil and Duchess of Braganza

Dona Amélia of Leuchtenberg (31 July 1812 – 26 January 1873) was born Amélie Auguste Eugénie Napoléonne de Leuchtenberg in Milan, Kingdom of Italy. She was the daughter of Eugène de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg and Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Duchess of Leuchtenberg. She was the second wife of Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil after their marriage in 1829 and they had one child, the Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil. After Dom Pedro I abdicated the Brazilian crown, Amélia accompanied her husband back to Europe. They held the titles of Duke and Duchess of Braganza until Pedro’s dead in 1834. Amélia died in Lisbon at the age of 60 in 1873.

A VIAGEM DE PEDRO | PEDRO, BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA (2021). Dir. Laís Bodanzky

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princessvictoriamelita · 2 years

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A group photograph taken at Coburg at the family gathering for the wedding of Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and Prince Ernest Hohenlohe-Langenburg (not in this photograph). It is probably Schloss Ehrenburg. The names of 26 people in the photograph are written underneath.

Seated: Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1853-1920) ; Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen (1860-1919); Leopoldine, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1937-1903).

First row: Prince Heinrich XXVII of Reuss (1858-1928); Empress Augusta Victoria of Germany (1858-1921); Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1832-1913); Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia (1854-1920); Princess Elise Reuss (1864-1929); Princess Mary, Duchess of York (1867-1953); Victoria Melita, Grand Duchess of Hesse (1876-1936); Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1884-1966).

Second row: Princess Feodore of Saxe-Meiningen (1866-1932); Princess Louise of Belgium, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1858-1924); Maria, Princess Ferdinand of Roumania (1875-1938); Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867-1929); Princess Feodore of Leiningen (1866-1932); Prince George, Duke of York (1865-1936); Ernest Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868-1937).

Back row: Count Albert Mensdorff (1861-1945); Emich Prince of Leiningen (1866-19932); Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg;-Gotha (18440-1921) Prince Ferdinand of Roumania (1865-1927); Emperor William II of Germany(1859-1941) ; Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1846-1900); Grand Duke Paul of Russia (1860-1919).

Source: Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2021.

#duke alfred of saxe-coburg and gotha #duchess maria of saxe-coburg and gotha #king george v of the united kingdom #queen mary of the united kingdom #crown prince ferdinand of romania #crown princess marie of romania #grand duchess maria pavlovna #hereditary prince alfred of saxe-coburg and gotha #grand duke ernest louis of hesse-darmstadt #grand duchess victoria melita of hesse-darmstadt #princess consort leopoldine of hohenlohe-langenburg #prince hermann of hohenlohe-langenburg #prince philipp of saxe-coburg and gotha #princess philipp of saxe-coburg and gotha #princess beatrice of saxe-coburg and gotha #german empress augusta victoria #kaiser wilhelm ii #prince maximilian of baden #emich 5th prince of leiningen #princess feodora of leiningen #princess elise reuss younger line #princess feodora of saxe-meiningen #1896 #1890s #royal weddings #heinrich xxvii prince reuss younger line

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local-sourchild · 2 years

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(Yes I did an Ex-Wives version about the monarchs and lovers of the Brazilian court because I can)

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(Empress~)

Leopoldine: My name's Maria Leopoldine of Austria

Leopoldine: Was married 24 years

Leopoldine: I'm a paragon of royalty, my loyalty is to my countries

Leopoldine: So if you try to dump me

Leopoldine: You won't try that again~

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(Lover~)

Domitila: I'm that Domitila girl and I'm up next

Domitila: See I was the unpopular lover of the king

Domitila: Yeah, I'm that sexy

Domitila: Why did I lose my power?

Domitila: Well, my reputation maybe be terrible but my lipstick is red

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(Married~)

Amélia: Amélia of Leuchtenberg, the only one he truly loved

(Leopoldine & Domitila: Rude)

Amélia: When , I died

Amélia: But I'm not what I seem or am I?

Amélia: Stick around and you'll suddenly see more

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(Empress~)

Teresa Cristina: Eu sou Teresa Cristina

(Sim!)

Teresa Cristina: When he saw my portrait, he was like

(Yeah!)

Teresa Cristina: But I didn't look as good as good as I did in my pic

Teresa Cristina: Funny how we all discuss that but never Pedro's little affair-

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Luísa: Prick up your ears, I'm the Countess of Barral who's the king had an affair

(Lover~)

Luísa: I'm the one that caused his promiscuity outside of wed

Luísa: Lock up your husbands

Luísa: Lock up your sons

Luísa: L.Barros is here and the fun's begun!

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(Princess~)

Isabel: Five down, I'm the final monarch

Isabel: I saw my country in the end of our reign

Isabel: I'm the survivor, princess Isabel

Isabel: I bet you wanna know how I got this far

Isabel: I said I bet you wanna know how we got this far

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All: Do you wanna know how we got this far then?

#maria leopoldine of austria #domitila #Amélia of Leuchtenberg #Teresa Cristina #Condessa de Barral #Princess Isabel of Brazil #OK THIS IS AMAZING #PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS WOMEN

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tiny-librarian · 6 years

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Royal birthdays for today, December 10th:

Chen Shubao, Emperor of China, 553

Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Electress of Bavaria, 1776

Yahya Petra, Sultan of Kelantan, 1917

Gabriella, Countess of Carladès, 2014

Jacques, Hereditary Prince of Monaco, 2014

#Chen Shubao #Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este #Yahya Petra of Kelantan #princess gabriella #prince jacques #royal birthdays #long live the queue

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gogmstuff · 2 years

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Louis XVI period fashions (from top to bottom) -

1776 Princess Maria Antonia von Liechtenstein by Friedrich Oelenhainz (Liechtenstein Collection - probably Wien, Austria). From www.liechtensteincollections.at 2160X1549 @300 1.1 Mj. © LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vaduz–Vienna.

1776 Princess Maria Leopoldine of Liechtenstein by Friedrich Oelenhainz (Liechtenstein Collection - probably Wien, Austria). From www.liechtensteincollections.at 1160X2160 @300 790kj. © LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vaduz–Vienna.

Woman playing a harp with a singer and their music instructor by the circle of Marie-Victoire Lemoine (location ?). From tumblr.com/blog/view/jeannepompadour/101829915663; removed flaws & spots w P'shop 1280X1574 @72 656kB.

1788 Marie-Thérèse, princesse de Lamballe by Anton Hickel (Liechtenstein Collection - probably Wien, Austria). From www.liechtensteincollections.at 1406X2160 @300 989kj. © LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vaduz–Vienna.

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historywithlaura · 3 years

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TERESA CRISTINA & PEDRO II

The Royal Wedding of a Princess of the Two Sicilies and the Emperor of Brazil

(married 1843)

pictured above is a portrait of the Emperor and Empress of Brazil, from 1843

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SERIES - On this day September Edition: Teresa Cristina and Pedro were married on 4 September 1843.

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TERESA CRISTINA MARIA GIUSEPPA GASPARE BALDASSARRE MELCHIORE GENNARA FRANCESCA DA PAOLA DONATA BONOSA ANDREA D'AVELLINO RITA LUITGARDA GELTRUDA VENANZIA TADDEA SPIRIDIONE ROCCA MATILDE was the youngest daughter of Francesco I, King of the Two Sicilies and his second wife Infanta María Isabel of Spain. She was a member of the HOUSE OF BOURBON-TWO SICILIES and was from her birth in 1822 a PRINCESS OF THE TWO SICILIES.

PEDRO DE ALCÂNTARA JOÃO CARLOS LEOPOLDO SALVADOR BIBIANO FRANCISCO XAVIER DE PAULA LEOCÁDIO MIGUEL GABRIEL RAFAEL GONZAGA was the third son of Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil and his first wife Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria. He was a member of the Brazilian branch of the HOUSE OF BRAGANZA and had been PEDRO II, the EMPEROR OF BRAZIL since his father's abdication in 1831.

When the Emperor was coming of age the Regency Council sought to find a wife for him. And when Ferdinando II, King of the Two Sicilies heard of the news he proposed his sister's hand and a portrait of the Princess was sent to Brazil.

The Council convinced the Emperor to accept the offer and they were married by proxy on 30 May 1843, in Naples, in a ceremony where one of the Princess' older brothers Leopoldo, Count of Syracuse represented the Emperor.

pictured above is a painting of the proxy wedding ceremony of the Princess of the Two Sicilies and the Emperor of Brazil (represented by the Count of Syracuse), by Alessandro Ciccarelli from 1846

After their wedding by proxy the new EMPRESS CONSORT OF BRAZIL sailed to Brazil, arriving at the Imperial capital Rio de Janeiro in September 1843.

On her arrival the Emperor rushed to meet her in her ship but was disappointed with her appearance. Although feeling deceived they were married the next day, on 4 September 1843, in a lavish religious ceremony at the Royal Chapel, in Rio de Janeiro.

They had four children (check the list below), two boys and two girls. However both their sons died young leaving their eldest daughter Princess Isabel as heir to the Imperial throne.

It was certain not a love marriage but they managed to live in good terms, besides the Emperor having had affairs with other women.

In November 1889 a military coup proclaimed the Republic of Brazil and the Monarchy was abolished. Two days later the Imperial Family was forced to flee into exile to Europe, arriving in Portugal by December 1889.

At the time of their arrival, Lisbon was being prepared for the acclamation of Carlos I, the new King of Portugal, a grandnephew of the former Emperor of Brazil, so they left to Oporto.

By the end of December 1889 the Provisional Government of Brazil passed a law banishing all members of the former Imperial Family to ever set foot in Brazil.

This news shattered the former Empress of Brazil, who was already sick, and she died on 28 December 1889.

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Following her death the former Emperor moved to Paris and died there in 1891, almost two years later. He never remarried.

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Because of the Banishment Law their descendants were not allowed to return to Brazil until 1920, when the law was revoked.

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TERESA CRISTINA and PEDRO II had four children...

Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil - died aged two;

Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil - wife of Gaston, Count of Eu;

Princess Leopoldina of Brazil - wife of Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; and

Pedro Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil - died aged seventeen months.

pictured above is a family portrait of the Brazilian Imperial Family depicting the Emperor and Empress of Brazil with their two surviving children Princess Leopoldina and the Princess Imperial, by François-René Moreaux from 1857

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Check my post about TERESA CRISTINA's mother!

Her mother was María Isabel, an Infanta of Spain from her birth in 1789.

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venicepearl · 2 years

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Princess Sophie Maria Friederike Auguste Leopoldine Alexandrine Ernestine Albertine Elisabeth of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony (15 March 1845, Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony – 9 March 1867, Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria) was the eighth and youngest child of John of Saxony and his wife Amalie Auguste of Bavaria and a younger sister of Albert of Saxony and George of Saxony. Through her marriage to Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria, Sophie was a member of the House of Wittelsbach and a Duchess in Bavaria.

#Sophie of Saxony #House Wettin #XIX century #people #portrait #photo #photography #Black and White

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germanaustriannoblesandroyals · 4 years

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Common Royal & Noble Names: Marie / Mary / Maria

Mary of Burgundy

Princess Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg

Archduchess Maria Theresia of Austria

Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria

Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria

Archduchess Marie Leopoldine of Austria

Princess Marie of Prussia

Marie in Bavaria

Baroness Marie Louise of Wallersee

Baroness Marie Vetsera

#historyedit #women in history #historical women #maria theresia #marie antoinette #mary of burgundy #noble names #mary vetsera #marie louise of wallersee #Marie in Bavaria #Marie Leopoldine of Austria #Maria Anna of Austria #Maria Antonia of Austria #Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg #names

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roehenstart · 5 months

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Portrait of Princess Maria Leopoldine von Liechtenstein, neé Countess von Sternberg (1733-1809). Unknown artist.

#liechtenstein museum #german aristocracy #liechtenstein #princess of liechtenstein #fürstentum liechtenstein #countess von sternberg #princess maria leopoldine von liechtenstein #haus liechtenstein

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caroline-klaus · 2 years

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♕ JANUARY 22, 1797 – BIRTH OF MARIA LEOPOLDINA OF AUSTRIA, EMPRESS OF BRAZIL

Dona Maria Leopoldina of Austria (22 January 1797 – 11 December 1826) was born Caroline Josepha Leopoldine Franziska Ferdinanda of Habsburg-Lorraine at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, Holy Roman Empire. She was the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Franz II and Empress Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily and among her siblings were Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria and Marie Louise of Austria, Empress of the French, the wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. In 1817 the Archduchess married Prince Dom Pedro of Braganza, heir to Portugal, later the Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil and King Dom Pedro IV of Portugal. The couple had 7 children: Queen Maria II of Portugal, Miguel, Prince of Beira, João Carlos, Prince of Beira, Princess Januária of Brazil, Princess Paula of Brazil, Princess Francisca of Brazil and Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil. During her time in Brazil Leopoldina gave advice to Dom Pedro in important political decisions that reflected in the future of the nation, such as the Dia do Fico and the subsequent opposition and disobedience to the Portuguese Cortes. She was one of the main articulators of the process of Independence of Brazil that took place between 1821 and 1822. On September 2, 1822 while she was the Acting Princess Regent of the Kingdom of Brazil in the absence of her husband Maria Leopoldina received a decree from Portugal that overturned the Brazilian government and demanded the immediate return of Pedro and his family to Lisbon. She summons the Council of State and signs on the same day the Decree of Independence, declaring Brazil separate from Portugal. Leopoldina send her husband the news, along with a letter urging him to proclaim the independence. On September 7, 1822 the letter reached Dom Pedro and he declared the independence of Brazil.

In 1826 Maria Leopoldina became Queen Consort of Portugal during her husband's brief reign as King Dom Pedro IV. Despite being usually remembered as a melancholic and humiliated woman by the extramarital affairs of Pedro I Leopoldina achieved much more. She had great influence in Brazilian politics and the respect and admiration of Brazilians, particurlarly of the poor and her popularity was even larger than that of Pedro. She died at age 29 on December 11, 1826 after a miscarriage. Maria Leopoldina was the first woman to govern an independent Brazil, the first empress consort of the country, the first empress of the Americas and the first woman to govern an independent American country.

Letícia Colin as Princess Maria Leopoldina of Austria, the Empress Consort of Brazil, Queen Consort of Portugal and Archduchess of Austria in “Novo Mundo” (2017). | Portrait of Maria Leopoldina - Archduchess of Austria by Joseph Kreutzinger.

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princessvictoriamelita · 2 years

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The children of poet Princess Mathilde of Bavaria, c. 1906.

Prince Antonius Maria Ludwig and Princess Maria Immaculata Leopoldine of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

#prince antonius of saxe-coburg and gotha #princess maria immaculata of saxe-coburg and gotha #saxe-coburg and gotha #german royalty #german royal #1906 #1900s

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lukeskywaker4ever · 4 years

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King Pedro V’s 5th sibling: Infanta Maria Ana de Portugal

Born: 21st August 1843 Necessidades Palace, Lisbon, Portugal Died: 5th February 1884 (aged 40) Dresden, Saxony

Infanta Maria Ana of Portugal (Maria Ana Fernanda Leopoldina Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Carlota Antónia Júlia Vitória Praxedes Francisca de Assis Gonzaga) (21st August 1843 – 5th February 1884) was a Portuguese infanta (princess), the eldest surviving daughter of Queen Maria II of Portugal and her King consort Fernando II of Portugal, a member of the House of Bragança.

After her mother's death in 1853, when Maria Ana was just ten years old, she became the leading lady of the court, until her older brother, King Pedro V of Portugal, married Princess Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen,

in 1858. Although in the early stages of their acquaintance the two sisters-in-law had a good relationship, in a letter written in 1859 to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,

when Stephanie was already dead, King Pedro mentions that his sister made unflattering comments regarding his wife "because of her feminine vanity caused by a lower status (...)"

The relationship between the sisters-in-law seems to have had its ups and downs since Stephanie's arrival in May 1858 and Maria Ana's wedding in May 1859. The Queen wrote about her sister-in-law: "She is, in every respect, the one who is more like Pedro (...)", "She is a charming person, good, generous, remarkably sensible for her age, with no trace of selfishness, respected and loved by all of us (...) George of Saxony has discovered a true gem. She is happy and loves him, but she cannot talk about the moment in which she will leave her family without crying. What is certain is that she will leave a terrible emptiness behind". Maria Ana's brother, Pedro, also claims during this time that his sister is "the pearl of our family circle", in a letter to Prince Albert.

She married in Lisbon at the Belém Palace on 11th May 1859 Prince George of Saxony (1832–1904),

second son of King John I of Saxony,

a kinsman from the Catholic Albertine branch of her father's Wettin dynasty. Queen Stephanie tried to organize a brilliant ceremony, but, in the end, the wedding was quiet and went unnoticed in both Portugal and Saxony. The newly-weds spent their first days as a married couple at Belém Palace. During their short stay in Portugal after the ceremony, Prince George left a poor impression with the Portuguese Royal Family, as he "barely talked to the bride" and did not attend a theater performance to which he had been invited. During that same performance, 15-year-old Maria Ana was seen crying. The couple left to Saxony on May 14th. Maria Ana was not allowed to take Portuguese ladies-in-waiting with her and was only accompanied by her brother Luís

in the journey. Pedro V wrote the following regarding the wedding: "the wedding of my sister to Prince George of Saxony was celebrated with more pomp than happiness. The former is followed by a regretful fate, as he left no sympathies and people who met him often left with a poor impression."

The marriage was not a happy one, according to Historian Eduardo Nobre who claims that the Prince "did not live up to the expectations and qualities of the Portuguese Infanta". Despite their issues, they had eight children.

Although she renounced her claims to the Portuguese throne when she married, Maria Ana could still become Queen if the male line became extinct. This situation nearly happened in 1861, when King Pedro V and two of her other brothers died from Typhoid Fever and left no children. However, this hypothesis was completely put aside when her brother, King Luís I, married Princess Maria Pia of Savoy

and had two sons, the future King Carlos I

and Infante Afonso.

Despite everything, it's not likely that Maria Ana ever gave this hypothesis great importance because of her troubled marriage and many children.

Around 1883, her youngest son, Prince Albert of Saxony,

became seriously ill. Maria Ana took care of him for several months until he recovered. This effort would be fatal, as the Infanta died from exhaustion, on 5th February 1884, before her husband became King. Her husband would remain unmarried for the rest of his life.

In Portugal, her second brother Luís I soon succeeded her eldest brother Peter V as king.

Her husband's elder brother Albert

succeeded her father-in-law as King of Saxony and gradually it became clear that he and his wife Carola of Vasa

were not able to have children of their own. Maria Ana's eldest son would almost certain to one day succeed to the throne.

Marie Johanna Amalie Ferdinande Antonie Luise Juliane, (19th June 1860 - 2nd March 1861), died in childhood, no issue

Elisabeth Albertine Karoline Sidonie Ferdinande Leopoldine Antonie Auguste Clementine (14th February 1862 - 18th May 1863) died in childhood, no issue

Mathilde Marie Auguste Viktorie Leopoldine Karoline Luise Franziska Josepha (19th March 1863 - 27th March 1933) died unmarried, no issue

Frederick Augustus Johann Ludwig Karl Gustav Gregor Philipp (25th May 1865 - 18th February 1932)

married Princess Louise of Tuscany (1870–1947),

later divorced, had issue

Maria Josepha Luise Philippine Elisabeth Pia Angelica Margarethe (31st May 1867 - 28th May 1944)

married to her cousin second degrees Archduke Otto Franz of Austria (1865–1906),

had issue

Johann Georg Pius Karl Leopold Maria Januarius Anacletus (10th July 1869 - 24th November 1938) married first Duchess Maria Isabella of Württemberg (1871–1904) and second Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1874–1906)

Maximilian Wilhelm August Albert Karl Gregor Odo (17th November 1870 - 12th January 1951) ordained as a priest, died unmarried, no issue

Albert Karl Anton Ludwig Wilhelm Viktor (25th February 1875 - 16 September 1900) died unmarried, no issue.

Princess Maria Ana predeceased her father Fernando, her husband George, and her brother-in-law King Albert of Saxony. In 1902 George succeeded his childless brother as king, and on his death in 1904 Maria Ana's eldest son became King of Saxony as Frederick Augustus III.

#infanta maria ana de bragança #house of bragança #queen maria ii of portugal #king consort fernando ii #king pedro v of portugal

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tiny-librarian · 6 years

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Miniatures featuring the four youngest surviving daughters of Francis II and Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily. On the left are Maria Leopoldine (Future Empress of Brazil) and Maria Clementina (Future Princess of Salerno). On the right are Marie Caroline (Future Crown Princess of Saxony) and Marie Anne.

#maria leopoldine of austria #maria clementina of austria #Marie Caroline of Austria #Marie Anne of Austria #maria anna of austria #long live the queue

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european-royalties · 3 years

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#OnThisDay 1st 📸 - Year 1873, Birth of Pauline Therese of Württemberg. a daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg and Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg. She married her first cousin King William I of Württemberg and was his consort. Pauline Therese was born in Riga, one of the five children of Duke Louis of Württemberg and his wife, Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg. Her siblings included Maria Dorothea, Archduchess of Austria; Amelia, Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen; Elisabeth Alexandrine, Princess of Baden, and Duke Alexander of Württemberg himself the founder of the Teck branch of the family. 2nd 📸 - Year 1864, Princess Elise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. was Princess Reuss Younger Line as the wife of Heinrich XXVII. She was the eldest daughter of Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Princess Leopoldine of Baden. Elise was born in Langenburg as the second child and first daughter of Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Princess Leopoldine of Baden, daughter of Prince Wilhelm of Baden. She was a grand-niece of Queen Victoria, as Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, who was also the mother of Queen Victoria, had been previously married to Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen with whom she had two children, one of whom was Elise's paternal grandmother. 3rd 📸 - Year 1896, Birth of Aspasia Manos. was a Greek aristocrat who became the wife of Alexander I, King of Greece. Due to the controversy over her marriage, she was styled Madame Manos instead of Queen Aspasia, until recognized as Princess Alexander of Greece and Denmark after Alexander's death and the restoration of King Constantine I, on 10 September 1922. Daughter of Colonel Petros Manos, aide-de-camp of King Constantine I of Greece, and Maria Argyropoulos (Petros Manos and Maria Argyropoulos were both descendants of most prominent Greek Phanariote families of Constantinople and descendants of ruling Princes of Transylvania, Wallachia & Moldavia), Aspasia grew up close to the royal family. #RoyalHistory #HistoryofRoyals #RoyalBirth #QueenPaulineTherese #PrincessElise #AspasiaManos #PrincessAlexander #Monarchy #EuropeanRoyalties https://www.instagram.com/p/CTZ80q5PWgC/?utm_medium=tumblr

#onthisday #royalhistory #historyofroyals #royalbirth #queenpaulinetherese #princesselise #aspasiamanos #princessalexander #monarchy #europeanroyalties

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historywithlaura · 3 years

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AMÉLIE OF LEUCHTENBERG

Empress Consort of Brazil

(born 1812 - died 1873)

pictured above is a portrait of the Duchess of Braganza, by Friedrich Dürk from the 1830s

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SERIES - On this day July Edition: Amélie was born on 31 July 1812.

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AMÉLIE AUGUSTE EUGÉNIE was born on 31 July 1812 in Milan, the capital of the Kingdom of Italy under French control. She was one of the daughters of Eugène of Beauharnais, Viceroy of Italy and Princess Auguste of Bavaria, and thus was a member of the HOUSE OF BEAUHARNAIS.

At the time of her birth her family was living in Milan because her father was serving as Viceroy of Italy for his stepfather Napoléon I, Emperor of the French and King of Italy.

They lived in Milan until the Emperor's fall in 1814 and then moved to Munich where her grandfather Maximilian I Joseph, King of Bavaria created her father as Duke of Leuchtenberg. After which she became know as PRINCESS AMÉLIE OF LEUCHTENBERG.

In 1829 she married the widower PEDRO DE ALCÂNTARA FRANCISCO ANTÓNIO JOÃO CARLOS XAVIER DE PAULA MIGUEL RAFAEL JOAQUIM JOSÉ GONZAGA PASCOAL CIPRIANO SERAFIM. He was PEDRO I, the Emperor of Brazil, to where she moved and lived briefly as EMPRESS CONSORT OF BRAZIL, and was the eldest son of João VI, King of Portugal and Infanta Carlota Joaquina of Spain. He had seven children with his late wife Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria and many other illegitimate children.

Before her wedding, her husband had also briefly reigned as King Pedro IV of Portugal in 1826 but had abdicated the Portuguese throne to his eldest daughter Maria da Glória, Princess of Grão-Pará, who became Queen Maria I. However her brother-in-law Infante Miguel usurped her stepdaughter's throne and reigned as Miguel I, King of Portugal from 1828.

So her husband decided to return to Portugal in 1831 to fight the usurper King and also abdicated the Brazilian throne to his son Pedro, Prince Imperial, who succeeded as Emperor Pedro II.

After the second abdication her husband assumed the title of Duke of Braganza, and she became the DUCHESS OF BRAGANZA. At that time she was already pregnant and they soon sailed from Brazil to Europe.

While her husband fought in Portugal she lived in Paris with two of her stepdaughters Maria da Glória, now the Princess Imperial of Brazil and her husband's illegitimante daughter Isabel Maria de Alcântara, Duchess of Goiás. There she gave birth to her only child.

By May 1834 her husband forced his brother to abdicate and her stepdaughter returned to her rightfull throne.

Following this event she went to live in Lisbon with her husband and young daughter. However a couple of months later her husband fell ill by October 1834 he was already dead.

As a widow she became known as the DOWAGER DUCHESS OF BRAGANZA. She was only 22 years old and decided to stay in Portugal with her daughter and stepdaughter, who ended up briefly married to her brother Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg.

However over the years she struggled to get support and recognition for her daughter from the Brazilian Regency Council, at least until her stepson took the power for himself.

She never remarried and lived in Portugal for the rest of her life. Her daughter predeceased her, dying aged 21, while the Dowager Duchess of Braganza died aged 60, in Lisbon, in 1873.

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AMÉLIE and her husband PEDRO I had one child...

Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil - unmarried.

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