Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil
Maria Amélia was a princess of the Empire of Brazil and a member of the Brazilian branch of the House of Braganza. Her parents were Emperor Dom Pedro I, the first ruler of Brazil, and Amélie of Leuchtenberg. She was the only child of her father’s second marriage.
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Maria Amélia was a princess of the Empire of Brazil and a member of the Brazilian branch of the House of Braganza. Her parents were Emperor Dom Pedro I, the first ruler of Brazil, and Amélie of Leuchtenberg. She was the only child of her father’s second marriage, and was born in France after Pedro abdicated the Brazilian throne. Her mother took her to Portugal, where she remained for most of her life without ever visiting Brazil. She became engaged to Archduke Maximilian of Austria in early 1852, but before the marriage could take place she contracted tuberculosis. Despite its reputedly healthy climate, her health continued to deteriorate, and she died on 4 February 1853. Her body was taken to mainland Portugal and interred in the Pantheon of the house. Her remains were taken to Brazil almost 130 years later, and are now displayed in the Palace of Justice in Rio de Janeiro. She is the only daughter of Dom Pedro, the Duke of Bragganza, and his second wife Amélies of Leuchtenburg. Her father was formerly the first Emperor of Brazil,. and also King of Portugal, as Pedro IV. He was succeeded on the Portuguese throne by his eldest daughter, Maria II, Maria Amélia’s elder half-sister. In 1828, Maria II’s crown was usurped by Dom Miguel I, Pedro’s younger brother. Eager to restore his daughter to her throne,Pedro abdication the Brazilian crown in April 1831 and departed for Europe with Amé Leslie, who was pregnant with Maria Amésia.
Maria AmÉlia’s mother was the daughter of Eugène de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchstenberg and the stepson of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte of France. Her godparents were the French King Louis Philippe I and his consort Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, after whom she was named. When she was only 20 days old, her father departed France to invade Portugal. For almost two years, she lived in Paris with her mother and half-brothersister Maria II and Charles John Napier, a British naval officer who fought alongside the Portuguese forces in the battle of Napier’s capture of the capital, Lisbon. In honor of her daughter, her mother financed the construction of the “Princesa D. Maria Amesia hospital in Funchal. The young Queen was the child of Pedro’s first marriage to archduchess Maria Leopoldina of Austria. Pedro sent a letter to his children who had remained in Brazil, including his son, child-emperor Dom Pedro II, giving me one more Daughter and subject to Y.M.C.I., giving in separation from Y. M. C. I. M, giving me the message: “Divine Providence wanted to lessen the sorrow that my paternal heart feels”
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