Leopoldina of Brazil

Leopoldina Teresa Francisca Carolina Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Bragança, Princess of Brazil

Named for her paternal grandmother Maria Leopoldine, Archduchess of Austria, Empress of Brazil.

Daughter of Pedro II Emperor of Brazil (1825-1891) by his wife Teresa Maria, Princess of the Two Sicilies (1822-1889).

Born: Rio de Janeiro 13. Jul 1847

Married: Rio de Janeiro 15. Dec 1864 August, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1845-1907), son of August, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1818-1881) by his wife  Clémentine, Princess d’Orléans (1817-1907).

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Died: Vienna 7. Feb 1871 from typhoid fever

Buried: St. Augustin, Coburg

Georges Dufoux ”Les Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. Une dynastie mythique”, Fontainbleau 2000; Detlev Schwennicke “Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folge” Vol I.1; Vittorio Klostermann, 2005