Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies – The Saint of Brazil (Part two)
Read part one here. The family often spent the winter and spring at São Cristóvão and the summer and autumn at Petrópolis. The Empress and […]
Leopoldina of Brazil
Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies – The Saint of Brazil (Part one)
Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies was born on 14 March 1822 in Naples as the daughter of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies […]
Leopoldina of Brazil – The good sister
Leopoldina of Brazil was born on 13 July 1847 at the Imperial Palace of São Cristóvão in Rio de Janeiro as the third child and […]
Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil – Heiress of the Empire (Part two)
Read part one here. Leopoldina fell pregnant quickly – within four months of her wedding – but she suffered a miscarriage in May. She conceived […]
Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil – Heiress of the Empire (Part one)
Isabel, the future Princess Imperial of Brazil, was born on 29 July 1846 as the daughter of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil, the younger brother […]