Princess Leopoldina of Brazil
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Princess Leopoldina of Brazil (Leopoldina Teresa Francisca Carolina Miguela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga; 13 July 1847 – 7 February 1871) was the daughter of Emperor Pedro II and Empress Teresa Cristina. She shared the first name of her grandmother, Empress Maria Leopoldina of Brazil.
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Born | Princesa Leopoldina do Brasil (1847-07-13)13 July 1847 Paço de São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil | ||||
Died | 7 February 1871(1871-02-07) (aged 23) Palais Coburg, Vienna, Austria-Hungary | ||||
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Spouse | Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||
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House | Braganza | ||||
Father | Pedro II of Brazil | ||||
Mother | Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies | ||||
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A Princess of Brazil from birth, Dona Leopoldina renounced her titles upon her marriage to Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, taking the title of Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duchess of Saxony.
The princess was also second in the line of succession to the Brazilian throne, even after the marriage of her older sister, Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, due to the latter's difficulties in producing heirs. Her descendants would form the Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha branch of the Imperial House of Brazil.