Princess Leopoldina of Brazil

Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, Princess of Kohary, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess in Saxony (São Cristóvão Palace, 13 July, 1847 – Vienna, 7 February, 1871).

Leopoldina Teresa Francisca Carolina Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Bragança was born as the third child and second daughter of the Emperor Pedro II of Brazil and Princess Teresa of the Two Sicilies. She was baptised at Imperial Chapel, by Bishop Capelão-mor Manuel do Monte Rodrigues de Araújo, the Earl of Irajá. She was named after her grandmother, the Archduchess Maria Leopoldina Josepha Caroline of Austria.

Duchess Leopoldina was married on 15 December 1864 to Prince Ludwig August Maria Eudes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke in Saxony, second son of August, 5th Prince of Kohary and Princess Clémentine of Orléans.

They had four sons:
#Peter August Ludwig Maria Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga (Rio de Janeiro, 19 May 1866 – Vienna, 6 July 1934); successor of his father as Peter, 8th Prince of Kohary in 1907. Peter died unmarried and was succeeded by his nephew Rainier.
#August Leopold Philipp Maria Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga (Rio de Janeiro, 6 December 1867 – Schladming, 11 October 1922).
#Joseph Ferdinand Maria Michael Gabriel (Petrópolis, 21 May 1869 – Vienna, 13 August 1888).
#Ludwig Gaston Klemens Maria (Ebenthal, 15 September 1870 – Innsbruck, 23 January 1942).

Ancestry

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1= 1. Princess Leopoldina of Brazil
2= 2. Pedro II of Brazil
3= 3. Teresa of the Two Sicilies
4= 4. Pedro I of Brazil
5= 5. Maria Leopoldina of Austria
6= 6. Francis I of the Two Sicilies
7= 7. Maria Isabella of Spain
8= 8. John VI of Portugal
9= 9. Charlotte of Spain
10= 10. Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
11= 11. Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies
12= 12. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
13= 13. Marie Caroline of Austria
14= 14. Charles IV of Spain
15= 15. Maria Luisa of Parma
16= 16. Peter III of Portugal
17= 17. Maria I of Portugal
18= 18. Charles IV of Spain (=14)
19= 19. Maria Luisa of Parma (=15)
20= 20. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
21= 21. Maria Louisa of Spain
22= 22. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (=12)
23= 23. Marie Caroline of Austria (=13)
24= 24. Charles III of Spain
25= 25. Maria Amalia of Saxony
26= 26. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
27= 27. Maria Theresa of Austria
28= 28. Charles III of Spain (=24)
29= 29. Maria Amalia of Saxony (=25)
30= 30. Philip, Duke of Parma
31= 31. Princess Louise-Élisabeth of France