Isabel, Princess Imperial o Brazil

Isabel
Princess Imperial o Brazil
Princess Isabel around age 41, c. 1887
Head of the Imperial Hoose o Brazil
Tenure	5 December 1891 – 14 November 1921
Predecessor	Emperor Pedro II
Successor	Prince Pedro Henrique
Born	29 Julie 1846(1846-07-29) Pailace o São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dee'd	14 November 1921(1921-11-14) (aged 75) Château d'Eu, Eu, Fraunce
Buirial	Cathedral o São Pedro de Alcântara, Petrópolis, Brazil
Spouse	Prince Gaston, Coont o Eu (m. 1864)
Issue	Princess Luísa Vitória Pedro de Alcântara, Prince o Grão-Pará Prince Luís Prince Antônio
Full name Isabel Cristina Leopoldina Augusta Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Bragança
Hoose	Braganza
Faither	Pedro II o Brazil
Mither	Teresa Cristina o the Twa Sicilies
Releegion	Roman Catholic
Seegnatur

(29 Julie 1846 – 14 November 1921) cried "the Redemptress" wis the Princess Imperial (heir presumptive tae the throne) o the Empire o Brazil an the Empire's regent on three occasions. Born in Rio de Janeiro as the eldest daughter o Emperor Pedro II an Empress Teresa Cristina, she wis a member o the Brazilian branch o the Hoose o Braganza (Portuguese: Bragança). After the daiths o her twa brithers in infancy, she wis recognised as her father's heir presumptive. She married a French prince, Gaston, Coont o Eu, in an arranged mairiage, an they haed three sons.

During her faither's absences abroad, Isabel acted as regent. In her third and final regency, she actively promoted and ultimately signed a law, named Lei Áurea or the Golden Law, emancipating all slaves in Brazil. Even though the action was broadly popular, there was strang opposition to her succession to the throne. Her gender, strong Catholic faith and marriage tae a foreigner were seen as impediments against her, an the emancipation o the slaves generated dislike among powerful planters. In 1889, her family was deposed in a militar coup, an she spent the last 30 years o her life in exile in Fraunce. signed her private letters as "Isabel, Coontess o Eu"

Mairiage

On 15 October 1864, the Princess Imperial mairit Prince Gaston o Orléans, Coont o Eu. He wis a son o Prince Louis o Orleans, Duke o Nemours (himself a son o Keeng Louis Philippe I o the French) an his wife Princess Victoria o Saxe-Coburg an Gotha (herself a cousin o Queen Victoria) The mairiage foondit the Hoose o Orléans-Braganza.

Issue

1. Pedro de Alcântara, Prince o Grão-Pará (15 October 1875 – 29 Januar 1940) mairit an haed issue.
2. Prince Luís o Orléans-Braganza (26 Januar 1878 – 26 Mairch 1920) mairit Princess Maria di Grazia o the Twa Sicilies an haed issue.
3. Prince Antônio Gastão o Orléans-Braganza 9 August 1881 – 29 November 1918) never mairit.

Teetles an styles

• 29 Julie 1846 – 11 Juin 1847 Her Highness The Princess Dona Isabel o Brazil.
• 11 Juin 1847 – 19 Julie 1848 Her Imperial Highness The Princess Imperial.
• 19 Julie 1848 – 9 Januar 1850 Her Highness The Princess Dona Isabel o Brazil.
• 9 Januar 1850 – 14 November 1921 Her Imperial Highness The Princess Imperial.
• 1871–72 1876–77 1887 – 88 Her Imperial Highness The Princess Imperial Regent.

External links

• Media relatit tae Isabel, Princess Imperial o Brazil at Wikimedia Commons