Princess Leopoldina of Brazil (1847-1871)

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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.

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.

More information: Princess Leopoldina of Brazil - Wikipedia

Princess Leopoldina around age 17, c.1864

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Leopoldina at age 6, c. 1853

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Leopoldina and Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1865).

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Leopoldina with her husband and their first-born, Pedro Augusto, in 1866.

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Three of the sons of Leopoldina and Ludwig August; from the left: Pedro Augusto, José and Augusto Leopoldo (1871).

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Princess Leopoldina in 1860

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[Tatiana Maria]

The claim made on Wikipedia that the princess renounced her Brazilian titles (and her title under the imperial constitution was simply Her Highness Princess) is entirely false. Not only was there no such renunciation, but the marriage contract specified that she should give birth to and live part-time with her children in Brazil in order to secure them as backup heirs to the throne.