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More information: Princess Leopoldina of Brazil - WikipediaPrincess 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.
Princess Leopoldina around age 17, c.1864
Leopoldina at age 6, c. 1853
Leopoldina and Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1865).
Leopoldina with her husband and their first-born, Pedro Augusto, in 1866.
Three of the sons of Leopoldina and Ludwig August; from the left: Pedro Augusto, José and Augusto Leopoldo (1871).