Leopoldina of Brazil
Leopoldina Teresa Francisca Carolina Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Bragança, Princess of Brazil
Named for her paternal grandmother Maria Leopoldine, Archduchess of Austria, Empress of Brazil.
Daughter of Pedro II Emperor of Brazil (1825-1891) by his wife Teresa Maria, Princess of the Two Sicilies (1822-1889).
Born: Rio de Janeiro 13. Jul 1847
Married: Rio de Janeiro 15. Dec 1864 August, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1845-1907), son of August, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1818-1881) by his wife Clémentine, Princess d’Orléans (1817-1907).
Issue:
Peter, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1866-1934)
August Leopold, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1867-1922) m. 1894 Karoline, Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (1869-1945)
Joseph, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1869-1888)
Ludwig, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1870-1942) m. 1900 Mathilde, Princess of Bavaria (1877-1906); m. 1907 Anna Gräfin von Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (1873-1948)
Died: Vienna 7. Feb 1871 from typhoid fever
Buried: St. Augustin, Coburg
Georges Dufoux ”Les Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. Une dynastie mythique”, Fontainbleau 2000; Detlev Schwennicke “Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folge” Vol I.1; Vittorio Klostermann, 2005