#empress teresa cristina of brazil

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Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, Empress of Brazil.

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I am a bit confused now. Who are the Bourbon girls? I know Maria Chiara. I mean tf in what royal family are they?

hehehe if you think the greeks were bad, let me introduce you to the Bourbon-Two Sicilies aka the most kardashian-esque deposed royals of all time

Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro, one of the two people who claim to be the heads of the House of Bourbon Two-Sicilies, married Camilla Crociani, the daughter of an Italian billionaire and had two daughters: Princess Maria Carolina, Duchess of Calabria, Duchess of Palermo (born 2003) and Princess Maria Chiara, Duchess of Noto, Duchess of Capri (born 2005). Maria Chiara is the one rumored to be dating Prince Christian of Denmark and deemed the future queen of Denmark by the Italian media and these two are who we've been referring to as the 'Bourbon girls'.

Anyway, for more context into the House of Bourbon Two-Sicilies, they are a branch of the Spanish Bourbons that ruled in Southern Italy, specifically Sicily and Naples; when those two kingdoms were joined that's when they became the 'two Sicilies'. Funnily enough, their House only recognizes male progeniture so the succession should go to the other dude who claims to be the head of this DEFUNCT house but apparently Maria Carolina is going to lay her claim whenever her dad goes poof so. I only knew about them growing up because of Princess Teresa Cristina who went on to become Empress of Brazil and because I thought their name looked #cool

and then I saw people in the royalverse clowning on them which is well deserved

OH they also constantly call the paps on themselves and very clearly pay to have articles about them written and their instagram is funnier than Olympia's tiktok account so that should tell you something

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“I like to think that the "Thérèse" in Princess Madeleine's name is in honor of Empress Teresa Cristina of Brazil.” - Submitted by Anonymous

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Our Contestants

1: Maria Leopoldina of Austria, First Empress of Brazil

2 Dona Maria I of Portugal

3: Dona Maria II of Portugal

4:  Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil

5 Carlota Joaquina de Bourbon

6: João I, Duke of Bragança

7 João IV, King of Portugal

8: Afonso I, Duke of Bragança

9: Fernando I, Duke of Bragança

10: Jaime I, Duke of Bragança

11: Teodósio I, Duke of Bragança

12: Teodósio II, Duke of Bragança

13: Afonso VI of Portugal

14 Pedro II of  Portugal

15: João V of Portugal

16: João VI of Portugal

17: Pedro II of Portual

18 Pedro I of Brazil/ IV of Portugal

19: Miguel I of Portugal

20: Pedro V of Portugal

21: Luís I of Portugal

22: Carlos I of Portugal

23: Manuel II of Portugal

24 Dom Pedro II of Brazil

25: Teresa Cristina, Empress of Brazil.

26: Catherine de Bragança, Queen Consort of England, Scotland, and Ireland

27: Infante Dom Manuel, Candidate for the throne of Poland

28: José I of Portugal

29: Carol II of Romania (Carlos II in Portuguese)

30: Ferdinand I of Romania

31: Infantá Antonia de Bragança, Princess Consort of Hohenzollern

32: Amélie of Leuchtenberg

33: Infanta Isabel Maria, Regent of Portugal

34: Mariana Vitória of Spain, Queen Consort of Portugal

35: Maria Francisca of Savoy (Consort to Afonso VI and Pedro II)

36: Maria Pia of Savoy (Queen-Consort to Luís I of Portugal)

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Empress Teresa Cristina of Brazil with her daughters, Isabel and Leopoldina

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The Brazilian Royal Family, pictured in 1887, included (from left): Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Isabel Princess Imperial of Brazil, Pedro de Alcântara Prince of Grão-Pará, Prince Luís of Orleans-Braganza(seated),Prince August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Emperor Pedro II,Gaston Count of Eu, Empress Teresa Cristina and Prince Peter August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

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THE EMPRESS

H.I.M. Empress Teresa Cristina of Brazil, née Princess of Two Sicilies (1822-1889)

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Luísa Margarida de Barros Portugal, the Countess of Barral (Mariana Ximenes), Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil (Selton Mello) and Empress consort Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (Letícia Sabatella) in “Nos Tempos do Imperador” (2020), a sequel to “Novo Mundo” (2017).

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Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, Empress of Brazil.

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Theresa Christina of the Two Sicilies, Empress of Brazil (14 March 1822 - 28 December 1889)

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Empress Teresa Cristina of Brazil

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                                       dona teresa cristina icons

leticia sabatella as teresa cristina, the last empress of brazil

Nos Tempos do Imperador (2021) by Rede Globo Dona Teresa Cristina delle Due Sicilie (14 March 1822 – 28 December 1889), nicknamed "the Mother of the Brazilians", was the Empress consort of Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil, who reigned from 1831 to 1889. Born a Princess of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in present-day southern Italy, she was the daughter of King Don Francesco I of the Italian branch of the House of Bourbon and his wife Maria Isabella. It was long believed by historians that the Princess was raised in an ultra-conservative, intolerant atmosphere which resulted in a timid and unassertive character in public and an ability to be contented with very little materially or emotionally. Recent studies revealed a more complex character, who despite having respected the social norms of the era, was able to assert a limited independence due to her strongly opinionated personality as well as her interest in learning, sciences and culture. She is a Silenced Empress.

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TERESA CRISTINA & PEDRO II

The Royal Wedding of a Princess of the Two Sicilies and the Emperor of Brazil

(married 1843)

pictured above is a portrait of the Emperor and Empress of Brazil, from 1843

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SERIES - On this day September Edition: Teresa Cristina and Pedro were married on 4 September 1843.

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TERESA CRISTINA MARIA GIUSEPPA GASPARE BALDASSARRE MELCHIORE GENNARA FRANCESCA DA PAOLA DONATA BONOSA ANDREA D'AVELLINO RITA LUITGARDA GELTRUDA VENANZIA TADDEA SPIRIDIONE ROCCA MATILDE was the youngest daughter of Francesco I, King of the Two Sicilies and his second wife Infanta María Isabel of Spain. She was a member of the HOUSE OF BOURBON-TWO SICILIES and was from her birth in 1822 a PRINCESS OF THE TWO SICILIES.

PEDRO DE ALCÂNTARA JOÃO CARLOS LEOPOLDO SALVADOR BIBIANO FRANCISCO XAVIER DE PAULA LEOCÁDIO MIGUEL GABRIEL RAFAEL GONZAGA was the third son of Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil and his first wife Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria. He was a member of the Brazilian branch of the HOUSE OF BRAGANZA and had been PEDRO II, the EMPEROR OF BRAZIL since his father's abdication in 1831.

When the Emperor was coming of age the Regency Council sought to find a wife for him. And when Ferdinando II, King of the Two Sicilies heard of the news he proposed his sister's hand and a portrait of the Princess was sent to Brazil.

The Council convinced the Emperor to accept the offer and they were married by proxy on 30 May 1843, in Naples, in a ceremony where one of the Princess' older brothers Leopoldo, Count of Syracuse represented the Emperor.

pictured above is a painting of the proxy wedding ceremony of the Princess of the Two Sicilies and the Emperor of Brazil (represented by the Count of Syracuse), by Alessandro Ciccarelli from 1846

After their wedding by proxy the new EMPRESS CONSORT OF BRAZIL sailed to Brazil, arriving at the Imperial capital Rio de Janeiro in September 1843.

On her arrival the Emperor rushed to meet her in her ship but was disappointed with her appearance. Although feeling deceived they were married the next day, on 4 September 1843, in a lavish religious ceremony at the Royal Chapel, in Rio de Janeiro.

They had four children (check the list below), two boys and two girls. However both their sons died young leaving their eldest daughter Princess Isabel as heir to the Imperial throne.

It was certain not a love marriage but they managed to live in good terms, besides the Emperor having had affairs with other women.

In November 1889 a military coup proclaimed the Republic of Brazil and the Monarchy was abolished. Two days later the Imperial Family was forced to flee into exile to Europe, arriving in Portugal by December 1889.

At the time of their arrival, Lisbon was being prepared for the acclamation of Carlos I, the new King of Portugal, a grandnephew of the former Emperor of Brazil, so they left to Oporto.

By the end of December 1889 the Provisional Government of Brazil passed a law banishing all members of the former Imperial Family to ever set foot in Brazil.

This news shattered the former Empress of Brazil, who was already sick, and she died on 28 December 1889.

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Following her death the former Emperor moved to Paris and died there in 1891, almost two years later. He never remarried.

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Because of the Banishment Law their descendants were not allowed to return to Brazil until 1920, when the law was revoked.

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TERESA CRISTINA and PEDRO II had four children...

Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil - died aged two;

Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil - wife of Gaston, Count of Eu;

Princess Leopoldina of Brazil - wife of Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; and

Pedro Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil - died aged seventeen months.

pictured above is a family portrait of the Brazilian Imperial Family depicting the Emperor and Empress of Brazil with their two surviving children Princess Leopoldina and the Princess Imperial, by François-René Moreaux from 1857

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Check my post about TERESA CRISTINA's mother!

Her mother was María Isabel, an Infanta of Spain from her birth in 1789.

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Pope Clemente XI carriage

This coach was made in Rome in the 18th century, and was offered in 1715 to King D. João V by the Pope himself. On February 17, 1717 the coach served as the entrance to the first Patriarch of Lisbon. This coach was used in several ceremonies throughout the 19th century, such as: - Infanta D. Antónia christened on April 8, 1845; - Funeral of Infante Leopoldo on 8 May 1849; - Funeral of Infanta Maria on February 4, 1851; - Funeral of S. A. Imperial, D. Maria Amélia in April 1853; - Funeral of Queen D. Maria II on November 19, 1853; - Wedding celebrations of D. Pedro V and D. Estefânia on 18-20 May 1858; - - Funeral of D. Estefânia on July 20, 1859; - Funeral of D. Pedro V on 16 November 1861; - Wedding of D. Luís and D. Maria Pia on October 6, 1862; - Funeral of Infanta Isabel Maria, in April 1876; - Funeral of D. Fernando II on December 21, 1885; - Wedding of D. Carlos and D. Amélia in May 1886; - Funeral of D. Luís 23 October 1889; - D. Carlos I was acclaimed on December 28, 1889; - Funeral of the Empress of Brazil D. Teresa Cristina in January 1890; - Funeral of the Emperor of Brazil D. Pedro II in December 1891; - Official visit of King Edward VII of England in April 1903; - Visit by Afonso XIII from Spain on December 10, 1903; - Visit of Emperor William II of Germany on March 27, 1905; - Visit by French President Emile Loubet on 27 October 1905. This coach can be seen at the National Coach Museum.

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Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, Empress of Brazil by François-Auguste Biard, 1858