Pedro I of Brazil

Pedro I of Brazil (English: Peter), known as "Dom Pedro" (October 12, 1798 – September 24, 1834), proclaimed Brazil independent from Portugal and became Brazil's first Emperor. He also held the Portuguese throne briefly as Pedro IV of Portugal, the Soldier-King (Port. o Rei-Soldado), 28th (or 29th according to some historians) king of Portugal.

Children

By his first wife, Maria Leopoldina, Archduchess of Austria:

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• Maria II of Portugal
• Miguel de Bragança, Prince of Brazil (1820, stillborn)
• Joao Carlos de Bragança, Prince of Brazil (1821–1822)
• Januária de Bragança, Princess Imperial of Brazil (1822–1901). Married Luigi Prince of the Two Sicilies, Count di Aquila, son of Francis I of the Two Sicilies, and had issue.
• Paula de Bragança, Princess of Brazil (1823–1833).
• Francisca de Bragança, Princess of Brazil (1824–1898). Married Francis d'Orleans, Prince de Joinville, son of Louis-Philippe of France, and had issue.
• Pedro II of Brazil

By his second wife, Amélie de Beauharnais von Leuchtenberg:

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• Maria Amélia de Bragança, Princess of Brazil (1831–1853).

He had also nine illegitimate ones, including five with his best-known lover Domitila, Marchioness of Santos, one with her sister, and one with a nun in Portugal..

Related Topics:
Domitila, Marchioness of Santos - Nun - Portugal

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