Paula of Brazil
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Dona Paula was a princess of the Empire of Brazil, as well as an Infanta of Portugal, and thus, a member of the Brazilian branch of the Portuguese House of Braganza. Her parents were Emperor Dom Pedro I, the first ruler of an independent Brazil, and Archduchess Leopoldina of Austria.
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The Emperor's Second Marriage (detail) by Jean-Baptiste Debret. Behind the Emperor are his children by order of precedence: Pedro, Januária, Paula and Francisca.
Acclamation of D. Pedro II by Debret. In the up-left corner, Pedro is on the balcony with his sisters.
Paço de São Cristóvão, where Paula was born, lived and died. 1817 painting by Debret.
Paula's casket in the Convent of Saint Anthony in Rio de Janeiro.In their orbit 14
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About this person
Dona Paula was a princess of the Empire of Brazil, as well as an Infanta of Portugal, and thus, a member of the Brazilian branch of the Portuguese House of Braganza. Her parents were Emperor Dom Pedro I, the first ruler of an independent Brazil, and Archduchess Leopoldina of Austria. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Paula was the couple's fifth child and third daughter; she lost her mother at the age of three and her father at the age of eight, when he abdicated and left Brazil for Portugal, where he wanted to restore the throne of Paula's eldest sister, Maria da Glória, who should have become queen regnant of Portugal.
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