Amélie of Leuchtenberg

Amélie of Leuchtenberg

Empress of Brazil from 1829 to 1831

Died aged 60LeoFrance1.60 m (5′3″)

Biography

Amélie of Leuchtenberg (Portuguese: Amélia Augusta Eugénia Napoleona de Beauharnais; French: Amélie Auguste Eugénie Napoléonne de Beauharnais; 31 July 1812 – 26 January 1873) was Empress of Brazil as the wife of Pedro I of Brazil.

She was the granddaughter of Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress of the French. Her father, Eugène de Beauharnais, was the only son of Empress Josephine and her first husband Alexandre, Viscount of Beauharnais. He thus became a stepson of Napoleon Bonaparte when his mother married the future emperor. The mother of Empress Amélie was Princess Augusta, daughter of Maximilian I, King of Bavaria.

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Career highlights

Career & roles

  • Consort of Brazil

Family

Awards & honours (2)

  • Imperial Order of the Rose
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa

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Amélie of Leuchtenberg died on January 26, 1873 at the age of 60.
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Amélie of Leuchtenberg was born on July 31, 1812.
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According to Wikidata, Amélie of Leuchtenberg's spouse is or was Pedro I of Brazil.

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