Maria Isabel de Alcântara, Countess of Iguaçu
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Maria Isabel de Alcântara Bourbon[1] (São Paulo, 28 February 1830 – 5 September 1896)[1] was the third daughter (fifth child) of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil and his mistress, Domitila de Castro, Marchioness of Santos.
Maria Isabel received the same name as her second sister, the Duchess of Ceara, who died in 1828.[2] She was never given any titles by her father due to his marriage to Amélie of Leuchtenberg. Still, Pedro I acknowledged her as his daughter in his will but gave her no share of his state, except asking for his widow to aid in her education and upbringing.[3] He had wished that she be given a good European education like her oldest sister, the Duchess of Goiás. However, the Marchioness declined to send the girl to Europe.[4]
On 2 September 1848, at the age of eighteen, Maria Isabel married Pedro Caldeira Brant, the Count of Iguaçu, son of Felisberto Caldeira Brant, Marquis of Barbacena.[5] At their wedding, Maria Isabel became the second Countess of Iguaçu. The couple had seven children:
- Isabel dos Santos
- Luís de Alcantâra Caldeira Brant, married Maria Luísa Pereira de Brito
- Pedro de Alcântara Caldeira Brant
- Deulinda dos Santos, married Claudiano dos Santos
- Maria Teresa Caldeira Brant, married Charles Collins
- Isabel Maria dos Santos, married Antônio Dias Paes Leme
- João Severino de Alcântara Caldeira Brant
She died on 5 September 1896, at sixty-six years of age, in São Paulo.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Veiga, Edison (27 June 2015). "Filha de d. Pedro foi sepultada no Cemitério da Consolação" (in Portuguese). São Paulo: O Estado de S. Paulo. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ D. Maria Isabel de Alcântara Brasileira, 1.ª duquesa de Ceará – GeneAll.net
- ^ Rangel 1928, p. 447.
- ^ Lewin 2003, p. 155-156.
- ^ Viana 1968, p. 206.
Bibliography
- Lewin, Linda (2003). Surprise Heirs: Illegitimacy, inheritance rights, and public power in the formation of Imperial Brazil, 1822-1889. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0804746060.
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(help) - Rangel, Alberto (1928). Dom Pedro Primeiro e a Marquesa de Santos (in Portuguese) (2 ed.). Tours, Indre-et-Loire: Arrault.
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(help) - Rangel, Alberto (1984). Cartas de Pedro I à Marquesa de Santos (in Portuguese). Editora Nova Fronteira.
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- Viana, Hélio (1968). Vultos do Império (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Companhia Editora Nacional.
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