Amélie of Leuchtenberg
| Amélie of Leuchtenberg | |||||
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| Duchess of Braganza | |||||
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| Empress consort of Brazil | |||||
| Tenure | 2 August 1829 – 7 April 1831 | ||||
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31 July 1812 Milan, Kingdom of Italy |
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| Died | 26 January 1873 (aged 60) Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal |
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| Burial | Monument to the Independence of Brazil, São Paulo | ||||
| Spouse | Pedro I of Brazil | ||||
| Issue | Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil | ||||
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| House | Beauharnais | ||||
| Father | Eugène de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg | ||||
| Mother | Princess Augusta of Bavaria | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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| Amélia Augusta Eugénia Napoleona de Beauharnais |
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Styles of Empress Amélia of Brazil |
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| Reference style | Her Imperial Majesty |
| Spoken style | Your Imperial Majesty |
| Alternative style | Madam |
Princess Amélie of Leuchtenberg (Portuguese: Amélia Augusta Eugénia de Leuchtenberg; French: Amélie Auguste Eugénie de Leuchtenberg), (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, vicomte de 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.
Amélie was the fourth child of General Eugène de Beauharnais and his wife Princess Augusta of Bavaria. Her father was the son of Joséphine de Beauharnais and her first husband, Viscount Alexandre de Beauharnais. When Joséphine remarried, to Napoleon Bonaparte, Eugène was adopted by the latter and made viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy. Amélie's mother was the daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his first consort, Landgravine Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt. Among Amélie's siblings were Josephine of Leuchtenberg, queen consort of King Oscar I of Sweden, and Auguste de Beauharnais, 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg, prince consort of Queen Maria II of Portugal (stepdaughter of Amélie). Napoleon III was Amélie's first cousin.
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