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Teresa Cristina Maria of Brazil, born Teresa Cristina Maria of the Two Sicilies (
Portuguese: Teresa Cristina Maria de Bourbon-Sicílias e Bragança;
14 March 1822 -
28 December 1889) was the
empress consort of
Pedro II of Brazil and Princess of the
Two Sicilies. She was the daughter of
King Francis I of the Two Sicilies and
Maria Isabella of Spain.
Early life and marriage
On
4 September,
1842, Teresa married
Pedro II of Brazil, a marriage that would last 46 years, until her death. Empress Teresa was endowed with rare cordiality and sense. Discreet and intelligent, she won her husband's favour with their common interest in culture. In the
fleet to Brazil she brought artists, musicians, professors,
botanists and other
scholars. A good singer and amateur musician, she entertained at the palace. Moreover, she was a dedicated mother.
Exile and death
Empress Teresa suffered from a
cardiac arrest a few days after the military coup of
15 November,
1889. During the journey of the Imperial Family to
exile, Teresa was horrified by the rude treatment of the republicans dedicated to destroying the dynasty. To the ambassador of
Austria she said that, "we are treated as criminals". On landing in
Portugal she left for a simple hotel, in the city of the
Porto, where she became ill. A doctor was called in and said nothing could be done. She was buried in the
Pantheon of
São Vicente de Fora, from where her remains have been transferred to the Imperial Mausoleum of the Cathedral of
Petrópolis.
Titles and honours
The cities of
Teresina,
Teresópolis,
Cristina, and
Santo Amaro da Imperatriz were named after her.
When donating his 48,000 volume
iconographic collection to the
National Library of Brazil, D. Pedro II laid down only one requirement: that the collection be named after his wife (Collection Teresa Cristina Maria). The collection was recently classified as
Memory of the World by
UNESCO.
Issue
Teresa Cristina was mother of Prince Alfonso (
1845 -
1847),
Princess Isabel (
1846 -
1921),
Princess Leopoldina (
1847 -
1871) and Dom Pedro (
1848 -
1850).
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