Amélie of Leuchtenberg
Empress consort of Brasil (1812–1873)
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.
Early life
Amélie of Leuchtenberg was born in Milan on 31 July 1812 to Eugène de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg, and Princess Augusta of Bavaria. She spent her early childhood in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy. In 1814, when Amélie was two years old, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated, and her family moved to Munich in the Kingdom of Bavaria, where she grew up.
Princess Augusta personally directed Amélie's education. Contemporary observers regarded her as one of the best educated and best prepared princesses in the German states.
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