The drawing portrait picture of Princess Teresa of the Two Sicilies.

Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (14 March 1822 - 28 December 1889) was the empress consort of Pedro II of Brazil and a Princess of the Two Sicilies. March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... King George V of the United Kingdom and his consort, Queen Mary A queen consort is the wife and consort of a reigning king. ... Emperor Pedro II in regalia, in the opening of the annual session of the Brazilian Imperial Parliament (General Assembly), 1873. ... The Two Sicilies The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was the new name that the Bourbon king Ferdinand IV of Naples gave to his domain (including Southern Italy and Sicily) after the end of the Napoleonic Era and the full restoration of his power in 1816. ...

A daughter of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies, she was initially despised by her husband. D. Pedro asked to cancel the marriage due to her appearance: she was short, limp and ugly. Some chronicles tell that the marriage would have consummated one year later and that the emperor did not send the wife back thanks to the intervention of D. Mariana Carlota de Verna Magalhães, condessa de Belmonte and love of the young monarch. Francis I (Francesco Gennaro Giuseppe, August 14, 1777 – November 8, 1830) was King of the Two Sicilies from 1825 to 1830. ...

Princess Teresa on her later years (circa 1880s.)

Despite these initial problems, the marriage lasted 46 years. Empress Teresa was endowed with rare cordial sense. Discrete 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. They enriched the cultural life and led to scientific discovery, as one of the first recouped artistic drawings was drawn of Herculaneum in Pompeii, sent for her brother, Ferdinand II. A good singer and amateur musician, she entertained at the palace. Moreover, she was a dedicated mother. Herculaneum (in modern Italian Ercolano) was an ancient Roman town, located in the territory of the current commune of Ercolano. ... Pompeii (pom-pay) is a ruined Roman city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the commune of Pompei. ...

Pedro II was a generally loyal husband, having been unfaithful in some occasions, especially in account of his long romance with Luísa Margarida of Portugal and Barros, Condessa de Barral and Pedra Branca.

Empress Teresa suffered from a cardiac attack a few days after the military coup on 15 November 1889. During the trip of the Imperial Family to exile, Teresa was horrified by the rude treatment of the republicans dedicated to destroy the dynasty. To the ambassador of Austria she said that, "we are treated as criminals". On the landing in Portugal she left for a simple hotel, in the city of the Porto, where she was ill. A doctor called in to said nothing could be done. Her last words was: "Brazil, blessed land that never more I will see". She was buried in the Pantheon of São Vicente de Fora, from where her remains had been transferred to the Imperial Mausoleum of the Cathedral of Petrópolis. November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Pantheon may refer to: Buildings: Pantheon, Rome, a temple built in 125 AD to all Roman gods, now a Christian church. ...

In her honor, the Brazilian cities of Teresina had been named after her (Piauí), Teresópolis (Rio de Janeiro), Cristina (Minas Gerais) and Santo Amaro da Imperatriz (Santa Catarina). Teresina (formerly written Theresina) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Piauí and the only inland capital in the northeastern region of the country. ... Piauí is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, in the arid region of Sertão. ... Teresópolis (informally known as Terê) is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, near Petrópolis. ... Flag of Rio de Janeiro See other Brazilian States Capital Rio de Janeiro Largest City Rio de Janeiro Area 43,696. ... For queens of this name, see Christina and Maria Christina. ... Flag of Minas Gerais See other Brazilian States Capital Belo Horizonte Largest City Belo Horizonte Area 586,528. ... Santa Catarina (the Spanish- and Portuguese-language name of St. ...

When donating her iconographic collection for the National Library of Brazil, D. Pedro II made an only requirement: that the collection gained the name of its wife (Collection Teresa Maria Cristina). The collection today is classified by UNESCO as world-wide patrimony.

Children

Teresa Cristina was mother of Prince Alfonso (1845 - 1847), Princess Isabel (1846 - 1921), Princess Leopoldina (1847 - 1871) and Dom Pedro (1848 - 1850). 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (July 29, 1846—November 14, 1921), nicknamed the Redeemer, was heir to the throne of Brazil (with the title of Princess Imperial) during the last decades of the reign of her father Pedro II of Brazil, and sometime Regent. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ... Leopoldina of Brazil, Princess of Brazil and Duchess of Saxe (São Cristóvão Palace, July 13, 1847 - Vienna, Austria, February 7, 1871). ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1848 (MDCCCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

External links

• Casa Imperial do Brasil
• Instituto D. Isabel I

Imperial Family of Brazil

Forefathers - John VI of Portugal - Queen Carlota Joaquina Image File history File links Flag_of_Empire_of_Brazil. ... In 1822 (7 September), Infante dom Pedro of Portugal, heir apparent to the Portuguese throne and kings representative in Brazil, was proclaimed Emperor of Brazil. ... John VI, King of Portugal KG KGF (Portuguese João, pron. ... Carlota Joaquina Teresa of Spain (25 April or 25 May 1775 - 6 January or 7 January 1830) was the eldest daughter of King Carlos IV of Spain (1748-1819) and his wife Maria Luisa of Parma (1751-1819). ... First generation - Pedro I - Empress Leopoldina - Princess Amélie of Leuchtenberg Second Generation - Pedro II - Empress Teresa Cristina - Maria II da Glória - Princess Januária of Braganza - Princess Francisca of Braganza Third generation - Princess Isabel the Redeemer - Gaston of Orleans, Count d'Eu Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil (pron. ... Maria Leopoldina Josepha Caroline of Habsburg, archduchess of Austria, Empress consort of Brazil, was born in 1797 in Vienna, Austria. ... This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Emperor Pedro II in regalia, in the opening of the annual session of the Brazilian Imperial Parliament (General Assembly), 1873. ... Princess Teresa Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1822-1870) was the tenth child of king Francis II of the Two Sicilies (1777-1839) and his second wife, Princess Isabel of Bourbon, daughter of king Charles IV of Spain. ... Maria II da Glória, (pron. ... Januária Maria of Bragança (pron. ... Francisca Carolina of Bragança (pron. ... Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (July 29, 1846—November 14, 1921), nicknamed the Redeemer, was heir to the throne of Brazil (with the title of Princess Imperial) during the last decades of the reign of her father Pedro II of Brazil, and sometime Regent. ... ... The Vassouras Branch (dynastic) Fourth generation - Prince Luiz of Orleans-Braganza - Princess Maria Pia Fifth generation - Prince Pedro Henrique of Orleans-Braganza - Princess Maria Elisabeth Sixth generation - Prince Luiz of Orleans-Braganza - Prince Bertrand of Orleans-Braganza - Prince Antonio of Orleans-Braganza - Christine, Princess de Ligne Seventh generation - Prince Pedro Luís of Orleans-Braganza - Prince Rafael of Orleans-Braganza - Princess Amélia of Orleans-Braganza Prince Pedro Henriqe of Orleans-Bragança (1909-1981), was the great-grandson of the last emperor of Brazil, Pedro II of Brazil and grandson of Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, and he successed her as the titular emperor of Brazil in 1921. ... Prince Luiz of Orleans-Bragança. ... Bertrand of Orleans-Braganza (born February 2, 1941) in Mandelieu, France, with baptism name of Bertrand Maria José Pio Januário Miguel Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga de Orleans e Bragança , is a member of Imperial House, being the third son of Prince Pedro Henrique of Orleans-Braganza and Princess Maria... Antonio of Orleans-Braganza (born June 24, 1950 in Rio de Janeiro), with the baptism name of Dom Antonio João Maria José Jorge Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga de Orleans e Bragança e Wittelsbach, is a member of Imperial House of Brazil, being the third (according monarchists claims) in... Prince Antonio of Orleans-Braganza: current Prince of Grão-Pará of the Brazilian Imperial Family. ... Pedro Luis Maria José Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga de Orléans-Bragança e Wittelsbach, Prince of Brazil, Prince of Orléans-Braganza was born on 12 January 1983 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ... The Petrópolis Branch (non-dynastic) Fourth generation - Prince Pedro de Alcantara of Orléans-Braganza - Countess Elisabeth Dobrzensky Fifth generation - Prince Pedro Gastão of Orleans-Braganza - Princess Isabel of Orleans-Braganza - Princess Francisca of Orleans-Braganza - Prince João of Orleans-Braganza Sixth generation - Prince Pedro Carlos of Orleans-Braganza - Princess Maria da Gloria of Orléans-Braganza - Princess Cristina of Orleans-Braganza - Prince Jan Sapieha-Rozánski Seventh generation - Prince Pedro Thiago of Orleans-Braganza - Princess Paula Maria Sapieha - Princess Ana Tereza Sapieha Pedro de Alcantara Luís Filipe Maria Gastão Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga of Orléans-Braganza, Prince of Grao Para (15 October 1875 - 29 January 1940) was the first born son of Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil and her husband Gaston, comte dEu. ... Pedro Gastao, titularly 6th Prince of Grao Para, born 1913, is head of the so-called Petropolis branch of the Brazilian Imperial House and a claimant to that throne. ... Princess Isabelle of Orleans-Braganza became by marriage duchess of Orléans, of Valois, of Chartres, of Guise, of Enghien, of Vendome, of Penthievre, of Aumale, of Nemours and of Montpensier, dauphine of Auvergne, princess of Joinville, princess of Condé, etc. ... Princess Maria da Gloria of Orléans-Braganza (1946- ) is the former wife of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia and is now the Duchess of Segorbe. ...

References

• This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding article in the Portuguese Wikipedia.