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Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor. House. Habsburg. Father. Rudolf I of Germany. Mother. Gertrude of Hohenberg. Matilda of Habsburg or Melchilde (1253 in Rheinfelden [citation needed] – 23 December 1304 in Munich, Bavaria) was, by marriage, a duchess of Bavaria.
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The magnificent ‘Brazilian marriage’ between Leopoldine and Dom Pedro took place at Metternich’s instigation in the Augustinian church in Vienna in 1817 and led to a Habsburg archduchess becoming Empress of Brazil.
Born in 1251; died on December 22, 1304, in Munich; daughter of Rudolf I (1218–1291), king of Germany (r.1273), Holy Roman emperor (r. 1273–1291), and Anna of Hohenberg (c. 1230–1281); sister of Albert I (b. 1250), Holy Roman emperor (r. 1298–1308 but not crowned); sister of Catherine of Habsburg (c. 1254–1282) and Clementia of ...
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House of Saxe-Coburg and Braganza. The Imperial House of Brazil ( Brazilian Portuguese: Casa Imperial Brasileira) is a Brazilian dynasty of Portuguese origin that ruled the Brazilian Empire from 1822 to 1889, from the time when the then Prince Royal Dom Pedro of Braganza (later known as Emperor Pedro I of Brazil) declared Brazil's independence ...
Matilda was the eldest daughter of Rudolf I of Germany and Gertrude of Hohenberg. She became the third wife of Louis II, Duke of Bavaria, on 24 October 1273 in Aachen. Matilda and Louis had the following children: Agnes (d. 1345); married firstly, in 1290 in Donauwörth, Henry the Younger of Hesse. Married secondly, in 1298/1303, Henry I ...
Dona Maria Leopoldina of Austria (22 January 1797 – 11 December 1826) was the first Empress of Brazil as the wife of Emperor Dom Pedro I from 12 October 1822 until her death. She was also Queen of Portugal during her husband's brief reign as King Dom Pedro IV from 10 March to 2 May 1826.
Archduchess Leopoldine, daughter of Emperor Franz II (I) and future Empress of Brazil, oil painting, c. 1815 The imperial realm of Brazil needed international recognition of its independent status. Leopoldina convinced her father Emperor Franz I to form an alliance with it.
