Isabel Maria de Alcântara, Duchess of Goiás, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Brazilian noble
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Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
About Isabel Maria de Alcântara, Duchess of Goiás
- Isabel Maria de Alcântara, Duchess of Goiás (3 May 1824 – 23 November 1898), was a Brazilian noble, the illegitimate daughter of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil and Domitila de Castro, Marchioness of Santos. She was the only child of Pedro I born out of wedlock who was officially legitimized by him.
- On 24 May 1826, Isabel Maria was given the title of "Duchess of Goiás", the style of Highness and the right to use the honorific "Dona" (Lady).
- She was the first person to hold the rank of duke in the Empire of Brazil.
- These honors did not confer on her the status of Brazilian princess or place her in the line of succession.
- In his will, Pedro I gave her a share of his estate.
- She later lost her Brazilian title and honors upon her 17 April 1843 marriage to a foreigner, Ernst Fischler von Treuberg, Count of Treuberg.Pedro I wished for Isabel to be treated as a Princess of Brazil at the same level with his legitimate daughters.
- He accorded her equivalent official honors, such as having her greeted by the Imperial guard and in naming her protector of the province of Goiás.
- He unsuccessfully tried to have her raised among his legitimate children in the Palace of São Cristóvão, but both his first, and later his second empress, refused.
- From 1829, she was educated at the Ecole du Sacré-Coeur in Paris.
- When her father abdicated the Brazilian throne and came to Paris, she was accepted by her stepmother, Empress Amelia, and spent time with them in Paris as a family.
- When the family left for Portugal, however, she remained.
- After the death of her father in 1834, she was sent to Münich by her stepmother to be educated in the care of Antônio Teles da Silva Caminha e Meneses.
- Her marriage was arranged by her stepmother: her spouse had an office at the royal court in Münich.
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