Dona Isabel, known as "the Redemptress", was the Princess Imperial of Brazil and heiress presumptive to the throne of the Empire of Brazil. She served as regent of the empire on three occasions and wa
Photo by Joaquim Insley Pacheco, c. 1870
Isabel at age 12, 1858
Princesses Leopoldina (left) and Isabel (center) with an unidentified friend, c. 1860
Isabel around age 19, c. 1865 (photograph by Augusto Stahl)
Dom Pedro Afonso was the Prince Imperial and heir apparent to the throne of the Empire of Brazil. Born at the Palace of São Cristóvão in Rio de Janeiro, he was the second son and youngest child of Emp
1850 portrait
The Palace of São Cristóvão about a decade before the birth of Pedro Afonso
An unbreeched Prince Pedro Afonso seated on his mother's lap while surrounded by his sisters, 1849
The Santa Cruz Estate a couple of decades before Pedro Afonso's death