Dona Maria Amélia was a princess of the Empire of Brazil and a member of the Brazilian branch of the House of Braganza. Her parents were Emperor Pedro I, the first ruler of Brazil, and Amélie of Leuch
Princess Dona Maria Amélia around age 17, c. 1849
Maria Amélia with her mother, c. 1840
A drawing made by Maria Amélia
Maria Amélia, aged 19
Maximilian I of Mexico
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Maximilian I was an Austrian archduke who became emperor of the Second Mexican Empire from 10 April 1864 until his execution by the Restored Republic of Mexico on 19 June 1867.
Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil
…foreign-born, but when her elder half-brother Pedro II was declared of age in 1840, he successfully intervened on her behalf. Maria Amélia became engaged to Archduke Maximilian of Austria in early 1852, but before the marriage could take place she contracted tuberculosis, and was taken to the town of Funchal on the Portuguese island of…
Formal portrait, c. 1864
Maximilian as a boy, 1847, by Joseph Karl Stieler
Maximilian in uniform, painted in 1853