Grand Ladies

Did you think you would see an image of a Great Emancipator here? Lincoln? Wilburforce? They wore pants! While Emperor Pedro II was on the road, Isabelle was regent. On one such occasion, she emancipated slaves in Brasil in 1888 by signing the Lei Aurea, or Golden Law. As a result, she is known as Isabel the Redemptress. This put the monarchy between reactionary society and disgruntled progressives. Tea anybody? The Brasilian monarchy was deposed by military coup the following year. Her Wikipedia article is here.

Adolescent Isabel, Princess of Brasil

Isabel, Princess of Brasil by Ludwig Angerer

Regent Princess Imperial Isabel

Le Prince Gaston d’Orléans, comte d’Eu et Isabel de Bragança, princesse du Brézil

Principe Gaston de Orleans, Conde d'Eu e a Princesa Imperial Dona Isabel de Bragança

ca. 1865 Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil by Augusto Stahl

SAI Princeza Dona Isabel be Bragança, Condesa d'Eu

Princesa Isabel por Carneiro e Gaspar

ca. 1870 Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil by Joaquim Insley Pacheco

1870 Isabel, Princess Imperial (1846-1921) and Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil by Joaquim Insley Pacheco

Princess Isabel Brasil

Princesses Isabel, seated and holding Pedro Augusto of Saxe-Coburgo, and her sister Leopoldina of Brazil, holding Augusto of Saxe-Coburgo in Rio de Janeiro by Insley Pacheco

1883 Isabel of Brazil with her children and the Countess of Barral by Marc Ferrez

ca. 1887 Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil by Insley Pacheco