Imperial Majesty The Empress of Brazil 10 March 1826 – 2 May 1826 Her Imperial and Most Faithful Majesty The Empress of Brazil, Queen of Portugal and the Algarves 2 May 1826 – 11 December 1826 Her Imperial Majesty The Empress of Brazil Honours United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves: Dame Grand Mistress of the Order of Saint Isabel Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa : Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Pedro I Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross : Dame of the Order of the Starry Cross : Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa : Dame of the Order of Saint Elizabeth Children By June 1818 Maria Leopoldina became pregnant, and her first child, Maria da Glória, was born after a difficult delivery on 4 April 1819. Her next pregnancy ended in a miscarriage in November 1819, and on 26 April 1820 she suffered her second miscarriage; the child, a son, was named Miguel in honor of his paternal uncle and died almost immediately. These failed pregnancies had a profound effect in Maria Leopoldina, who, conscient about her primary duty to bore an heir to the House of Bragança, became depressed and withdraw from society for a time. Her first living son, João Carlos, Prince of Beira, was born on 6 March 1821, to the joy of the court and population, but died on 4 February 1822 aged 11 months. Her next three pregnancies resulted in three daughters, Januária (born 11 March 1822), Paula (born 17 February 1823) and Francisca (born 2 August 1824) until the birth of the long-hoped son and heir, the future Emperor Dom Pedro II, on 2 December 1825. Her ninth and last pregnancy resulted fatal on her, and she died of complications of a miscarriage. Ancestry Footnotes References External links Article by Princess Michael of Kent about Leopoldine Retrieved 26 January 2006 Austrian emigrants to Brazil House of Habsburg-Lorraine House of Braganza Deaths in childbirth Princesses Royal of Portugal 1797 births 1826 deaths Brazilian imperial consorts Regents of Brazil Duchesses of Braganza Dames of the Order of Saint Isabel 18th-century Austrian women 19th-century women rulers 19th-century Portuguese people Portuguese queens consort Pedro I of Brazil Daughters of emperors Royal reburials Children of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor Daughters of kings Queen mothers