powerful planters. In 1889, her family was deposed in a military coup, and she spent the last 30 years of her life in exile in France. Isabel was born at 6:30...

Infanta Isabel Luísa Josefa of Portugal (6 January 1669 – 21 October 1690) was the only child of Peter II of Portugal and his first wife and former sister-in-law...

Constitutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender of Brazil". Pedro II of Brazil (1889–1891) Isabel of Brazil (1891–1921): Born in 1846, died in 1921. Princess...

Isabel and her sister received a remarkable education, although they were given no preparation for governing the nation. Pedro II excluded Isabel from...

Republic on November 15, 1889. It took over the constitutional monarchy of the Empire of Brazil and ended the reign of Emperor Pedro II. The coup took place...

such as Catherine of Braganza (wife of Charles II of England who introduced tea to Britain) and Maria Isabel of Braganza (wife of Ferdinand VII of Spain...

Dona Maria Francisca Isabel of Savoy (French: Marie Françoise Élisabeth; 21 June 1646 – 27 December 1683) was Queen of Portugal during her marriage to...

d'état, under the pressure of the civilian republicans, in 1889. However, with the death of Isabel in 1921, as the last Brazilian pure Braganza, her descendants...

1822 – 28 December 1889), nicknamed "the Mother of the Brazilians", was Empress of Brazil as the consort of Emperor Dom Pedro II from their marriage...

Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and was married to Princess Isabel, daughter of Pedro II of Brazil and heiress to the Brazilian throne. Gaston was born...