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1822 Regent Empress Leopoldine de Napoli e Duo Sicilie
She was regent during her husband, Dom Pedro's, stay in Portugal. She and the
Council of Ministers declared the country independent
1822-29
Politically Influential Domitília de Castro Couto e Mello in Brazil
Very influential during the reign of her lover, Emperor Pedro I ( 1798-1834).
Her interference in the government was one of the factors that contributed to
the unpopularity of the Emperor, which eventually led to his downfall. She was
married to Felício Pinto Coelho de Mendonça (1789-1833) at the age of 16 and
mother of a son and a daughter but in 1822 she met the emperor and was employed
at court and in 1824 she was created Baroness de Santos, 1825 Viscountess de
Santos and 1826 Marquesa de Santos. The couple had five children: A still-born
baby in 1823, Isabel Maria de Alcântara Brasileira, Duchess de Goiás (1824),
Pedro de Alcântara Brasileiro (1825-1826), Maria Isabel de Alcântara Brasileira,
Duchess do Ceará (1827), Maria Isabel II de Alcântara Brasileira, Countess of
Iguaçu (1830/1896), The three daughters were educated with the imperial
children. Leopoldina, the empress, died in 1826 due to complications caused by
an abortion. The public opinion held the marchioness responsible for the
grievances and humiliations that the Empress had to endure, and Pedro was forced
to find a suitable wife. In 1829 he married Princess Amelie of Leuchtemberg, she
left court, and married Rafael Tobias de Aguiar (1794-1857) with whom she had
four sons. Her sister was another of Pedro's many mistresses, she was named
Baroness of Sorocaba and had a child with him. They were daughters of Viscount
João de Castro Canto e Mello and Escolástica Bonifácio de Toledo Ribas.
Domitília lived
(1797-1867).
1871-72 Regent Princess-Imperial Isabel da Bragança e Borbon (25.3-31.3)
1876-77 Regent (26.3-25.9)
1887-88 (30.6-22.8)
1889-1921 Head of the Imperial Family and Titular Empress
She was regent during her father, Dom Pedro II's stays in Portugal in 1889, he abdicated
and the Country became a Republic. She was officially declared Heir to the
Throne on10. of August 1850. During her last regency she signed the abolition of
the slavery. She was succeeded by her grandson, Pedro
Henriques d'Orléans e Bragança (1909-81) who was later succeeded by his
son Luiz. She lived(1846-1921)
2006 Designate Acting President
Ellen Gracie
Northfleet (04.05-05.06 and 11-13.06)
2006-08 4. Deputy Head of State
As President of the Supreme Court
, she
was designated to asume the presidency in the absence of the Head of State
because both the Vice-President and the President and the Chamber of Deputies
were running for elective office during the
October elections,
and therefore barred
from assuming an executive office during the six-month period before the
election, but the Senate President who
was not running
for office, stayed remained in Brazil. She
was
the first female Supreme Court Judge (Ministra do
Supremo Tribunal Federal) 2000-11
and before that she was Judge in
the 4th
Regional Federal Court from 1989 and Federal Attorney and as an
Assistant to the Attorney General of the State of Rio Grande do Sul.
(b. 1948-)
2011-16 President Dilma Vana Linhares Rousseff
Dilma Rousseff is
a former student leader who fought Brazil's military dictatorship as a guerrilla
during the early 1970s and an economist. Secretary of Mines, Energy and
Communication of Rio Grande do Sul 1993-94 and 1999-2002, Minister of Mines and
Energy 2003-05 and Minister and Secretary General of the Presidential Staff
(Cabinet Chief) 2005-10.
She was removed from office by the Congress.
(b. 1947-).
Last updated 31.08.16