1821 Maria Leopoldina with her children by Domencio Failutti (Museu Paulista, São Paulo Brazil)

She bore seven children of whom four survived childhood. She died delivering her eighth who did not survive. One of her children, Francisca, married the Prince de Joinville. Her successor was Amelie de Beauharnais.

From Wikipedia.

Leopoldina wears an Empire-style dress with numerous frills from her ruffs and epaulettes in this 1821 Failutti portrait.

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