Januária, Countess of Aquila

Princess Januária of Brazil (; Januária Maria Joana Carlota Leopoldina Cândida Francisca Xavier de Paula Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga; 11 March 1822 – 13 March 1901) was a Brazilian princess and Portuguese infanta (princess). She was the second daughter of Pedro I of Brazil and IV of Portugal and his first wife, Archduchess Maria Leopoldina of Austria.

Spouses for both Januária and Pedro II were found in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Her marriage to Prince Louis of the Two Sicilies, Count of Aquila (brother of Pedro II's new wife, Empress Teresa Cristina) was celebrated on 28 April 1844 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

At the time of their marriage, according to article 2, it was guaranteed that even with the birth of the children of Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil the couple would enjoy the honor of being treated by Imperial Highness.

Art. II. As soon as the marriage takes place, His Royal Highness Prince Luiz Carlos Maria, Count of Aquila, husband of Her Imperial Highness the Princess Imperial of Brazil D. Januária Maria, will be considered Prince of the House and the Imperial Family of Brazil, and shall enjoy all the rights and prerogatives that, according to the Constitution of the Empire, belong to such Princes. He will take the title of Imperial Prince, which now belongs to his future Augusta Wife; When, however, His Majesty the Emperor has descendants, the two August Spouses will take the title of Prince and Princess of Brazil, preserving with all the treatment of Imperial Highness.

Issue Januária and Louis had six children: Prince Luigi, Count of Roccaguglielma (18 July 1845 – 27 November 1909). Luigi married morganatically Maria Amelia Bellow-Hamel and had two children. Princess Maria Isabella of the Two Sicilies (22 July 1846 – 14 February 1859) Prince Filippo of the Two Sicilies (12 August 1847 – 9 July 1922). Filippo also married morganatically Flora Boonen and had no children. Stillborn twins (1848). Buried in Santa Chiara, Naples. Prince Emanuele of the Two Sicilies (24 January 1851 – 26 January 1851).

Death

She died in Nice in 1901 being the last daughter of Emperor Pedro I and Empress Maria Leopoldina to die.

Legacy The city of Januária in Minas Gerais was named in her honor.

Ancestry