Isabel Maria de Alcântara, Duchess of Goiás
Isabel Maria | |
|---|---|
| Duchess of Goiás Countess of Treuberg Baroness of Holzen | |
The Duchess of Goiás, by Wagner, 1853. | |
| Full name | Isabel Maria de Alcântara Brasileira |
| Born | 3 May 1824 Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil |
| Died | 3 November 1898 (aged 74) Murnau am Staffelsee, Kingdom of Bavaria |
| Spouse(s) |
Ernst Joseph Johann Fischler von Treuberg, 2nd Count of Treuberg and Baron of Holzen
(m. 1843; died 1867) |
| Issue | Marie Amélie Fischler von Treuberg Ferdinand Fischler von Treuberg Augusta Maria Fischler von Treuberg Franz Xavier Fischler von Treuberg |
| Father | Pedro I of Brazil |
| Mother | Domitila de Castro Canto e Melo |
Isabel Maria de Alcântara Brasileira, 1st and only Duchess of Goiás (3 May 1824 – 3 November 1898), was a Brazilian noble, the recognized daughter, born out of wedlock, of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil and Domitila de Castro, Marchioness of Santos, having been baptized on 31 May 1824.
She was legitimized, or recognized as a daughter of the Emperor, on 24 May 1826, by a decree who granted her the noble title of Duchess of Goiás and the right to be treated as "Her Highness, The Duchess of Goiás", treatment that would be unexpected and even irregular by Iberian monarchical traditions. Thanks to this, an order was sent to the headquarters of the Armed Forces of Brazil to salute the girl. She was thus, in practice, treated as a Brazilian princess (although these honors did not confer on her any place in the line of succession) and was considered in the First Reign of the Empire of Brazil a kind of protector of the province of Goiás.