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| | Leopoldina lives on |
 | | The prize he sought to gain was the hand of the Archduchess Maria Leopoldina Josepha Carolina, sister of Napoleon’s Empress Marie Louise, for Dom Pedro de Alcantara, heir to the throne of Portugal and her colonies. |
 | | Added to Leopoldina’s varied and brilliant retinue (which included stewards, chamberlains, assorted aristocrats, guardsmen, a grand almoner, a chaplain, a doctor and four philologically expert ladies-in-waiting), there was a librarian, a zoologist, an imperial hunter, a royal gardener, an entomologist, a mineralogist, a working miner, three drawing teachers and several artists specialising in drawing plants. |
 | | Leopoldina’s marriage brought her not only happiness, but trade and culture to Brazil, raising the intellectual and cultural tone of the court, and giving it a much needed touch of refinement. |
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