This list details the burial sites of the monarchs of the Empire of Brazil, their immediate families, and the heirs apparent or presumptive to the throne (the Prince or Princess Imperial), together with their immediate families. Reflecting the dynasty’s history of exile and international dynastic ties, these sites are distributed between Brazil and several European nations. While the remains of the sovereigns and certain high-ranking members of the Brazilian imperial family were eventually repatriated to Brazil, others remain interred in countries such as Portugal, France, Italy, and Germany, situated within royal pantheons, mausoleums, churches, or municipal cemeteries.
In Brazil
Imperial Crypt and Chapel, Monument to the Independence of Brazil, São Paulo
NameDeathNotesGrave imagePedro I Emperor of Brazil24 September 1834Emperor Pedro I of Brazil (who also reigned as King Pedro IV of Portugal) was initially interred in the Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza in Lisbon, Portugal. In 1972, his remains were repatriated to Brazil and reinterred in the Imperial Crypt and Chapel, situated beneath the Monument to the Independence of Brazil in São Paulo. His heart, however, was placed in the Church of Our Lady of Lapa in Porto, Portugal. The embalmed organ, preserved in formaldehyde, is kept in a gilded silver urn enclosed within a mahogany and black velvet-lined case.Ambiel, Valdirene do Carmo.Maria Leopoldina of Austria Empress consort of Brazil11 December 1826Empress Maria Leopoldina (who also served as Queen consort of Portugal during her husband's brief reign as King Pedro IV) was initially interred in the Convent of Ajuda in Rio de Janeiro. Following the convent's demolition in 1911, her coffin was moved to the Convent of Saint Anthony in the same city.Gloria Kaiser: Dona Leopoldina – Habsburg Princess, Empress of Brazil, 2009, p. 15. In 1954, her remains were permanently transferred to the Imperial Crypt and Chapel beneath the Monument to the Independence of Brazil in São Paulo.Amélie of Leuchtenberg Empress consort of Brazil26 January 1873Amélie of Leuchtenberg, the second Empress consort of Brazil, died in Lisbon in 1873 and was initially interred in the Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza. In 1982, her remains were repatriated to Brazil and moved to the Imperial Crypt and Chapel in São Paulo, where they were placed in a burial niche near her husband's sarcophagus.Tirapeli, Percival e Silva, Manoel Nunes da. São Paulo artes e etnias. UNESP, 2007, p. 124
Imperial Mausoleum, Cathedral of Saint Peter of Alcantara, Petrópolis
NameDeathNotesGrave imagePedro II Emperor of Brazil5 December 1891Pedro II, the final Emperor of Brazil, died in Paris during his exile in 1891. Following a state funeral in the French capital, his coffin was transported by train to Lisbon and interred in the Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza. After the 1920 revocation of the banishment decree against the imperial family, his remains were officially repatriated to his homeland. The coffin was initially housed in the former Imperial Chapel before being transferred, in 1939, to the newly completed Imperial Mausoleum within the Cathedral of Saint Peter of Alcantara in Petrópolis.Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies Empress consort of Brazil28 December 1889Empress Teresa Cristina was initially interred in the Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza, where her remains lay from 1889 until 1921. That year, they were returned to the country alongside those of her husband, Pedro II, for eventual interment in the Imperial Mausoleum within the Cathedral of Saint Peter of Alcantara in Petrópolis.Isabel of Braganza Princess Imperial of Brazil14 November 1921Princess Isabel was unable to return to her homeland immediately following the 1920 repeal of the banishment decree due to her declining health. She died in France the following year and was initially interred in the Royal Chapel of Dreux, the traditional burial site of the House of Orléans. In 1953, her remains were repatriated, and in 1971, they were placed within the Imperial Mausoleum in Petrópolis. Gaston of Orléans, Count of Eu Prince Imperial consort of Brazil28 August 1922The Count of Eu died at sea in 1922 while traveling to participate in the centenary celebrations of Brazilian independence. Like his wife, he was interred in the Royal Chapel of Dreux. In 1953, his coffin and that of Princess Isabel were returned to the country; the couple's remains were eventually moved to the Imperial Mausoleum in 1971.Pedro de Alcântara of Orléans-Braganza Prince of Grão-Pará29 January 1940The remains of the Prince of Grão-Pará were initially laid to rest in the municipal cemetery of Petrópolis, where they remained from 1940 until 1990. In that year, his coffin, along with that of his wife, was transferred to the Imperial Mausoleum and placed within a simple floor vault.
Convent of Saint Anthony, Rio de Janeiro NameDeathNotesGrave imagePaula of Braganza Princess of Brazil16 January 1833Afonso of Braganza Prince Imperial of Brazil11 June 1847Prince Afonso was interred in the Convent of Ajuda in Rio de Janeiro. Following the convent's demolition in 1911, his remains were moved to the mausoleum within the Convent of Saint Anthony in the same city.Pedro Afonso of Braganza Prince Imperial of Brazil10 January 1850Maria Amélia of Braganza Princess of Brazil4 February 1853Princess Maria Amélia was initially interred alongside her father in the Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza. Nearly 130 years later, in 1982, her remains were returned to Brazil and placed within the Convent of Saint Anthony in Rio de Janeiro. Luiza Vitória of Orléans-Braganza Princess of Brazil28 July 1874
In Portugal Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza, Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon
NameDeathNotesGrave imageMaria II of Portugal Princess Imperial of Brazil15 November 1853Maria II of Portugal, the eldest child of Pedro I, was the only European monarch born in the Americas. Having been born in Rio de Janeiro during the period of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, she became Princess Imperial of Brazil following Brazil's independence in 1822 and held that position until the birth of her brother, the future Emperor Pedro II, in 1825. She later remained in the Brazilian line of succession until she was excluded from it by Brazilian law in 1835. Unlike her father and other family members whose remains were eventually repatriated to Brazil, her remains were not repatriated and remain interred in the Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza in Lisbon, where she was buried as the reigning Queen of Portugal.
In France Royal Chapel of Dreux, Dreux NameDeathNotesGrave imageFrancisca of Braganza Princess of Brazil27 March 1898Luís of Orléans-Braganza Prince of Brazil26 March 1920Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza Prince of Brazil29 November 1918
Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris NameDeathNotesGrave imageJanuária of Braganza Princess Imperial of Brazil13 March 1901Louis of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Aquila Prince Imperial consort of Brazil5 March 1897Luigi of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Roccaguglielma Prince of Brazil27 November 1909Philip of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Espina Prince of Brazil9 July 1922
In Italy Basilica of Santa Chiara, Naples NameDeathNotesGrave imageMaria Isabella of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Princess of Brazil14 February 1859Emanuele of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Prince of Brazil26 January 1851
In Germany St. Augustine's Church, Coburg NameDeathNotesGrave imageLeopoldina of BraganzaBragança (2008), 289Wehrs, 280 Princess of Brazil7 February 1871Pedro Augusto of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Prince of Brazil6 July 1934Augusto Leopoldo of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Prince of Brazil11 October 1922
See also Burial places of Portuguese royalty Notes
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