EMPEROR PEDRO II: the master-father of the princesses

• Autor(a) principal: Aguiar, Jaqueline V. de
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Encontros
• Texto Completo: https://portalespiral.cp2.g12.br/index.php/encontros/article/view/351
• topic: Isabel Princess; Leopoldina Princess; Brazil Empire; education.; Princesa Isabel; Princesa Leopoldina; Brasil Império; educação.

In the Nineteenth-century Brazil, the Princesses Elizabeth and Leopoldina became the only heir to the Throne and Crown of Brazil. This study aimed to analyze the formation of the Princesses by highlighting the figure of the Emperor D. Pedro II, the girls' father. This historical and documentary research had the Princesses letters as the main source of it. It was concluded the Princesses were educated with disciplines aimed at the "arts and sciences and the "housewives". They were of great importance to the tutor’s performance and in the role of Emperor’s governess, this last one as a true parent / teacher engaged in turning their daughters into future sovereign.