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In May 1871, the Emperor Pedro II who had by then ruled Brazil for over 30 years was about to depart on a trip to his beloved Europe. During his absence, his daughter and heir, Princess Isabel, was to act as regent with full powers. A key passage in the instructions he gave her ran: “So that no ministry will have the least suspicion of my daughter’s role in public affairs, it is indispensable that my son-in-law, otherwise the natural adviser to my daughter, behaves in a way that gives no hint that he influences even by his councils my daughter’s opinions.” He was sure, the emperor added, that his son-in-law, Gaston d’Orléans, comte d’Eu, “would follow the example of the spouse of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert.”1
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The best biography of the count remains Alberto Rangel, Gastão de Orléans (o ultimo conde d’Eu) (São Paulo, 1935).
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Barman, R. (2014). Gaston d’Orléans, Comte d’Eu: Prince Consort to Princess Isabel of Brazil. In: Beem, C., Taylor, M. (eds) The Man behind the Queen. Queenship and Power. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137448354_12
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