Champagne Flute Princess Isabelle And Count Of Eu Imperial Couple Of Brazil

MONOGRAM CHAMPAGNE FLUTE, IG UNDER BRAZILIAN IMPERIAL CROWN, BY GASTON D'ORLÉANS, COUNT D'EU, AND ISABELLE DE BRAGANCE, IMPERIAL PRINCESS OF BRAZIL. Commissioned for their wedding celebrated on October 15, 1864 in Rio de Janeiro and for the use of the table of the Imperial Princess Isabelle of Brazil, Countess of Eu, first at the Guanabara Palace in Rio and at the Isabel Palace in Petropolis until in 1889 then in Europe, in the two residences of the imperial family in exile, namely: on the outskirts of Paris in their mansion located in Boulogne and in Normandy at the castle of Eu. Crystal, cut-off model. H.: 16 cm Provenance: - was part of the crystal glass service executed in 1864 for the marriage of Prince Gaston d'Orléans, Count of Eu, with Isabelle de Braganza, Imperial Princess of Brazil. -by descent Isabelle de Braganza (1846-1921), was the eldest daughter of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil, in 1864 she married a grandson of King Louis-Philippe I, Prince Gaston d'Orléans comte d'Eu . The couple had four children. In the absence of her father, Princess Isabella of Brazil was regent of Brazil three times in 1872, 1877 and 1888. It was during this last regency that the daughter of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil signed the abolition of slavery, earning her to be called for posterity: Isabel a Redentora (Isabelle the Redemptrix). In 1889, the Brazilian revolution brought about the fall of the Empire and the exile of the imperial family in Europe. Settled in France with her family, Princess Isabelle now lived between her private mansion in Boulogne-sur-Seine and the Château d'Eu in Normandy, devoting the rest of her life to fighting for the liberation of slaves all over the world, creating “Villages of Freedom” in Africa and relentlessly supporting anti-slavery congresses. Gaston d'Orléans (1842-1922), Count of Eu and grandson of King Louis-Philippe I, he married the Crown Princess of Brazil, Isabelle de Braganza. He successfully led the campaign against Paraguay at the head of the Brazilian armies and imposed on the vanquished the liberation of hundreds of thousands of slaves.