women history meme → tragic women [3/5] ↳ Amélie of Orléans, Queen consort of Portugal
“Unfairly ignored in spite of being the last french princess to become a queen consort, Marie-Amélie of Orléans was the great-granddaughter of Louis-Philippe, King of the French; she married, at 21, the cheerful Duke of Brangaza, heir to the throne of Portugal. Life seemed sweet and promising, as they ascended the throne only three years later, but Queen Amélie's fate would soon turn out to be one of the most dramatic among european sovereigns.” – S. Bern, Marie-Amélie, the Last Queen of Portugal













