#portraits of the past
Archduke Alexander Leopold of Austria
Alexander Leopold Johann Joseph
August 14, 1772 -July 12, 1795
He was accidentally burnt to death whilst preparing a firework display.
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Lucien Bonaparte.
Prince Français,1st Prince of Canino and Musignano.
The younger brother of Napoleon Bonaparte.
21 May 1775 – 29 June 1840 (65)
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Charlotte of Valois
She was a sickly, delicate child and died from measles at not quite eight.
October 23, 1516 – September 18, 1524
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Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
24 December 1837 – 10 September 1898 (60)
She suffered from Bulimia and Anorexia.
Her cause of death was her assassination, her last word’s were “What has happened?”
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Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil.
1 December 1831 – 4 February 1853 (21)
In early 1852, Maria Amélia was engaged to Archduke Maximilian of Austria. The couple fell deeply in love, but the marriage never occurred due to her premature death (she fell ill with tuberculosis)
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