Domitila de Castro, Marchioness of Santos

Domitila de Castro
Marchioness of Santos
Portrait wearing the sash of the Order of Saint Isabel by Francisco Pedro do Amaral, c.1826
Born(1797-12-27)27 December 1797
São Paulo, State of Brazil
Died3 November 1867(1867-11-03) (aged 69)
São Paulo, Empire of Brazil
Spouse(s)
Felício Pinto Coelho de Mendonça
(m. 1813; div. 1824)
    (m. 1842; died 1857)
    IssueFrancisca Pinto Coelho de Mendonça e Castro
    Felício Pinto Coelho de Mendonça e Castro
    Isabel Maria, Duchess of Goiás
    Maria Isabel, Countess of Iguaçu
    Rafael Tobias de Aguiar e Castro
    João Tobias de Aguiar e Castro
    Antônio Francisco de Aguiar e Castro
    Brasílico de Aguiar e Castro
    FatherJoão de Castro Canto e Melo, Viscount of Castro
    MotherEscolástica Bonifácia de Oliveira Toledo Ribas

    Domitila (or Domitília) de Castro do Canto e Melo (27 December 1797 — 3 November 1867), 1st Viscountess with designation as a Grandee, then 1st Marchioness of Santos, was a Brazilian noblewoman and the long-term mistress and favorite of Emperor Pedro I.