TIL Empress Leopoldina from the house of Habsburg was the first woman to become head of state in an independent country in the Americas. She was one of the masterminds behind Brazil independence and the yellow in the flag symbolizes her house of Habsburg. She was also behind German migrations there.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Leopoldina_of_Austria

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