Tereza Souza Campos
Tereza Souza Campos | |
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Born | Tereza Souza Campos 27 January 1929 Ubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Died | June 27, 2020(2020-06-27) (aged 91) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Occupation | socialite |
Tereza Souza Campos, after named Tereza de Orleans e Bragança, (January 17, 1929 – June 27, 2020) was a Brazilian socialite.[1] Was married with João Maria of Orléans-Braganza during more of twenty years.[2]
Biography
Tereza Souza Campos born in Ubá, a city located in interior of Minas Gerais.[3][4] Daughter of a merchant father, leave to Petrópolis, at Rio de Janeiro interior, for study a traditional colegial in the city.[5] Further, leave from Petrópolis for Rio de Janeiro, then federal capital of the country. In Rio, he became one of the main names of Rio's high society, being present in several bars, nightclubs and restaurants frequented by the Rio elite.[6] According to the writer and journalist, Ruy Castro, she was one of the main characters of Rio's nightlife, being admired by the women who frequented those environments.[7] Along with names like Lourdes Catão, Dolores Guinle and Therezinha Muniz Freire, they were among the main names in bohemian life in the 1940s and 1950s.[8]
At the age of seventeen, she married Carlos Eduardo de Souza Campos, popularly known as Didu.[9][10] A Banco do Brasil (BB) employee, Didu supplemented his income from the economic reserves left by his father, Vilobaldo de Sousa Campos, former director of the state bank.[11] The couple had only one son, Diduzinho Souza Campos, who later became one of the main nightlife playboys in Rio in the 1970s.[12] The couple lived in a twenty-room house built by Vilobaldo located in Copacabana and received personalities such as Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth.[13]
Her influence on Rio's nightlife was such that Tereza was featured on the cover of Manchete magazine - the main national magazine in her context - on two occasions.[14] In 1956, she was chosen by the magazine's jury as the best dressed woman of the previous year.[15] In 1968, she returned to the cover of the magazine, stamping the first edition of the magazine of the year.[16][17]
In 1990, she married for the second time, this time with João Maria de Orléans e Bragança, member of the royal family of Brazil and grandson of Princess Isabel. The civil wedding was held in Petrópolis, on April 29, 1990, and, 16 days later, in Rio de Janeiro, the religious wedding took place.
She became the widow of João Maria in 2005, the victim of a stroke.[18][19]
Death
Tereza died in 2020, at the age of 91, in the city of Rio de Janeiro.[20] She went through the last year of her life, very depressed by the death of her only son, Diduzinho, who died in 2019.[21]
References
- ^ "Adeus a Princesa Tereza de Souza Campos de Orleans e Bragança". Revista Fácil. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ Meirelles, Claudia; Ferreira, Marina. "Viúva de neto da princesa Isabel, Thereza de Orleans e Bragança morre no RJ". Metrópoles. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "Ubá (MG)". Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "Adeus a Princesa Tereza de Souza Campos de Orleans e Bragança". Revista Fácil. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ Castro, Ruy (2015). A noite do meu bem : a história e as histórias do samba-canção. São Paulo, SP: Companhia das Letras. ISBN 9788535926521.
- ^ Angel, Hilde. "Thereza de Souza Campos e a Dinastia das Therezas da sociedade carioca". Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ Castro, Ruy (2015). A noite do meu bem : a história e as histórias do samba-canção. São Paulo, SP: Companhia das Letras. ISBN 9788535926521.
- ^ Chuk (6 July 1958). "Gatos Pardos". Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ Castro, Ruy (2015). A noite do meu bem : a história e as histórias do samba-canção. São Paulo, SP: Companhia das Letras. ISBN 9788535926521.
- ^ Escarlate, José. "De quando a noite era noite e Copacabana perdeu seu status". Notibras. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ Araújo, André. "O Rio das dez mais elegantes, por Andre Motta Araujo". Jornal GNN. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ Pellegrino, Antonia. "O príncipe de Copacabana". piauí. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "Casarão em Copacabana vai a leilão hoje". Folha de São Paulo. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "As 10 mais elegantes do Brasil em 1955". Manchete. 1956. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ Martins, Justino (6 January 1958). "Expediente". Manchete. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ Astor, Michael (14 July 2020). "Thereza de Orléans e Bragança, Brazilian Society Doyenne, Dies at 91". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
- ^ "Além de Felipe Neto, o New York Times deu outro destaque ao Brasil esta semana: a carioca Thereza de Orléans e Bragança". LuLacerda. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "Thereza de Orleans e Bragança morre no Rio". G1. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "Morre Príncipe D. João de Orleans e Bragança". Perfil News. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "«Morre, aos 93 anos, Thereza de Orleans e Bragança, ícone da elegância carioca". O Globo. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ Astor, Michael (14 July 2020). "Thereza de Orléans e Bragança, Brazilian Society Doyenne, Dies at 91". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.