Visconde de taunay biography templates

Visconde de Taunay (1843-1899) was a writer, soldier and politician of the Brazilian Empire. A monarchist and great admirer of D. Pedro II, he maintained a long correspondence with him when the former emperor was exiled from the country.

Alfredo Maria Adriano dEscragnolle Taunay was born in São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, on February 22, 1843. From an aristocratic family, he was the son of Felix Émile Taunay, one of the Emperor's preceptors and his faithful friend for forty years, and Gabriela Hermínia d'Escragnolle Taunay, daughter of the Count d'Escragnolle.

His grandfather, the painter Nicolas Antoine Taunay, came to Brazil as a member of the French Artistic Mission, in March 1816.

Training

Visconde de Taunay entered Colégio Pedro II, where he completed the Humanities course in 1858.

In 1861 he joined the Imperial Army, in the 4th Artillery Battalion. In 1863 he graduated in Physical Sciences and Mathematics at the Military School. In 1964 he was promoted to 2nd