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
Spouses
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.