page_title: Elise, Countess of Edla
section_title: Marriage
hierarchical_section_title: Elise, Countess of Edla / Marriage
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context_page_description: Elise, Countess of Edla, was a Swiss-born American actress and singer, and the morganatic second wife of the former King Ferdinand II of Portugal.
context_section_description: On 10 June 1869, Elise married morganatically, in Benfica (Lisbon), the former King Ferdinand II of Portugal, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Just before the ceremony, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a cousin of Ferdinand and the head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, granted to Elise the title of Gräfin von Edla (Countess of Edla); the marriage was childless.
  In Portugal, the couple lived a discreet life in Sintra, where the former king occupied the Palácio da Pena. As a hobby, both Ferdinand and Elise loved botany, and in the middle of their park, Elise built a chalet which she designed herself, inspired by Swiss chalets and rural houses of the United States. With the support of his cultivated wife, Ferdinand supported several artists, including the painter Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro and the pianist José Viana da Mota.
caption: Chalet of the Countess of Edla in Sintra
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