Josina Peixoto
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PresidentFloriano Peixoto
Preceded byMariana da Fonseca
Succeeded byAdelaide de Morais Barros
Vice PresidentFloriano Peixoto
Josina Peixoto | |
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| First Lady of Brazil | |
| In role 23 November 1891 – 14 November 1894 | |
| President | Floriano Peixoto |
| Preceded by | Mariana da Fonseca |
| Succeeded by | Adelaide de Morais Barros |
| Second Lady of Brazil | |
| In office 26 February 1891 – 23 November 1891 | |
| Vice President | Floriano Peixoto |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Amélia Pereira |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Josina Vieira de Araújo 9 August 1857 |
| Died | 5 November 1911 (aged 54) Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil |
| Spouse | |
Josina Vieira de Araújo Peixoto (9 August 1857 – 5 November 1911) was the wife of Floriano Peixoto, the 2nd President of Brazil, and the second woman to serve as first lady of the country, between 1891 and 1894. She was also the 1st second lady of Brazil from February 1891 until the resignation of Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca in November of the same year.[1]
Born in Maceió, capital of the state of Alagoas, intimately known as Sinhá, she was the daughter of colonel José Vieira de Araújo Peixoto and his second wife, Teresa Goufino Rosa, had four other siblings: Anna Vieira Peixoto, José de Sá Peixoto, Arthur Vieira Peixoto and José Vieira de Araújo Peixoto.
