Abstract
This article aims at discussing the relationship between the second emperor of Brazil, Pedro d'Alcântara, and his tutor of Semitic and oriental languages, the German orientalist Christian Friedrich Seybold (1859-1921). By reading the monarch's diaries we could find a huge amount of references to the German orientalist, which reveals, in a certain way, the importance of this tutor in d. Pedro II's life. However, whereas Seybold's presence is frequently observed in the emperor's diaries, strangely enough this close contact during five years was not taken into consideration by the emperor's biographers, being summarized in some lines and sparse allusions. From a critical rereading of the sources, we attempt to bring to light new data for the bio-bibliographic study of Seybold who contributed actively to d. Pedro II's intellectual life and who accompanied the emperor in exile until his last days of life.
Keywords:
Imperial Brazil; oriental studies; Ch. F. Seybold
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