Josina Peixoto
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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.
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Marriage and children
Josina and Floriano grew up together, as Peixoto had been adopted as her father's godson. She married her cousin-brother, Floriano Vieira Peixoto — son of her paternal uncle Manuel Vieira Peixoto — on 11 May 1872. The ceremony took place at the Itamaracá plantation, near Murici, Alagoas. The Peixotos had eight children.
Post-presidency and death
A year after Floriano's term as president, Peixoto was widowed. She died in Rio de Janeiro on 5 November 1911, aged 54.