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  Maria of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maria, Princess of Portugal (1538-1577), daughter of Duarte, Duke of Guimarães, granddaughter of Manuel I of Portugal, and wife of Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza.
Maria Ana Vitória Josefa, Princess of Portugal (1768-1788), daughter of Maria I of Portugal and Peter III of Portugal.
Maria Ana, Princess of Portugal (1843-1884), daughter of Maria II of Portugal and Ferdinand II of Portugal.
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 Maria II of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maria was thereupon restored to the throne, and obtained an annulment of her marriage.
Maria's reign saw a revolutionary insurrection on May 16, 1846, but this was crushed by royalist troops on February 22, 1847, and Portugal otherwise avoided the European upheavals of 1848.
Maria II is remembered as a good mother and a kind person, who always acted according to her convictions in an attempt to help her country.
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 Maria II of Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Maria da Gloria Joana Carlota Leopoldina da Cruz Francisca Xavier de Paula Isidora Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga was the daughter of the future King Pedro IV (Emperor of Brazil as Pedro I) and his first wife, Archiduchess Maria Leopoldine Josepha Caroline, daughter of Empereror Francis II of Austria.
On 26 January 1835 she married, at the age of 15, Auguste Charles Eugène Napoléon de Beauharnais, 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg, son of Eugène de Beauharnais, and grandson of the Empress Josephine.
Maria II is remembered as a good mother and a kind person, who always acted according to her convictions to help her country.
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 20TH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Archduchess Leopoldina of AUSTRIA was born in Austria - aka Maria Leopoldina.
She was married to Peter (Dom Pedro) IV of PORTUGAL (son of King John VI of PORTUGAL and Carlotta of SPAIN Queen) in 1818 in Portugal?.
Peter (Dom Pedro) IV of PORTUGAL was born in 1798 in Portugal (King of Portugal 1826-1831).
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 AllRefer.com - Maria II (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Maria II (Maria da GlOria), 1819–53, queen of Portugal (1834–53), daughter of Peter IV (Pedro I of Brazil).
In order to quiet the claims of her uncle, Dom Miguel, it was arranged that Maria be betrothed to him and placed under his regency.
Maria's father, having abdicated the Brazilian throne, recruited an army from the liberal opponents of Miguel; he also had the assistance of the English.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Portugal
Portugal is situated on the west of the Iberian Peninsula, being bounded on the north and east by Spain and on the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean.
If Philip I and II (1598-1621) ruled well, the period was none the less a disastrous one from a religious, as from a political point of view, and Portugal suffered heavily in the duel between the Protestant Powers and Spain.
As a result of the encyclicals of Leo XIII on Christian democracy, the movement for the establishment of Catholic circles for workingmen was inaugurated in Portugal, and these mutual-aid societies existed in the principal centres of population, furnished education to the workmen and their children, and kept them together by conferences, concerts, and excursions.
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 Portuguese (including Brazilian) Royal Family
Maria died giving birth to her stillborn daughter, Infanta Eugenio Prince Ferdinand was the King Consort of Portugal.
Miguel orchestrated a coup d'etat against his niece Queen Maria II and ruled as King of Portugal 13 June 1828 to 26 May 1834 when Maria II was returned to the throne following a civil war.
Duarte Pio Nuño of Portugal (Duke of Bragança)
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 21ST GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Prince Leopold of ROMANIA was born in 1835 in Hohenzollern - son of Charles Anthony II.
He was married to Maria Antonia of PORTUGAL (daughter of Duke Ferdinand II of COBURG and Maria II of PORTUGAL Queen of Portugal) before 1864.
Maria Antonia of PORTUGAL was born about 1838 in Portugal - dtr of Maria del Gloria.
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 Ancestors and Family of Alfonso III of Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Afonso III of Portugal (the Burgundian), fifth king of Portugal, was born in Coimbra on May 5, 1210 and died in February 16, 1279, in the same city.
As the second son of Afonso II of Portugal, Afonso was not expected to inherit the throne, which was thought destined to his brother Sancho.
Alfonso married Matilda II of Boulogne, daughter of Renaud de Dammartin and Ida of Boulogne, in 1238.
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 The Amazon Throne: The Orleans-Braganza of Brazil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Maria II was fifteen when her father died and a ruling monarch in her own right.
Maria II and Ferdinand were married at Lisbon on April 8, 1836.
Francisca of Braganza was married to Prince Philippe of Bourbon-Orleans, the fourth son of King Louis-Philippe of France; Januaria of Brazil was married to Prince Louis of the Two-Sicilies, Count of Aquila, brother of Empress Theresa.
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 Namnlöst dokument
Maria II She was born on April 4, 1819.
Son of Maria II and Fernando II, brother of Pedro V.
Portugal is now a Republic but the head of the Royal House of Portugal is Duarte Pio de Bragança, a great grandson of Miguel.
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 Maria II --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Maria was the daughter of Peter I of Brazil, IV of Portugal, who, on inheriting both countries from his father, entered a conditional abdication of Portugal in her favour (1826).
The German-born U.S. novelist Erich Maria Remarque is chiefly remembered as the author of All Quiet on the Western Front, perhaps the best-known and most representative novel dealing with World War I. A brutally realistic account of a young man's short career as a soldier, it was based on the author's own war experiences.
German royal family; from 10th to 15th century acquired Thuringia and Saxony and divided possessions between Ernestine and Albertine branches; in 19th-century duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, of Ernestine branch, provided Leopold I of Belgium, Ferdinand, king consort of Maria II of Portugal, Albert, prince consort of Victoria of England, and Ferdinand, king of Bulgaria.
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 Maria II
Peter V, king of Portugal - Peter V, 1837–61, king of Portugal (1853–61), eldest son and successor of Maria II.
Louis I, king of Portugal - Louis I, 1838–89, king of Portugal (1861–89), son of Maria II and Ferdinand II.
Miguel - Miguel, 1802–66, Portuguese prince; son of John IV of Portugal and younger brother of Pedro...
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 Maria II. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
(Maria da Glória), 1819–53, queen of Portugal (1834–53), daughter of Peter IV (Pedro I of Brazil).
Pedro, having succeeded to the Portuguese throne on the death (1826) of his father, John VI, granted a constitutional charter to the Portuguese and then abdicated in favor of Maria.
Maria married (1836) Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Ferdinand II of Portugal).
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 European Royal History: The Coburgs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
His most lasting legacy was to inherit his son Leopold II with a throne strong enough to withstand the scandalous life of the second King of the Belgians.
Unfortunately, and to Maria II’s chagrin, her consort Prince Auguste suddenly succumbed to physical excess and died within months of his arrival.
Maria II was desolate, Europe had another matrimonial crisis in its hands.
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 Volume 10 Issue ...
Maria da Gloria, as she was known, was born in Rio de Janeiro on April 4, 1819 and would die in Lisbon in 1853.
Miguel had been betrothed to Maria as part of a family arrangement to hold the throne until she 'came-of-age', and it was she who was eventually appointed Maria II of Portugal in 1834 when Miguel was forced to abdicate and go into exile.
Maria Cristina Teresa Alejandra was born in 1911.
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 The Former Ruling House of Portugal, 1939-1945
Maria Teresa, Archduchess Karl Ludwig of Austria (1855-1944).
Affonso, Infante of Portugal, Duke of Oporto (1865-1920).
Maria Ana, Infanta of Portugal, Princess of Beira, Infanta Gabriel of Spain (1768-1788)
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 10450
She was the daughter of Dom Pedro IV de Bragança, Rei de Portugal and Maria Leopoldine Erzherzögin von Österreich.
She married, secondly, Ferdinand II August Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld, son of Ferdinand Georg August Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld and Marie Antoinette Kohary of Csabrag, on 9 April 1836 in Lisbon.
She was the daughter of Dom Pedro II de Bragança, Emperor of Brazil and Teresa Maria Cristina di Borbone, Principessa di Borbone della Due Sicilie.
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 Royal House of Portugal - Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The death of Dom João VI in 1826, created serious problems to the political situation in Portugal, due to the creation of two opposite fractions in the country, led by the Infants of Portugal.
In 1828, Dom Miguel overthrew Queen Dona Maria II, and initiated a period of civil war, which ceased with the re-entry of Dom Pedro, who brought the legitimacy back and expelled his brother Dom Miguel.
Dona Maria Pia, XXI Duchess of Bragança, after having executed the documents of blood relationship, has undersigned, in 1987, a solemn Act of Abdication in favour of HRH Dom Rosario, who became the legitimate XXII Duke of Bragança, instantly recognised by the Holy Roman Church with which the Royal House is maintaining close relations.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Golden Rose
Maria of Austria, Queen of Hungary (Urban VIII; 1630);
Maria Theresa, Queen of France (1668), for her infant son, the Dauphin, for whom Pope Alexander VII was godfather;
Maria Christina, Archduchess of Austria (Pius VI; 1776);
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 History - The Frigate D.Fernando II e Glória
The "D.Fernando II e Glória", was the last frigate under sail to serve in the Portuguese Navy and the last warship, on the "India run".
The frigate was Christened "D.Fernando II e Glória" as a tribute not only to D.Fernando Saxe-Coburgo-Gotha, husband of Queen Maria II of Portugal, but also to Our Lady of Glory, a figure of special devotion among the inhabitants of Goa, to whom she was dedicated.
During this latter period, in 1957, she was visited by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on the occasion of the visit to Portugal made by Queen Elizabeth II of England.
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 History of Madeira & Portugal
Portugal was obliged to surrender, and the ransom was almost all the conquests Afonso had made in Galicia in the previous years.
King Manuel of Portugal, dreamed of uniting Portugal and Spain under his rule and successively married two daughters of King Ferdinand V and Queen Isabella I. Under pressure from his Spanish relations, he followed their example by expelling Jews and Muslims from his domains in 1497, thus depriving Portugal of much of its middle class.
Portugal is one of the founders of NATO
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 Extraordinary Online Bulletin 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Inspector General of Portugal's military hospitals from 1807 to 1809, his career was ruined when he was brought before the Inquisition on charges of being a Freemason.
A study of Portugal's economy with relation to trade and industry by one of the most knowledgeable men in the field.
The Latin version contains two chapters (Book II, chapters 15-16) which are not included in the Spanish translation; these deal with various winds in South America and their causes, the winds in the Tropics, and would presumably have been of interest to navigators.
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 Bernardo Peres de Silva Goa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
On 14th January 1835, a Goan, Bernardo Peres de Silva, was appointed Perfect with the powers of Governor of Goa by the government of Queen Maria II of Portugal.
There he became politically active as a liberal and this eventually led to his appointment to Goa as the "Perfect or Governor", the first and the last native Goan to be so appointed.
Bernardo Peres de Silva was deported to Bombay and the army took control of Goa during the interim period.
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 Wettin. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 1423, Frederick the Warlike of Meissen was granted Saxony and became (1425) elector of Saxony as Frederick I.
The English house changed its name to Windsor; the Bulgarian branch was deposed in 1946.
A cousin of Prince Albert married Queen Maria II of Portugal and became king consort as Ferdinand II of Portugal.
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 Queen Victoria - Section II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Section II t was clear that these interior changes--whatever else they might betoken--marked the triumph of one person--the Baroness Lehzen.
But in 1836 he had been again entrusted with an important negotiation, which he had brought to a successful conclusion in the marriage of Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, a nephew of King Leopold's, with Queen Maria II of Portugal.
The House of Coburg was beginning to spread over Europe; and the establishment of the Baron at Buckingham Palace in 1837 was to be the prelude of another and a more momentous advance.
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 Europe - List Of State Leaders In 1843
Netherlands - William II of the Netherlands William II, King of the Netherlands (1840- 1849)
Portugal - Maria II of Portugal Maria II, Queen of Portugal (1826- 1828, 1834- 1853)
Spain - Isabella II of Spain Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833- 1868)
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 Wettin Dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In the 19th and 20th centuries the Ernestine Wettins of the Saxe-Coburg branch rose to unprecedented heights.
Yet another Ernestine, Ferdinand, married Maria II of Portugal in 1836 and was the founder of the Portuguese royal house that reigned from 1853 to 1910.
And finally, a fourth Ernestine became prince of Bulgaria in 1887 and king in 1908, as Ferdinand I, with his descendant reigning until 1946.
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