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  Royal Family of Europe - pafg172 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Mary II OF PORTUGAL was born in 1819 in Portugal.
Louis OF PORTUGAL was born in 1838 in,, Portugal.
Mary Amalia OF PALATINE was born in 1752 in .
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 Queen Mary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mary of Guise (1515-1560), queen consort and regent of Scotland, was the daughter of Claude, Duke of Guise, second wife of James V of Scotland and the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Mary, Queen of Scots, (1542-1587), queen regnant of Scotland and queen consort of France, was the daughter of James V of Scotland, wife of François II of France and the mother of James I of England.
Mary II of England (1662-1694), queen regnant of England, was the daughter of James II of England, the wife of William III of England and the sister of Anne I of the United Kingdom.
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 Azores Portugal accommodation pages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The mountain of Pico on Pico Island, at 2,351 m in altitude, is the highest in all of Portugal.
The islands are an autonomous region of Portugal.
In 1583, Philip II of Spain as king of Portugal, sent his combined Iberian fleet to clear the French traders from the Azores, decisively hanging his prisoners-of-war from the yardarms and contributing to the "Black Legend".
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 Encyclopedia: Mary II of England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Mary II (30 April 1662–28 December 1694) reigned as Queen of England and Ireland from 13 February 1689 until her death, and as Queen of Scotland (technically as Mary II of Scotland) from 11 April 1689 until her death.
Mary, who was born in London, was the eldest daughter of the Duke of York the future James II of England and of his first wife, the Lady Anne Hyde.
Mary's uncle was King Charles II; her maternal grandfather, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, served for a lengthy period as Charles's chief advisor.
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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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Portugal -> History Early History There is little direct filiation between the Portuguese of today and the early tribes who inhabited this region, although the Portuguese long considered themselves descendants of the Lusitanians, a Celtic people who came to the area after 1,000 BC The Lusitanians had their stronghold in the Serra da Estre...
Mary Queen of Scots -> Darnley and Bothwell Mary's chief diplomatic project was to secure recognition as successor to the English throne, and she sought a marriage that would reinforce her claim.
Mary -> Her Significance in Christianity Virginity and Immaculate Conception Since the early church the theme of Mary's virginity has served as an important emblem of Christianity's ascetic ideal.
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 Mary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Mary is a popular name worldwide originally derived from the ancient Egyptian word Mery meaning 'beloved', and is the most popular name for a female in the United States.
Mary is Miriam in the Hebrew and Arabic languages.
Mary is slang in some gay communities for a male homosexual.
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 JOHN II., THE PERFECT, KING OF PORTUGAL - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN II., THE PERFECT, KING OF PORTUGAL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The king of Castile invaded Portugal, but his army was compelled by pestilence to withdraw, and subsequently by the decisive battle of Aljubarrota (Aug. 14, 1385) the stability of John's throne was permanently secured.
Succeeding to the crown at a time when Portugal was at the height of its political power, and Lisbon in a position of commercial importance previously unknown, John III., unfortunately for his dominions, became subservient to the clerical party among his subjects, with disastrous consequences to the commercial and social prosperity of his kingdom.
(1603-1656), the Fortunate, king of Portugal, was born at Villaviciosa in March 1603, succeeded to the dukedom of Braganza in 1630, and married Luisa de Guzman, eldest daughter of the duke of Medina Sidonia, in 1633.
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 Charles II to Mary II of England
The daughter of King of Portugal, Catherine was married to Charles II in 1662.
She returned to Portugal, where she acted as Regent and, as a result of her economies, died immensely wealthy.
Mary's early life in Holland was lonely, but she became devoted to her husband.
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 Portugal
Son of Peter II and grandson of John IV; came to throne in midst of War of Spanish Succession (1701-14); involved as ally of England; by Treaty of Utrecht (1713) Portugal confirmed in possession of Amazon region.
Pedro II (1825-91) was born in Rio di Janeiro on Dec. 2, 1825.
Philip II (1527-98), King of Spain, Naples, and Sicily (1556-98) and, as Philip I, of Portugal (1580-98).
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 Royalty.nu - "Bloody Mary" - Queen Mary I
Mary was now officially a bastard, called "the lady Mary," but, like her mother, she refused to accept her change in status.
Mary's subjects were alarmed to learn of her engagement to the Spanish prince, fearing that England would become part of Spain.
Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer is a young adult novel written from Mary's point of view.
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 People and Peoples (N-P)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Mary was queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567.
Mary was queen of England from 1553 to 1558.
Mary II was queen of England from 1689 to 1694.
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 Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg183 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Mary of Spain DE BOURBON was born 17 Nov 1729 and died 19 Sep 1785.
Marie Adelaide DE SAVOIE was born 6 Dec 1685 and died 12 Feb 1712.
Mary Louise (Gabrielle) DE SAVOIE was born 17 Sep 1688 and died 14 Feb 1714.
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 Acton, Lectures on Modern History (1906) - Lecture 7: The Online Library of Liberty
Mary, appearing on this background of sanguinary uncles, was believed to be an adherent of their policy, and to take part in all extremes of the Catholic reaction.
Mary did not yield consent; but the idea once started was followed up, and the king was doomed to death by what was called the Bond of Craigmillar.
Mary escaped from her island prison, gathered an army, gave battle at Langside, and lost it, and then, losing courage before her cause was helpless, fled to England, in the belief that Elizabeth would save her.
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 Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg1367 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Hemma married Boleslaw II the Pious of BOHEMIA.
Maria of PORTUGAL was born 15 Oct 1527 and died 12 Jul 1545.
Joao of PORTUGAL was born 3 Jun 1537 and died 2 Jan 1554.
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 The Apparitions at Fatima
Looking very sad, Mary then said: "Pray, pray very much, and make sacrifices for sinners; for many souls go to hell, because there are none to sacrifice themselves and pray for them." With that she rose into the air and moved towards the east before disappearing.
Mary told Lucia to announce that she promised all the graces necessary for salvation to those who, on the first Saturday of five consecutive months, confessed, received Holy Communion, recited five decades of the rosary, and meditated on the rosary for fifteen minutes, all with the intention of making reparation to her.
She also heard Mary speak to her, asking that the Pope, in union with all the bishops of the world, make the consecration of Russia to her Immaculate Heart that she had spoken of during the July 1917 apparition.
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 Mary II of Portugal Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Maria II da Gloria, Queen of Portugal (April 4, 1819 - November 15, 1853), was the daughter of the future King Pedro IV (Emperor of Brazil as Pedro I).
She was only six years old when, on May 2, 1826, her father made her Queen of Portugal under the auspices of a constitutional government; she was seven years old when she was married to her uncle, Dom Miguel on 5 November 1826.
Pedro abdicated the Brazilian throne in 1831 and, from his base in the Azores he attacked Miguel, forcing him to abdicate in 1834.
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During the 1990 US Census, approximately 2.629% of females counted had the first name Mary.
In Ireland, it has also been a popular middle name for males - see Joseph Mary Plunkett for example.
''Mary'' is ''Miriam'' in the Hebrew languageHebrew and Arabic languages.
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 Portugal : The Azores - History, Portugal, Europe
In 1583 Philip II of Spain as king of Portugal sent his combined Iberian fleet to clear the French traders from the Azores, decisively hanging his prisoners-of-war from the yardarms and contributing to the "Black Legend".
In 1829, in Vila da Praia, the liberals won over the absolutists, making Terceira Island, the main headquarters of the new Portuguese regime, and where the Counsil of Regency (Conselho de Regência) of Mary II of Portugal was established.
The division was quite arbitrary, and didnt follow the natural island groups, rather reflecting the location of each district capital on the three main cities (neither of each on the western group).
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 Maria II of Portugal - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Maria II da Glória, (English: Mary II), the Educator (Port.
She was the second Queen of Portugal and the 29th (or 30th according to some historians) Portuguese monarch.
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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 Pope John Paul II - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Official image of John Paul II John Paul II, né Karol Józef Wojtyła (born May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, Poland), is the present pope.
At the height of his papacy, Pope John Paul II went to the Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem in Israel and touched the holiest shrine of the Jewish people, the Western Wall in Jerusalem, in March 2000, promoting Christian-Jewish reconciliation.
John Paul II has written and delivered a number of speeches on the subject of the Church's relationship with Jews, and has often paid homage to the victims of the Holocaust in many nations.
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 AZORES FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The mountain of Pico on Pico_Island, at 2,351 m in altitude, is the highest in all of Portugal.
In 1583, Philip_II_of_Spain as king of Portugal, sent his combined Iberian fleet to clear the French traders from the Azores, decisively hanging his prisoners-of-war from the yardarms and contributing to the "Black_Legend".
The 1820 civil war, in Portugal, had strong repercussion in the Azores.
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 The Periphery of Francia: Spain, Britain, Eastern Europe, & Scandinavia
Thus, Sancho II of Navarre (970-994) is different from Sancho II of Aragón (1063-1094), Sancho II of Castile (1065-1072), and Sancho II of Portugal (1223-1245); but Alfonso IX of León (1188-1230) is numbered in succession to Alfonso VIII of Castile (1158-1214).
Teobaldo II The marriage of Blanca of Navarre to Theobald of Champagne means that for a while the Counts of Champagne become the Kings of Navarre.
Mary's marriage to Philip II of Spain was barren, and then Elizabeth did not marry at all.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Margaret Mary; she made abstraction of these and examined the worship in itself.
(7) It was to Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690), a humble Visitandine of the monastery at Paray-le Monial, that Christ chose to reveal the desires of His Heart and to confide the task of imparting new life to the devotion.
Outside of the Visitandines, priests, religious, and laymen espoused the cause, particularly a Capuchin, Margaret Mary's two brothers, and some Jesuits, among the latter being Fathers Croiset and Gallifet, who were destined to do so much for the devotion.
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 Maria II of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Miguel pretended to accept, but when he arrived in Portugal he deposed Maria and proclaimed himself King, abrogating the liberal constitution in the process.
Pedro abdicated the Brazilian throne in 1831 in favor of his son (and Maria's younger brother, Pedro II), and from his base in the Azores he attacked Miguel, forcing him to abdicate in 1834.
Maria was thereupon restored to the throne, and obtained an annulment of her marriage.
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Charles II Charles II, French king: see Charles II, emperor of the West.
Ladislaus II Ladislaus II, king of Bohemia: see Uladislaus II, king of Hungary.
Waldemar II Waldemar II, 1170-1241, king of Denmark (1202-41), second son of Waldemar I. In the reign of his brother, Canute VI, he defended Denmark from German aggression and then extended Danish control over Schwerin.
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 King Philip OF SPAIN II & Queen Mary TUDOR I
Mary was a fanatic Catholic, and even before she was firmly on the throne had sent to the pope to request a formal re-establishment of ties.
Mary was adamant in her resolve and ended up burning those who disagreed with her, creating the first Protestant English martyrs.
Mary became increasingly deranged with the progression of her illness, but the greatest blow came when she learned that Calais, the last English foothold on French soil and the tiny remnant of the magnificent empire founded by Eleanor of Acquitaine and Henry II, had been lost.
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 Pope John Paul II  18 October 1996  Message for World Day of Sick
The insistent invitation of Mary most holy to penance is nothing but the manifestation of her maternal concern for the fate of the human family, in need of conversion and forgiveness.
Mary became the spokeswoman for other words of her Son at Fatima.
Mary in fact constantly points to her Divine Son and she is proposed to all believers as the model of faith which is put into practice" (Apostolic Letter Tertio millennio adveniente, n.
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 address to the bishops of portugal on their "ad limina" visit
I thank Bishop António Marcelino for his greeting in which, as Vice-President of your Episcopal Conference, he described the situation of the Church in Portugal, her fidelity to Christ and the great challenges facing her at the moment.
Now, with regard to Portugal and the Eucharist, we should recognize that many have not eaten and few are satisfied.
Be assured of my constant prayers for the Church in Portugal on pilgrimage to heaven, so that all her members can courageously and generously respond to the year of grace about to begin.
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