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Bragança (Portuguese: [bɾɐˈɣɐ̃sɐ] ⓘ; Mirandese: Bergáncia), also known in English as Braganza (/ b r ə ˈ ɡ æ n z ə / brə-GAN-zə, US also /-ˈ ɡ ɑː n-/- GAHN-), [1] [2] is a city and municipality in north-eastern Portugal, capital of the district of Bragança, in the Terras de Trás-os-Montes subregion of Portugal.
Afonso I, first Duke of Braganza and founder of the House of Braganza Isabel of Braganza was the first to intermarry with the royal family, as wife of Infante João, Constable of Portugal. The House of Braganza originated with Afonso I , an illegitimate son of King John I of Portugal , founder of the House of Aviz , and Inês Pires.
The House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha [1] (also known as the House of Saxe-Coburg-Braganza or the Constitutional Branch of the Braganzas) [2] is a term used to categorize the last four rulers of the Kingdom of Portugal, and their families, from 1853 until the declaration of the republic in 1910.
The marriage of Afonso (1st Duke of Braganza) and Beatriz, daughter of Nuno Álvares Pereira started the House of Braganza. During their time, Afonso V (1438-1481) raised Bragança to city status. During the reign of King Manuel I (1495-1521), the town and its castle's architecture and site plan were recorded by Duarte de Armas in his Book of ...
Bragança District (Portuguese: Distrito de Bragança [bɾɐˈɣɐ̃sɐ] ⓘ; Mirandese: Çtrito de Bergáncia) is a traditional political division of Portugal, in the northeast corner bordering on Spain (Castile and Leon and Galicia), covering 7.4% of the nation's continental landmass.
Bragança, Portugal, a city and municipality in the north-eastern district of Bragança; ... Braganza (disambiguation) This page was last edited on 5 ...
All of the Braganza monarchs of Portugal are buried at the royal pantheon, from John IV (1603–1656) to Manuel II (1889–1932), except: Maria I of Portugal is buried in the Estrela Basilica in Lisbon. She died in 1816, while the Royal Court was in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and was initially laid to rest at the Ajuda Convent in Rio de Janeiro ...
An engraving showing the ruins of the Paços dos Duques de Bragança The Terreiro da Misericórdia, showing the shadowy figure of the Palace in the background (right). The residence was ordered to be built in the first quarter of the 15th century (likely 1420 to 1422) by Afonso, Count of Barcelos, the illegitimate son of John, and future Duke of Braganza, following his return to Portugal after ...