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The Portuguese House of Burgundy, known as the Afonsine Dynasty, was the founding house of the Kingdom of Portugal. Prior to the independence of Portugal, the house ruled the feudal County of Portugal, of the Kingdom of Galicia. When Afonso Henriques declared the independence of Portugal, he turned the family from a comital house to a royal ...
The Portuguese House of Burgundy, known as the Afonsine Dynasty, was the founding house of the Kingdom of Portugal. Prior to the independence of Portugal, the house ruled the feudal County of Portugal, of the Kingdom of Galicia. When Alphonso I Henriques declared the independence of Portugal, he turned the family from a comital house to a royal ...
The husband of a Portuguese queen regnant could only be titled king after the birth of any child from that marriage. Portugal had two princes consort – Auguste de Beauharnais, 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg and Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – both consorts to Maria II. The first one died leaving his wife childless, and therefore never became ...
King of Portugal r. 1826: Maria Leopoldina of Austria 1797–1826: Francis I 1777–1830 King of the Two Sicilies: François d'Orléans 1818–1900 Prince of Joinville: Francisca of Brazil 1824–1898: Auguste de Beauharnais 1810–1835: Maria II 1819–1853 Queen of Portugal r. 1826–1828, r. 1834–1853: Ferdinand II 1816–1885 King of ...
While Queen Charlotte is a fictional television drama from the mind of Shonda Rhimes, its main characters are indeed based on two real-life historical monarchs: King George III, who ruled the ...
The Infanta Maria Francisca, ascended the throne to reign as Queen Maria I Marquis of Pombal, Queen Maria's nemesis, who was dismissed and exiled. The death of King Joseph in 1777 forced the accession of Princess Maria Francisca, his eldest daughter, to the throne of Portugal; she succeeded her father as the first Queen regnant of the 650-year-old country, which was still recovering from the ...
Below, all of the details you need to know about Queen Charlotte's full family tree, from her marriage to her children and her grandchildren. Queen Charlotte. Born: May 19, 1744. Died: November 17 ...
The Regency Bill of 1765 stated that if George should become permanently unable to rule, Charlotte would become Regent, acting in the king's stead as his official representative. However, after ...