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Maria II of Portugal
Queen of Portugal (1826-1853) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maria II (4 April 1819 – 15 November 1853) "the Educator" (Portuguese: "a Educadora") or "the Good Mother" (Portuguese: "a Boa Mãe"), was Queen of Portugal from 1826 to 1828, and again from 1834 to 1853.
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Maria II | |||||
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Queen of Portugal | |||||
1st reign | 2 May 1826 – 23 June 1828 | ||||
Predecessor | Pedro IV | ||||
Successor | Miguel I | ||||
Regents | Infanta Isabel Maria (1826–1828) Infante Miguel, Duke of Beja (Feb–Jul 1828) | ||||
2nd reign | 26 May 1834 – 15 November 1853 | ||||
Acclamation | 20 September 1834 | ||||
Predecessor | Miguel I | ||||
Successor | Pedro V | ||||
Co-monarch | Fernando II (1837–1853) | ||||
Regent | Pedro IV (May–Sep 1834) | ||||
Born | (1819-04-04)4 April 1819 Palace of São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||
Died | 15 November 1853(1853-11-15) (aged 34) Necessidades Palace, Lisbon, Portugal | ||||
Burial | 19 November 1853 Pantheon of the House of Braganza | ||||
Spouse | Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg
(m. 1835; died 1835)Ferdinand II of Portugal
(m. 1836) | ||||
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House | Braganza | ||||
Father | Pedro I of Brazil and IV of Portugal | ||||
Mother | Maria Leopoldina of Austria | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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