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Oct 6, 2022 · When Charles II’s suffering but reluctantly tolerant wife Catherine of Braganza (1638–1705) accepted the beautiful noblewoman Frances Stuart (1647–1702) as her lady-in-waiting in 1663, she probably knew what was coming. It was a state of affairs that had soured the couple’s arranged union.
She was the daughter of John IV of Portugal, who became the first king from the House of Braganza in 1640 after overthrowing the 60–year rule of the Spanish Habsburgs over Portugal and restoring the Portuguese throne which had first been created in 1143.
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Apr 23, 2020 · Together with her salary as one of Catherine of Braganza’s ladies she was able to live comfortably at court. Frances was fond of Charles II’s neglected wife and always took her side against Louise de Kéroualle.
Her marriage, which took place in May 1662, brought England valuable trading privileges and the port cities of Tangier (in Morocco) and Bombay. In return, England pledged to help Portugal maintain its independence from Spain.
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Nov 25, 2019 · Yet Catherine of Braganza was just as keen to assert herself as a patroness of the arts. Initially, her court was overshadowed by her mother-in-law, queen dowager Henrietta Maria – until she returned to France in 1665. It was then that Catherine slowly asserted her influence as a patron of art and music.
This study examines a single dynasty from its rise to its fall and considers the experiences of the women charged with its reproductive continuation over a century: Anna of Denmark, Henrietta Maria of France, Catherine of Braganza, Anne Hyde, Mary of Modena, Mary II and Anne.
Frances, as an unmarried young woman of high rank and a relative of the king, was appointed a lady-in-waiting to the queen, Catherine of Braganza . Frances' beauty and kind, playful disposition quickly made her one of the most popular of the court women.
