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   Did Charles II marry Catherine of Braganza?

   • This exhibition is in the past. View our current exhibitions Charles II (r. 1660–85) married Catherine of Braganza in May 1662. Part of her large dowry was the Portuguese territory of ‘Bom Bahia’ (Bombay) on the western coast of India, modern Mumbai.

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   Did Charles and Catherine marry?

   • Catherine was born at Vila Vicosa near Lisbon on 25 November 1638, the third child of the Duke of Braganza who later became King John IV of Portugal. If ever a marriage was made for political and economic reasons, the union of Charles and Catherine was such a match.

   Charles II and Catherine of Braganza: A loveless marriage?

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   How old was Catherine of Braganza when he died?

   • His death meant that Catherine of Braganza became a queen dowager, never the easiest of roles to fill. She was 47 years old and hoped, after an appropriate time of mourning, to go back to Portugal.

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   Why did Catherine of Braganza drink tea?

   • Upon marrying England’s King Charles II, Portugal’s Catherine of Braganza carried on sipping tea as part of her daily routine (Credit: DEA/G. DAGLI ORTI/Getty Images) When Catherine arrived in England, tea was being consumed there only as a medicine, supposedly invigorating the body and keeping the spleen free of obstructions.

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   Catherine of Braganza (Portuguese: Catarina de Bragança; 25 November 1638 – 31 December 1705) was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland during her marriage to King Charles II, which lasted from 21 May 1662 until his death on 6 February 1685.

   • Father: John IV of Portugal
   • Mother: Luisa de Guzmán

   • House: Braganza
   • Religion: Roman Catholicism

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   Jun 22, 2018 · By Frederick Holmes. On 23 June 1661 a marriage treaty agreeing upon the union of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza was signed. Catherine brought a dowry of £500,000, as well as Bombay, Tangier and the right of free trade with the Portuguese colonies, and also popularised tea-drinking in Britain. In spite of being relatively poor, Charles ...

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   Catherine Of Braganza was a Portuguese Roman Catholic wife of King Charles II of England (ruled 1660–85). A pawn in diplomatic dealings and anti-papal intrigues, she was married to Charles as part of an important alliance between England and Portugal. Catherine’s father became King John IV of.

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   Feb 8, 2016 · These were the first impressions King Charles II confided to Lord Clarendon following his first meeting with his wife to be, the Infanta of Portugal, Catherine Duchess of Braganza. Catherine had arrived at Portsmouth on the 14th of May 1662, where she stayed at the Governor’s House awaiting the King.

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   Apr 12, 2021 · Catherine of Braganza, the neglected Queen – Historia Magazine. 12 April 2021 By Linda Porter. “One of the greatest and most illustrious princesses in the world.” If contemporaries thought highly of Catherine of Braganza, why has history been so condescending to Charles II’s queen?

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   Aug 28, 2017 · Travel back in time to 1662, when Catherine of Braganza (daughter of Portugal’s King John IV) won the hand of England’s newly restored monarch, King Charles II, with the help of a very...

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    Charles II, Catherine of Braganza and Bombay. Charles II (r. 1660–85) married Catherine of Braganza in May 1662. Part of her large dowry was the Portuguese territory of ‘Bom Bahia’ (Bombay) on the western coast of India, modern Mumbai. The king agreed to transfer control of Bombay to the East India Company and it soon became their base. 0.