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Catherine of Braganza. 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. She was the daughter of John IV of Portugal, who became the first king from ...
Catherine Of Braganza (born Nov. 25, 1638, Vila Viçosa, Port.—died Dec. 31, 1705, Lisbon) 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.
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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 ...
Nov 25, 2019 · Catherine of Braganza (1638–1705), Queen Consort of Charles II. Jacob Huysmans (c.1633–1696) Government Art Collection. The queen undoubtedly commissioned Huysmans as he was a rival artist to Lely, who was favoured by the king and his mistresses. Catherine of Braganza (1638–1705) c.1665.
Apr 12, 2021 · In 1640, after 60 years of union with Spain, a significant number of the Portuguese nobility rose in revolt and set John, Duke of Braganza, on the throne of an independent Portugal as King John IV. He was Catherine’s father. So Charles’s bride came from a country that had, like England, suffered much upheaval and uncertainty in recent years.
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Feb 8, 2016 · Catherine had arrived at Portsmouth on the 14th of May 1662, where she stayed at the Governor’s House awaiting the King. Samuel Pepys, no stranger to Portsmouth in his stewardship of the Royal Navy, observed in his diary, “At night, all the bells of the town rung, and bonfires made for the joy of the Queen’s arrival, who came and landed ...
Catherine Of Braganza, Catherine of Braganza (1638–1705), queen of Charles II. Daughter of John, king of Portugal, Catherine's marriage to Charles II on 21 May 1662 was reg… Charles I (england), Charles I (1600–49), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1625–49). Charles was the second son of James VI and Anne of Denmark. Born in ...
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