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| Back | Catharina Braganza | ||||||||||||
| Born: 1638 Father: Jo�o IV of Portugal Mother: Louisa Maria Perez de Guzman of Medina-Sidonia Husband: Charles II Married: 1660 Age: 22 Children: One miscarriage in 1662 Three stilborn children between 1666 and 1669 Died: 1705 Age: 67 |
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| Catharina Braganza by Samuel Cooper, | |||||||||||||
| 1638�1705, queen consort of Charles II of England, daughter of John IV of Portugal. She was married to Charles in 1662. As part of her dowry England secured Bombay and Tangier. Unpopular in England for her Roman Catholic faith, she also had to suffer the humiliation of her husband�s infidelities and the disappointment of her own childlessness. In 1678 she was accused by Titus Oates of a plot to poison the king but was protected from the charge by Charles himself. After William III�s accession she returned to Portugal, where she supported the commercial Treaty of Methuen (1703) with England, and in 1704 she acted as regent for her brother, Peter II. | |||||||||||||
| Source: http://www.bartleby.com/65/ca/CathrinBra.html |
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