Catherine of Braganza
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Catherine of Braganza was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from 21 May 1662 to 6 February 1685, through her marriage to Charles II of England. After his death, Catherine returned to Portugal and
Portrait by Peter Lely, c. 1663–1665
Infanta Catherine of Portugal by Dirk Stoop, 1660–1661
Queen Catherine as St Catherine of Alexandria, by Jacob Huysmans
Queen Catherine as a Shepherdess, by Jacob Huysmans
John IV of Portugal
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Dom John IV, was King of Portugal from 1640 until his death in 1656. The grandson of Catherine, Duchess of Braganza, a claimant to the crown during the Portuguese succession crisis of 1580, he was pro
Catherine of Braganza
…After his death, Catherine returned to Portugal and served as regent for her brother Peter II in 1701, and again in 1704–1705. 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. Her Catholicism…
John as an infant; Pedro Américo, 1879.
John as king of Portugal by José de Avelar Rebelo, c. 1640s.