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Ads by Google      House of Braganza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Created in 1442 by King Afonso V of Portugal for his uncle Afonso, Count of Barcelos (natural son of John I of Portugal), it is one of the oldest Royal titles in Portugal. IPA: /bɾɐ.'ɣɐ̃.sɐ/) was the royal house of Portugal from 1640 to 1910 and ruled the Empire of Brazil from 1822 to 1889. The Duchy of Bragança, a Royal Dukedom, was created in 1442 by king Afonso V of Portugal for his uncle Afonso, Count of Barcelos (natural son of John I of Portugal). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Braganza   (1509 words)      List of Portuguese monarchs - Psychology Central The House of Braganza continues unofficially until today, and the title of Duke of Braganza is still used by Duarte Pio, the 24th Duke of Bragança and the presumptive heir to the throne of Portugal. The dynasty began with the acclamation of Philip II of Spain as Philip I of Portugal in 1580, officially recognized in 1581 in the Cortes of Tomar. With the marriage of Mary II, Queen of Portugal, to Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha during the 4th Dynasty, the House of Braganza continued (according to some historians) as the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. http://psychcentral.com/psypsych/King_of_Portugal   (1766 words)      Braganza The house of Braganza ruled Portugal until the establishment of a republic in 1910. Braganza, royal house that ruled Portugal from 1640 to 1910 and Brazil from 1822 to 1889. After Brazil declared (1822) its independence, it was ruled as an empire under Pedro I, son of John VI of Portugal, and Pedro II until a revolution made it a republic in 1889. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0808690.html   (311 words)      On Granting Aid to Portugal by George Canning. Great Britain: II. (1780-1861). Vol. IV. Bryan, William Jennings, ed. ... Anterior in existence to the accession of the House of Braganza to the throne of Portugal—it derived, however, fresh vigor from that event; and never from that epoch to the present hour, has the independent monarchy of Portugal ceased to be nurtured by the friendship of Great Britain. When I state this, it will be obvious to the House that the vote for which I am about to call upon them is a vote for the defense of Portugal, not a vote for war against Spain. Delivered in the House of Commons in December, 1826, after an organization of Portuguese favoring absolutism had prepared in Spain an expedition to overthrow the existing constitutional monarchy in Portugal. http://www.bartleby.com/268/4/12.html   (1648 words)      THE ORDER OF OUR LADY OF THE CONCEPTION OF VILA VIÇOSA The fortunes of the Royal House of Braganza and the Kingdom of Portugal have been united for centuries. Here the father of the present Duke of Braganza, de jure Duarte II of Portugal (died 1976), was interred in a moving ceremony among the remains of his ancestors. The end of the Constitutional Monarchy and the evident childlessness of King Manuel, led to a healing of the division in the Royal House of Portugal. http://www.chivalricorders.org/orders/portugal/vilavic.htm   (3453 words)      [No title] ‘Braganza is name of the former royal family of Portugal and Brazil, and of the ducal house from which the family was descended. The Duke talked of a War of Tripple Alliance, planned by his house and executed faultlessly about the same time his vassal Habsburg had usurped the crown of Spain and was waiting for the confederate success on the border to the United States. Successive generations were the descendants of Pedro: John V; Joseph Emanuel; Maria I, who married her uncle, known thereafter as Pedro III; and John VI. http://www.geocities.com/touxxaint1/book5.txt   (19901 words)      Portugal - Mill - oshow4 This success, on 14 August 1385, secured the independence of Portugal for almost 200 years, established the House of Avis on the throne and, as HV Livermore states, importantly for the future development of the country, assured the fall of the old landed magnates and the rise of the merchant classes of Lisbon and Oporto. More importantly, the House of Braganza, albeit reluctantly at first, ruled Portugal from 1640 until the monarchy was abolished and the Republic instituted in 1910. After the death of his wife, in 1422 Nun' Alvares Pereira, Great Constable of Portugal, third Count of Ourém, Prior in the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, and beloved national hero, gave up all his titles and possessions and became a friar in the Carmelite Order. http://www.users.bigpond.com/bobhay/portl01/oshow4.html   (595 words)      Braganza: From House to Palace to 'municipio' - Apr. 18, 2004 His uncle, Enrique Braganza was governor of Pangasinan and 1st District congressman. In view of his negotiating skills, and his former underground connections, the President also appointed him member of the government peace panel negotiating with the Communists in Oslo. Another uncle, Agapito Braganza, was also a mayor. http://www.inq7.net/nat/2004/apr/18/nat_10-1.htm   (1333 words)      The Amazon Throne: The Orleans-Braganza of Brazil Along with him went most members of the Braganza family, Pedro remained in Brazil to act as regent for his father. Nonetheless, and regardless of his misapprehension concerning Theresa, Pedro II married his Neapolitan cousin and settled to the procreation of a new generation of Braganza infants. Dom Joao of Braganza, Regent of Portugal, packed his family and his demented mother, Queen Maria I, and headed for the sunny coasts of Brazil. http://www.eurohistory.com/braganza.html   (5175 words)      Somerset House - the Tudor palace A Bill was introduced to Parliament to limit the number of Catherine's Roman Catholic servants, and she was warned not to agitate against his government. Cromwell died in 1658 and, at Somerset House, "The Lord Protector's effigy lay in state for many weeks after his death. Charles I came to the throne in 1625 and, later that year, married Henrietta Maria of France, a devout Roman Catholic. http://www.somerset-house.org.uk/history/tudorpalace   (2416 words)      Senator raps Palace, House ... - Jun. 26, 2003 Deputy Speaker Raul Gonzalez said the issue of term extension was never brought up in the meetings between the Senate committee on constitutional amendments and its counterpart in the House. Arroyo told the Inquirer that Malacañang had been "feigning indifference" to moves to amend the Constitution although it had "in fact marshaled since last year a study group to work for the amendments to the Constitution." By Arroyo's analysis, there will be no elections next year if the amendments are in place as early as January. http://www.inq7.net/nat/2003/jun/26/text/nat_4-1-p.htm   (946 words)      The aging of the Spice Boys Braganza says he is not new to the agrarian reform law, and had pushed for agrarian reform since his college days. Indeed, no sooner had Defensor and Braganza warmed their respective Cabinet seats than unsavory stories of various slips-up and charges of "unfitness for public office" and corruption began sprouting like fungi in the media. UNORKA likewise mentions cases of CARP implementation and pending agrarian reform cases involving Cojuangco property in Tarlac, Palawan, and Davao Oriental; the 258-hectare Asistio estate in Albay; 12,000 hectares of land in Bondoc Peninsula owned by Domingo Reyes; and some 5,300 hectares of Floirendo plantations in Davao del Norte. http://www.cyberdyaryo.com/features/f2002_0111_05.htm   (3090 words)      Firs Queen of Bristol From the time the Eighth Duke of Braganza became King John IV (1640) the House of Braganza continued to be the royal power in Portugal for 270 years or until 1910. Catherine's father, Dom John, the Eighth Duke of Braganza, along with 40 revolutionaries (Restauradores), gloriously restored the independence of Portugal on the morning of December 1st, 1640. By Manuel Luciano da Silva, M.D. The Queen of England, Catherine of Braganza, was born in Vila Viçosa, Alto Alentejo, Portugal, on November 25, 1638, on St. Catherine's Day. http://www.apol.net/dightonrock/firs_queen_of_bristol.htm   (2520 words)      The next stage The Royal House will negotiate the acquisition of a Braganza Principality, comprising a territory and its territorial waters, which will be a Sovereign, Independent State ultimately recognized by the United Nations countries individually. Five Judges, elected for a three-year term by the Cortes, will sit on the bench of the Royal Court of Braganza. The Head of the Royal House of Portugal will rule the Principality in perpetuity. http://www.theroyalhouseofportugal.org/html/next.html   (1758 words)      ALPHONSO - LoveToKnow Article on ALPHONSO In 1667 he was compelled by his wife and brother to abdicate the throne and was banished to the island of Terceira. He resigned the crown to his brother Ramiro and went into a religious house. , the second king of the house of Braganza, was born in 1643 and succeeded his father in 1656. http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/A/AL/ALPHONSO.htm   (1139 words)      Brazil19C2 King John (João) VI, of House of Braganza (Portugal) http://www.unl.edu/LatAmHis/Brazil19C2.htm   (430 words)      Braganza BRAGANZA (Braganca), the capital of an administrative district formerly included in the province of Traz-os-Montes, Portugal; situated in the north-eastern extremity of the kingdom, on a branch of the river Sabor, 8 m. The Orleans-Braganza of Brazil Dom Joao of Braganza, Regent of Portugal, packed his family and his demented mother, Queen Maria I, and headed for. Head of the Royal House of Braganza The Duke of Braganza was born in Berne 15 May 1945, married 13 May 1995 Dona Isabel II Nuno, Duke of Braganza, and Princess Francisca of Orléans-Braganza, and succeeded. http://www.99hosted.com/names6155.html   (396 words)      PRELIMINARY REMARKS To these are added Genealogical Tables of certain noble houses, with Lists of chief ministers of great States, and of governors of important dependencies and colonies, within the same period. The Howard, Douglas, and Campbell families have, however, been exceptionally introduced, in order to draw attention to their political alliances ; and, on much the same grounds, certain of the great ministerial families of the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries have been included. The House of Wittelsbach in the Palatinate and Bavaria. http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/camenaref/cmh/vol13.html   (3049 words)      The Braganza: An Historical Account In 1809, Napoleon, by one of those pithy orders of the day which so delighted his armies, declared that "the house of Braganza had ceased to reign," and the house of Braganza forthwith proceeded to give truth to the declaration by withdrawing itself from Portugal. Don Pedro preferred the young empire of Brazil to the old kingdom of Portugal, which he gave to his little daughter Donna Maria da Gloria for whom he contracted that unnatural marriage with his own brother. Considerable difference of opinion exists as to the fate of the Braganza after King John's death. http://www.jjkent.com/articles/braganza-historical-account.htm   (2830 words)      Royal House - Psychology Central Britain's Royal House is the House of Windsor. United Kingdom: House of Windsor and Mountbatten-Windsor a.k.a. Sweden: House of Vasa and House of Holstein-Gottorp http://psychcentral.com/psypsych/Royal_House   (291 words)      Prince Bertrand of Orleans-Braganza to visit Miami May 7-9 Born in Mandelieu, France in 1941, he studied at the Jesuit school in Rio de Janeiro and graduated as a lawyer from the Law School of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. His father, Prince Pedro Henrique of Orleans-Braganza, the Head of the Imperial House of Brazil until his death in 1981, entrusted Prince Bertrand's social and political formation to Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira, the renowned Catholic thinker, man of action, and founder of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP). Prince Bertrand descends from the Royal House of France, in a direct line from St. Louis IX of France (1214-1270), the crusader-saint. http://www.cubdest.org/0106/cbertre.html   (468 words)      Brazil: Constructions of A Culture On the same day his troops were marching in, the Royal House of Braganza along with its court moved from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro. In less than 200 years Portugal's independence would be threatened again. The Royal House of Braganza became the only European Monarch to step foot on one of its colonies. http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~lisalis/odyssey/brazil_independence.html   (231 words)      ABS-CBN Interactive Braganza, who retired in September, ironically was once the camp’s commander. Rep. Ronaldo Puno of Antipolo took office on Monday as acting secretary of the interior and local government, the morning after the tense five-hour standoff at the Philippine Marines headquarters in Fort Bonifacio. He said he had nowhere else to stay since his children are living in his old house in Quezon City. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=29651   (853 words)      History of PORTUGAL With the end of the Peninsular War, and the defeat of Napoleon in 1814, Portugal enters a brief period of political hiatus. In return England supports Portugal against Spain's continuing hostility, until Spain finally accepts Portuguese independence in 1668. In 1662 the English king Charles II marries John's daughter, Catherine of Braganza. http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=1709&HistoryID=ab46   (2336 words)      Canadian Journal of History: Renascent Empire? The House of Braganza and the Quest for Stability in Portuguese Monsoon ... His book essentially argues that Portugal, under the early Braganzas, was a modernizing absolutist state, capable of, and committed to, sustaining a relatively lucrative Asian empire. Glenn Ames does not dispute that Portugal's Asian empire, the Estado da India, had reached its nadir in 1663, but it had not, he argues entered into an inevitable and sustained decline. Most of the holdings on the Malabar pepper coast had been lost to the Dutch. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3686/is_200212/ai_n9148241   (579 words)      Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.1, Entry 155, BRAZIL: Library of Economics and Liberty —Brazil, discovered in 1500 by Pedro Alvares Cabral, belonged continuously to the crown of Portugal until the Brazilians, with the spontaneous concurrence of the regent Dom Pedro, the immediate heir of the house of Braganza, proclaimed and won their independence, which was subsequently ratified by a treaty, concluded with Portugal. Since that treaty, dated Aug. 29, 1825, a separation has been effected de facto and de jure, and the new American monarchy has been recognized by all the powers, with its chief Dom Pedro I. as constitutional emperor and perpetual protector of Brazil. In proclaiming its independence, the Brazilian nation proclaimed monarchy as its form of government, and as its monarch Dom Pedro I., eldest son and legitimate heir of the head of the house of Braganza, Dom Joâo VI., king of Portugal. http://www.econlib.org/LIBRARY/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy155.html   (4350 words)      European Voyages of Exploration: Magellan All three were appointed to duty at the palace and became inseparable. In March 1493, Christopher Columbus made port in Portugal on his return voyage from the New World. If this could be accomplished, Duke Manuel and the House of Braganza would ascend the throne of Portugal. http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/magellan.html   (4191 words)      The Crown Council of Ethiopia His descendant King John IV gave up his crown and declared Mary, reigning Queen of Portugal and protectress of the Royal House of Braganza. The Ethiopian Crown Council joins the House of Windsor, the people of the United Kingdom, and the people of the Commonwealth in mourning the I ask you for your help and support and ask God, the Father of all life to abundantly bless you and the Royal House of Portugal in this great Jubilee Year of its Founding.. http://www.ethiopiancrown.org/current.htm   (9066 words)      PORTUGAL, ROYAL HOUSE OF BRAGANZA He is the eldest son and heir of the late Duarte II Nuno, Duke of Braganza, and Princess Francisca of Orléans-Braganza, and succeeded his father as Head of the Royal House of Portugal and 36th (titular) King of Portugal and the Algarves 24 Dec 1976. His Royal Highness Dom Duarte III Pio, Duke of Braganza, Head of the Royal House of Portugal, with his wife, son and daughter in the drawing room of their house near Sintra. TO HISTORY OF THE ROYAL HOUSE OF PORTUGAL http://www.chivalricorders.org/royalty/gotha/portugal.htm   (112 words)      The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Travel We were ushered into the house through a creaking staircase leading straight to the waiting lounge. For a second, her mind went back to the times when the parties were frequently organised in the Braganza’s house. Mrs Braganza does not do much of talking with the visitors and goes about her work in a matter-of-fact manner but since we were the last group that evening, she opened up: "After the land laws were introduced in Goa, the family’s entire property and estates were no more with us. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031116/spectrum/travel.htm   (844 words)      [No title] Wedding Photos of the Royal House of Braganza (Brazil and Portugal) Dom Duke of Portugal, Duke of Braganza (*1945) and Dona Isabel de Heredia (*1966) http://www.angelfire.com/pa4/verenaroyalwed/Braganzawed.html   (87 words)      Afonso VI of Portugal Bombay //-->Bombay and Tangier to England (June 23 1661) as dowry for Afonso's sister, Catherine of Braganza who had married King Charles II of England. /; English Alphonzo or Alphonse), or Affonso (Old Portuguese), (August 21,1643-September 12, 1683) was the twenty-second (or twenty-third according to some historians) King of Portugal, the second of the House of Braganza, known as 'the Victorious' (Port. As a result, Afonso took control of the throne and his mother sent to a convent. http://afonsoviofportugal.quickseek.com   (242 words)      DOM FRANCISCO MANUEL DE MELLO - LoveToKnow Article on DOM FRANCISCO MANUEL DE MELLO He spent much of the next ten years of his life in military routine work in the Peninsula, varied by visits to the court of Madrid, where he contracted a friendship with the Spanish poet Quevedo and earned the favor of the powerful minister Olivares. 1611-1666), Portuguese writer, a connection on his father's side of the royal house of Braganza, was a native of Lisbon. In 1637 th~~ latter despatched him in company with the conde de Linhares on a mission to pacify the revolted city of Evora, and on the same occasion the duke of Braganza, afterwards King John IV. http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/M/MA/MANUEL_DE_MELLO_DOM_FRANCISCO.htm   (917 words)      History of Tea : England The outcry against this was so great he was forced to reverse his decision on January 8, and the coffee houses remained open. Coffee houses were so active in political discussion and free speech that the government felt threatened by them and made an attempt to abolish them. The various houses specialized in selected areas of interest, some serving attorneys, some authors, others the military. http://www.geocities.com/lgol27/HistoryTeaEngland.htm   (4047 words)      Full text of WHO ARE THE BLACK NOBILITY? by Dee Jay All the families listed are connected with the House of Guelph, one of the original Black Nobility families of Venice, from which the House of Windsor and thus the present Queen of England, Elizabeth II, descends. All (almost) European royal houses originate from the House of Hanover and thus from the House of Guelph — the Black Nobility. The Black Nobility uses secret assassinations, murder, blackmail, the bankrupting of opposing citizens or companies, kidnapping, rape and so on… hence their name. http://reactor-core.org/black-nobility.html   (981 words)      The Alexander Palace Discussion Board - The Braganza family and Brazil Emperor Pedro I of Brazil (whose eldest daughter was Maria II da Glória, Queen of Portugal--her father had abdicated as King of Portugal in her favor while becoming Emperor of Brazil) 6th child Francisca Carolina Joana Carlota Leopoldina Romana Xavier de Paula Micaela Rafaela Gabriela Gonzaga m. Succeeded her father as Head of the Imperial House of Brazil and as Grand Mistress of the Imperial Orders of Dom Pedro I, the Southern Cross, and the Rose, 5th December 1891. The Orleans (who really got around maritally considering they were deposed) weren't the only well-known house connected to the Brazilians--the Coburgs pop up (of course!) as well. http://hydrogen.pallasweb.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=iberia;action=display;num=1111249106   (2209 words)      legal documents to sell house in alberta - Legal Documents is set to pass the House and Senate and... of the man in the White House, Neil Bush is a highly... legal documents to sell house in alberta - Legal Documents http://www.go-legal-documents.info/legaldocumentstosellhouseinalberta   (472 words)      Duke of Braganza The Royal Family of Portugal - House (http://www.geocities.com/henrivanoene/royalportugal.html) Another claimant to the position of head the House of Braganza is the Italian Rosario Poidimani calling himself "Rosario of Braganza" not her son or grandson. Poidimani is a relative of one Hilda Toledano who claimed in the 1930s to an illegitimate child of king Carlos I by a Maria Amelia Laredo e This branch defends its claim based on Monarchic Constitution promulgated in 1838 and revoked in 1910 by the Republic. http://www.freeglossary.com/Duke_of_Braganza   (1419 words)      My home is the biggest of all! - Deccan Herald - Internet Edition “Francis Xavier Barganza the third owner of the house was a lawyer and land lord. My father-in-law was a journalist who ran his own paper. That is why he was arrested and he ran away with his family to Bangalore and lived on Residency Road. http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may292005/finearts1259592005526.asp   (1122 words)      Brazil4 Rcvd: GC of the Orders of Christ, St Benedict of Aviz and St James of the Sword of Brazil, Dame of the Orders of St Isabel of Portugal, the Starry Cross of Austria and Maria Luísa of Spain, DC of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, and recipient of the Papal Golden Rose. 1928), Head of the Royal House of France (b. Assumed the headship of the Imperial House of Brazil together with style of Imperial and Royal Highness and the Grand Mastership of the Imperial Orders of Dom Pedro I, Cross of Brazil, and of the Rose, in contravention of his father's renunciation, 1946. http://4dw.net/royalark/Brazil/brazil4.htm   (2893 words)      2,000 farmers demand Braganza's resignation Braganza, a nephew of former President Ramos and a former congressman from Pangasinan, surely has an idea of what social justice is all about. Braganza is also a member of the government's peace negotiating panel. Braganza interceded and introduced himself to the guards as the secretary of the DAR. http://www.cyberdyaryo.com/features/f2001_0420_03.htm   (2034 words)      Afonso VI of Portugal Biography Afonso VI (August 21, 1643 - September 12, 1675) was king of Portugal, the second king of the House of Braganza. He succeeded his father in 1656 at the age of 16. Colonial affairs saw the Dutch conquest of Jaffnapatam, Portugal's last colony in Sri Lanka (1658) and the cession of Bombay and Tangier to England (June 23 1661) as dowry for Afonso's sister, Catherine of Braganza who had married King Charles II of England. http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Afonso_VI_of_Portugal.html   (191 words)      Online edition of Daily News - Features His house, which is more than 320 years old, is situated in Loutolim in Salcete Taluka. Mario Miranda describes it beautifully, "I still remember the hush in the halls when the Governor descended the stairway with my mother on his arm, followed by my father with the Governor's wife on his arm. The house belonging to Jitendra Deshprabhu, a local legislator, is probably the largest and the grandest. http://www.dailynews.lk/2003/08/13/fea07.html   (2635 words)      fugacious.net Fourth largest house in India, built by aristocrats from Portugal. Before heading off to Palolem, I decided to have a look at the Menezes-Braganza mansion in Chandor. http://www.fugacious.net/archives/2004/10/08/menezesbraganza_mansion   (159 words)      dalailama The Dalai Lama was brief in his intervention and expressed his gratitude to all those who had made his visit possible. Dom Duarte shared with the Dalai Lama and those present, some of his memories of visiting, (in the company of his late father) Tibetan refugees who were exiled in Switzerland. HRH the Duke of Braganza is also President of the Prince Henry the Navigator Awards, which is the Portuguese branch of the British, Duke of Edinborogh Awards for student Scholarships. http://www.kronzer.org/news_dalailama.html   (1325 words)      Margao,Margao Travel,Tourism in Margao,Margao Tours,Margao in Goa,India Today, it is occupied by a famous Goan cartoonist, and his family, direct descendants of the wealthy Areca planters who originally owned the surrounding estate. Route Caetan Miranda house, two minutes' walk south of the square, and Salvador Costa House, tucked away on the western edge of the village, are other mansions worth hunting out; the later is occupied by an elderly lady who only welcomes visitors by appointment. Braganza de Perreira, the great grandfather of the present owner, was the last knight of the King of Portugal; more recently, Menezes Braganza, a famous journalist and freedom fighter, was one of the few Goan aristocrats to actively oppose Portuguese rule. http://goa.indiantravelportal.com/margao   (1222 words)      Vila Viçosa, Alentejo, Portugal - Tourism Information - Sightseeing This was the former residence of the Dukes of Braganza from the beginning of the 16th century and was commenced in 1501-1502 (the north wing) and completed in the 18th century. Situated in the Ancient Bishop Palace, this historical archive, the richest private archive from the country, is constituted by almost 200,000 pieces, chronologically placed between the 15th and 19th centuries. Within the fifty rooms open to the public are housed precious private art collections and extremely rare books which originally belonged to King Manuel II, Portugal's last reigning monarch. http://www.portugalvirtual.pt/_tourism/plains/vila.vicosa/uksightseeing.html   (1734 words)      Queen Catherine of Baganza Her childhood had been spent in a remote convent, and upon her marriage she saw her duty in England to be protector of the Catholic faith. It had been one of the conditions of the marriage treaty that she would be allowed to practice her religion in England without interference, and throughout much of Charles II’s reign, her chapels at St. James’s and in Somerset House were the only places in London where Catholics could worship freely. It would be the hidden Catholic significance of the Lamb combined with the flag of St. George of England that could convey the Regiment’s dual allegiance to Queen and to nation. http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/queen_of_reg/catherine.html   (1701 words)      King Charles II and Catherine of Braganza, Marriage Medal The marriage of Charles II and Catherine united the royal house of Stuart with that of the Portuguese royal house of Braganza. King Charles II and Catherine of Braganza, Marriage Medal, 1662 King Charles II and Catherine of Braganza, Marriage Medal http://www.christophereimer.co.uk/single/9020.html   (220 words)      [Goanet] FEATURE: Dayanita's Goa album The ballroom in the Braganza house reflects the opulence of another age. She owns an old Portuguese house in Saligao, which is her haven from her zooming life as a professional photographer. Here she captures the frame of mother and daughter, Luisa and Melissa Cordeiro. http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@goanet.org/msg30471.html   (564 words)

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