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unusual facts about Maria II



2nd Lancers Regiment

The Portuguese lancers were given the mission (and created for the purpose) to defend the Queen Maria II.

Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela

Miguel condemned him to death in absentia and seized his estates, but Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil, appointed Palmela guardian to his daughter, the rightful Queen Maria II, and he acted as her ambassador at the British court.


see also

Queen Mary

Maria II of Portugal (1819–1853) also known as Maria II, the Good Mother, daughter of Pedro IV of Portugal and I of Brazil and Archduchess Maria Leopoldina and mother of Pedro V of Portugal and Luis of Portugal

Viva Maria!

Maria II (Brigitte Bardot), the daughter of an Irish Republican anarchist, meets Maria I (Jeanne Moreau), the singer of a circus.