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Originally Posted by Elsa M.
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Beautiful Portrait! Funny how none of the children (Duarte, Miguel, Henrique)look like their parents. Dom Duarte Pio resembles his father a bit but not much. And Dom Miguel and Henrique don't resemble any at all. They don't even resemble each other, IMO.
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Originally Posted by Marengo
I wondered, I read somewhere that the Miguelist branch of the family was almost facing bankrupcy until Queen D. Amelia decided to leave her possessions to them, but wasn't Princess Francisca rather rich? On all the articles I read about her sister, the late countess of Paris it was said that the Petropolis branch of the Brazilian IF was very rich and that Isabelle took amall fortune with her in the marriage.
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I have no idea if the Petropolis branch was very rich, but Princess Francisca's dowry was not impressive for sure or she and her husband wouldn't have to live in such finantial conditions.
Salazar was concerned with their situation and asked Dª Amelia to contemplate them in her will. The book "Salazar e a Rainha" (which means
Salazar and the Queen) of Fernando A. Monteiro show us a letter of Dª Amelia to Salazar in which she says "About my will, I will do what you are asking me. And I do that only because it's you, Mr. President, who are asking me to do so - I hope you are glad".
I think the only things that D. Duarte inherited from his mother were some jewelry, not money or properties in Brazil.