Monarchy of Portugal 1: 2004 - February 2006

Elsa M. · Dec 18, 2005

Photos of the Dukes of Bragança and their children (Afonso, Francisca and Dinis), taken in the Portuguese village of Óbidos, on October 15th 2005.

Photos by SeegerPress:

Elsa M. · Dec 18, 2005

Still from the same photo session, by SeegerPress:

Elsa M. · Dec 18, 2005

D.ª Isabel, during the same visit to the medieval village of Óbidos. Photos by SeegerPress:

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Marengo · Dec 28, 2005

Thanks so much Elsa for posting these pictures. It seems a very happy family.

[FONT=verdana, arial]This was posted by Jose on the Franco-Iberian Royals MB:[/FONT]

[FONT=verdana, arial]'Flash Magazine in Lisbon announces:
Infante D. Henrique, duke of Coimbra, has announced his engagement to Isabel Nogueira.
The wedding will take place in ... 2 years time, in order they will have time to know each other better.
Infante D. Henrique is the family "pinga-amor". '[/FONT]

[FONT=verdana, arial]Apparantly the Duke of Braganca is not to thrilled by his brothers choise. Does anybody know anything more about the bride-to-be?

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Warren · Dec 29, 2005

Marengo said:
[FONT=verdana, arial]Infante D. Henrique, duke of Coimbra, has announced his engagement to Isabel Nogueira.[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, arial]Apparantly the Duke of Braganca is not to thrilled by his brothers choise.[/FONT]

Most others will just be very surprised!

Marengo · Dec 29, 2005

I definately am. My portuguese friend hads the same reaction, as it was assumed that Enrique was not of the marrying kind. Apparently not many people know him well because the surprised reactions on the franco-iberian royals MB were about being gay, slightly retarded or a womaniser. Anyway, apparenly he will be a married man soon, to a social climber (hopefully for Enrique, with money).

As the wedding will take place in two(!) years I would be surprised if it would actually come to that, but maybe I am just to sceptical.

Elsa M. · Dec 29, 2005

Marengo said:
Apparently not many people know him well because the surprised reactions on the franco-iberian royals MB were about being gay, slightly retarded or a womaniser.

I wouldn't call him a womaniser (well, at least not in my concept of what an womaniser is: i.e. a heartthrob or a woman abuser). D. Henrique is an habitué of parties and social events, but definitely not a heartthrob!... And I don't know how can a person be a womaniser and gay, at the same time

Well, anyway, that Flash magazine is anything except a reliable source. But we'll see if the news becomes official or not... As far as I know, Isabel Nogueira is a socialite and she had a previous religious marriage, so that explains why D. Duarte wouldn't see such marriage with good eyes...

rchainho · Dec 30, 2005

From the portuguese magazine FLASH from this week. It talks the future marriage of Infante Henrique with Isabel Nogueira.

rchainho · Dec 30, 2005

From the Portuguese magazine FLASH and VIDAS. The circus show that the dukes and the family has seen and it talk about also about the unapproval decision of the duke of the marriage of his brother.

Elsa M. · Dec 30, 2005

Thanks, rchainho, for posting it. Here's what the text says:

During a dinner of friends, Isabel Nogueira and Dom Enrique confessed to Flash that they are engaged: "We already know each other for quite some time and there has always existed chemistry between us, but now we thought that perhaps it’s time to go further on the relationship", confessed Isabel Nogueira. However, the ceremony will have to wait 2 years, "the sufficient time to know each other in a better way, to create common habits; that courtship period which is very important and that we didn’t enjoy sufficiently yet".

In case it really ends up taking place, this will certainly be one of the most exciting marriages of the next times, since D. Henrique is brother of D. Duarte Pio.
According to friends of the couple, if everything runs smoothly, the knot shall happen in the Palace of Pena. The godparents are already chosen, and this invitation was addressed to Lili Caneças* and Carlos Fonseca Ferreira. João and Teresa Campos Henriques will be in charge of the banquet, that will certainly be carried with all the pomp and circumstance.

Questioned on the fact of this "secret" being so well-kept, Isabel Nogueira explains: "I do not want to create a circus around this. I must have redoubled care, since Dom Enrique is part of a royal family, which we all must respect". The truth is that D. Henrique revealed to Flash "an enormous affection and admiration. She is a fantastic woman, full of strength and energy, who has conquered me very long ago".

* This woman is the “mother”, or should I call her the most ridiculous figure of the Portuguese jet set.

Elsa M. · Dec 30, 2005

Second article:

D. Duarte does not comment the marriage of his brother

Confronted with the relationship and the supposed marriage between D. Henrique and Isabel Nogueira, D. Duarte preferred to remain silent. However, Flash talked to sources close to D. Duarte, who said that Isabel Nogueira, as a divorcee, couldn’t marry in the Church, which would constitute a shock for the royal family. This does not mean however that the marriage wouldn’t be approved just because it cannot obey to the Catholic rites. The same source adds: "I don't know if D. Henrique would dare to abdicate from these religious principles that are so rooted in the Portuguese royal family".

D. Duarte, who has always struggled to remain away from polemics, took advantage of this Christmas season to attend a circus spectacle, accompanied by his wife, D.ª Isabel, and their three children, Afonso, Francisca and Dinis.

rchainho · Dec 30, 2005

well job elsa. together we make a team.

Marengo · Dec 30, 2005

Elsa M. said:
Thanks, rchainho, for posting it. Here's what the text says:

* This woman is the “mother”, or should I call her the most ridiculous figure of the Portuguese jet set.

You mean Lili Canecas, right? I had her as a wallpaper on my computer, together with her dutch equivalent, for a while.

Thanks for the articles and the translations. Is the bride-to-be rich?

Elsa M. · Dec 30, 2005

Marengo said:
You mean Lili Canecas, right?

Yes, she's known here as the "Super Tia"... that kind of person that is famous for no other reason than being famous

Is the bride-to-be rich

Not really... she's a co-editor of a "pink" magazine.

Elsa M. · Jan 3, 2006

QUEENS OF PORTUGAL

Throughout its long history, the Portuguese monarchy had had only two reigning queens: D. Maria I and D. Maria II. All the others were consorts. Some are rarely mentioned in the books, others belong to that category of protagonists that Time can not rub out. These are the women behind the men.

1st Dinasty:

(reign 1146-1157) D. Mafalda de Sabóia (married D. Afonso Henriques)
(r. 1185-1198) D. Dulce de Aragão (m. D. Sancho I)
(r. 1211-1220) D. Urraca de Castela (m. D. Afonso II)
(r. 1239-1246 a) D. Mécia Lopes de Hero (m. D. Sancho II)
(r. 1248-1253) D. Matilde de Bolonha (m. D. Afonso III)
(r. 1253-1279) D. Beatriz de Castela (m. D. Afonso III)
(r. 1282-1325) D. Isabel de Aragão (m. D. Dinis)
(r. 1325-1357) D. Beatriz de Castela (m. D. Afonso IV)
(r. 1360 b) D. Inês de Castro (m. D. Pedro I)
(r. 1371-1383) D. Leonor de Telles de Menezes (m. D. Fernando I)

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a - D.ª Mécia de Lopes Haro is usually not considered as Queen of Portugal, due to the fact that her wedding to D. Sancho II was annulled by the Pope).
b - According to tradition, after being proclaimed King of Portugal, D. Pedro I ordered his lover, Inês de Castro, to be exhumed, declared as his legitimate wife and posthumously Queen of Portugal. They incarnate one of all times most famous love-stories.

Photos from Genea Portugal:

Elsa M. · Jan 3, 2006

2nd Dinasty:

(r. 1387-1415) D. Filipa de Lencastre (m. D. João I)
(r. 1433-1438) D. Leonor de Aragão (m. D. Duarte)
(r. 1447-1455) D. Isabel (m. D. Afonso V)
(r. 1475-1481) D. Joana de Castela (m. D. Afonso V)
(r. 1481-1495) D. Leonor, Infanta de Portugal (m. D. João II)
(r.1497-1498) D. Isabel de Aragão (m. D. Manuel I)
(r. 1500-1517) D. Maria de Aragão (m. D. Manuel I)
(r. 1518-1521) D. Leonor, Infanta de Espanha (m. D. Manuel I)
(r. 1525-1557) D. Catarina de Áustria (m. D. João III)

Photos from Genea Portugal:

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Elsa M. · Jan 3, 2006

3rd Dinasty (the Iberian Union):

(r. 1599-1611) D. Margarida de Áustria (m. Filipe II of Portugal / Felipe III of Spain)
(r. 1521-1640) D. Isabel de Bourbon (m. Filipe III of Portugal / Felipe IV of Spain))

Photos from Genea Portugal

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Elsa M. · Jan 3, 2006

4th Dinasty:

(r. 1640.1611) D. Luísa de Gusmão (m. D. João IV)
(r. 1666-1668, 1683) D. Maria Francisca de Sabóia (m. D. Afonso VI and D. Pedro II)
(r. 1687-1699) D. Maria Sofia de Neuburgo (m. D. Pedro II)
(r. 1708-1750) D. Maria Ana de Áustria (m. D. João V)
(r. 1750-1777) D. Mariana Vitória de Borbón (m. D. José I)
(r. 1777-1816) D. Maria I
(r. 1816-1826) D. Carlota Joaquina de Borbón (m. D. João VI)
(r. 1826) D. Maria Leopoldina (m. D. Pedro IV)
(r. 1834-1853) D. Maria II

Photos from Genea Portugal and Casa da Frontaria

Elsa M. · Jan 3, 2006

(cont.)
(1851-1866 c) D. Adelaide de Rosenberg (m. D. Miguel I)
(r. 1858-1859) D. Estefânia Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (m. D. Pedro V)
(r. 1861-1889) D. Maria Pia de Sabóia (m. D. Luís I)
(r. 1889-1908) D. Maria Amélia de Orleães (m. D. Carlos I)
(1911-1932 c) D. Augusta Vitória Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (m. D. Manuel II)

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c - They did never receive the title of "Queen of Portugal", as they lived in the exile.

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Elsa M. · Jan 3, 2006

Dona Augusta Vitória (née Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) was the last woman to marry a king of Portugal (D. Manuel II). However, as the wedding took place after the monarchy was abolished, she did never receive the title of Queen of Portugal. It was the end of a long chain of strong or fragile, beautiful or famously ill-favoured, maquiavelic or saintly women... in the kingdom of Portugal.

Credit to Grandduchessella, from The Glittering Crowns:

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Warren · Jan 3, 2006

Thank you Elsa for all the work in putting together this wonderful 'list and pics' of the Queens of Portugal. Much appreciated.

Marengo · Jan 4, 2006

It is indeed! Phillipa of Lancaster, Inez de Castro and Leonor de Telles are my favourites btw. Which was the one whose corpse was crowned (according to the legend?), Leonor, right?
Phillipa of Lancaster was the one of 'all roses my lord', now wasn't she? And who came to the battlefield on a donkey to stop her husband and son to battle against each other.

Marengo · Jan 4, 2006

Elsa M. said:
Yes, she's known here as the "Super Tia"... that kind of person that is famous for no other reason than being famous
Not really... she's a co-editor of a "pink" magazine.

An aged Paris Hilton. The most vulgar one in Portugal is that american woman however, of a diamondfirm? She is married to a...uhm...extravagant guy called Castelo Branco I believe?

Warren · Jan 4, 2006

Marengo said:
... She is married to a...uhm...extravagant guy called Castelo Branco I believe?

Do you mean "flamboyant"?

Marengo · Jan 4, 2006

That is a way to describe him as well, all euphemistic terms for the same, isn't it?

But judge for yourself, a link with Jose Castelo Branco and Betty Grafstein: http://libreopinion.com/members/badbank/083-jose_castelo_branco.jpg

To compensate this non-royal remarks, a link with lots & lots of information on the portuguese royals: http://www.royalty.nu/Europe/Portugal.html

Elsa M. · Jan 4, 2006

Marengo said:
Which was the one whose corpse was crowned (according to the legend?), Leonor, right?

As you can see in my notes, Inês de Castro is the one who was crowned after dead. Pedro and Inês incarnate one of all-times most famous love stories.

Phillipa of Lancaster was the one of 'all roses my lord', now wasn't she? And who came to the battlefield on a donkey to stop her husband and son to battle against each other

No, that was the Saint Queen Isabel de Aragão (wife of D. Dinis).

Elsa M. · Jan 4, 2006

Marengo said:
An aged Paris Hilton. The most vulgar one in Portugal is that american woman however, of a diamondfirm? She is married to a...uhm...extravagant guy called Castelo Branco I believe?

Hmm, it's hard to choose who's the most ridiculous... just to have an idea, both Lili Caneças and that androgynous creature named José Castelo Branco are habitués of reality shows... a kind of Big Brother but with "celebrities" and cows in the mix...

Sancia · Jan 4, 2006

The today edition of Point de Vue has a paper about Ines de Castro and don Pedro. Very interesting one. Unfortunately I have no scan

Elsa M. · Jan 4, 2006

The love between Pedro and Inês is immortalized in several plays and poems throughout Europe, including the most important Portuguese epopee, The Lusíadas by Luís Vaz de Camões.

Marengo · Jan 4, 2006

Thanks for correcting me, I have read a cartoon thing about the history of portugal (50 years old or something), really nice, buit I am mixing them up now. Leonor was the one who was so hated by everybody then?

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