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Maria II of Portugal

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Maria II
Portrait by John Simpson, c. 1835
Queen of Portugal
1st reign2 May 1826 – 23 June 1828
PredecessorPedro IV
SuccessorMiguel I
RegentsInfanta Isabel Maria (1826–1828)
Infante Miguel, Duke of Beja (Feb–Jul 1828)
2nd reign26 May 1834 – 15 November 1853
Acclamation20 September 1834
PredecessorMiguel I
SuccessorPedro V
Co-monarchFernando II (1837–1853)
RegentPedro IV (May–Sep 1834)
Born(1819-04-04)4 April 1819
Palace of São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died15 November 1853(1853-11-15) (aged 34)
Necessidades Palace, Lisbon, Portugal
Burial19 November 1853
Spouse
(m. 1835; died 1835)
(m. 1836)
Issue
Detail
Full name
Portuguese: Maria da Glória Joana Carlota Leopoldina da Cruz Francisca Xavier de Paula Isidora Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Habsburgo-Lorena e Bragança
HouseBraganza
FatherPedro I of Brazil and IV of Portugal
MotherMaria Leopoldina of Austria
ReligionRoman Catholicism
SignatureMaria II's signature

Maria II (4 April 1819 – 15 November 1853) "the Educator" (Portuguese: "a Educadora") or "the Good Mother" (Portuguese: "a Boa Mãe"), was Queen of Portugal from 1826 to 1828, and again from 1834 to 1853.