#19th century portugal

[royalty-nobility]

Infanta Maria Francisca of Portugal

Artist: Vicente López Portaña (Spanish, 1772–1850)

Español: Retrato de la infanta María Francisca de Portugal (1800-1834), esposa del infante Carlos María Isidro de España e hija del rey Juan VI de Portugal y de Carlota Joaquina de España.

Genre: Portrait

Date: circa 1823

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid, Spain

Biography

Maria was born in Queluz, Portugal. On 22 September 1816 in Madrid, she married her uncle Infante Carlos Maria Isidro of Spain, "Count of Molina".

In 1833, Maria Francisca, her husband and children were exiled from Spain because they refused to recognize Isabella II as heiress to the Spanish throne. They went first to Portugal and then to Alverstoke in Hampshire, England. While in Hampshire, Maria became ill and died on 4 September 1834.

A crowd of several thousand was known to have visited the village to pay their respects as her body lay at the rectory of St Mary's Gosport, where her funeral was held and a marble stone honours her memory. Although initially interred in St Mary's Catholic Church Gosport, Maria Francisca's remains were later transferred to Trieste Cathedral in Italy, where the Carlist pretenders and their wives are buried.

Four years after her death, Carlos married Maria Francisca's own sister, Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira.

[nemfrog]

Belém Tower, Lisbon, Portugal. Fair Lusitania. 1874. Cover detail.

Internet Archive

[vintageeurope]

Sintra, Portugal 1860/80

[lionofchaeronea]

Torre dos Clerigos, Oporto, Portugal, James Holland, 1837

[wardrobeoftime]

The Sissi Trilogy + Costumes

Ludovika, The Duchess in Bavaria's white & purple dress in Sissi - The Young Empress (1956) & Sissi - Fateful Years of an Empress (1957).

// requested by @thatmawe

[miscellaneous-art]

''Blue transfer-printed pearlware dinner plate. Floral border surrounds a central scene depicting Batalha [monastery] in Portugal.'' Inscription: "BATALHA PORTUGAL" 1820-1830 Historic New England

[the-first-man-is-a-cat]

Coal-carriers in Lisbon, 1894-1896

[flash56-chase05]

Written for @hetaberia-week Day 2: Betrayal / Summer!

Punto de fricción (Sticking point)

Y pensar que todo aquello había empezado con una simple pregunta. . And to think that everything had started with a simple question.

Leer en: Ao3 /ff.net.

Because this is connected with the previous fic, the summary could be that he did start a war with France. However, I found the final one to be more descriptive and accurate.

But he did it. Twice.

[solnunquamoccidit]

Wandbekleidung von Azulejos in einer Gartengalerie des Palastes Infantado

by Constantin Uhde (Brunswegian, 1836 – 1905)

from his Baudenkmäler in Spanien und Portugal (1892)

[royalty-nobility]

Carlota Joaquina, Infanta of Spain and Queen of Portugal

Artist: Cross and Rivers, Luis de la Puerto de la Cruz (Spanish, 1776 -1853)

Date: c. 1825

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Carlota Joaquina of Spain

Doña Carlota Joaquina Teresa Cayetana of Spain (25 April 1775 – 7 January 1830) was Queen of Portugal and Brazil as the wife of King Dom John VI. She was the daughter of King Don Charles IV of Spain and Maria Luisa of Parma.

Detested by the Portuguese court - where she was called "the Shrew of Queluz" (Portuguese: a Megera de Queluz) - Carlota Joaquina gradually won the antipathy of the people, who accused her of promiscuity and influencing her husband in favor of the interests of the Spanish crown. After the escape of the Portuguese court to Brazil, she began conspiring against her husband, claiming that he had no mental capacity to govern Portugal and its possessions, thus wanting to establish a regency. She also planned to usurp the Spanish crown that was in the hands of Napoleon's brother, Joseph Bonaparte. After the marriage in 1817 of her son Pedro with the Archduchess Leopoldina of Austria and the later return of the royal family to Portugal in 1821, Carlota Joaquina supported her son Miguel in his intrigues to gain the throne, but their relationship deteriorated and she ended up being confined in the Royal Palace of Queluz, where she died alone and abandoned by her children and political allies on 7 January, 1830.

[sakuhina]

No reason why Mirandese shouldn’t be a co-official language in Portugal already.

[lizard-reads-the-world]

Book Review: Mariana by Katherine Vaz (🇵🇹 Portugal)

[image 1: book cover: against a royal blue background, a photograph of a nun in a window, leaning her head in her hand wistfully; image 2: map showing Portugal; image 3: the convent of Nostra Senora de Conceiçao in Beja, Portugal where Mariana lived - an ornate white building with gold trim, arched entryways, and a steepled high tower]

Mariana

Author: Katherine Vaz

YA World Challenge book for 🇵🇹 Portugal

Review

The Portuguese, says a character in the novel, have a passion for their passion. And truly, the inhabitants of this novel have passion. Lust and penance, compassion and regret, grief and joy, the characters live all emotions to their fullest extent, until almost each thought is a thing of poetry. It's beautifully written and exhilarating to read at first, though eventually a little exhausting.

The story is based on Letters of a Portuguese Nun, a series of passionate letters from from a Portuguese nun who'd had an affair with a French officer in the mid-1600s. They were published anonymously in France and attributed to Sister Mariana Alcoforado. Mariana tells this historical person's embellished life story.

The book is meticulously researched, there are endearing characters and some hilarious moments, such as the family carting the comatose grandma to the party, and to the barricade. Too many mentions of land inheritances and other documents make it clear that the author is constructing the novel around what documentation of these 400-year-old people remains, but despite this she does bring the characters to life with all that passion.

If you are interested in learning about 17th-century Portugal, dive right into this and be immersed. Otherwise, take a look at the original letters (also included in full in the novel), and if you find those more than enough to suffice your appetite for passion, you might not need the full novel.

Other reps: #christian (catholic)

Genres: #literary #historical #romance #war #family #drama

★  ★  ★   3.5 stars

[mariesterling]

Downsizing for my move to Portugal 🇵🇹

I am selling this set of books on sexuality for $60 with $20 shipping. Only shipping to US.

[wardrobeoftime]

The Sissi Trilogy + Costumes

Ludovika, The Duchess in Bavaria's grey & white dress in Sissi - Fateful Years of an Empress (1957).

// requested by @thatmawe

[steampunktendencies]

The Royal Portuguese Reading Room, Brazil: A 19th Century Gem 🏛️📖

The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading, located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is a library founded in 1837. It houses a vast collection of Portuguese literature, the largest outside of Portugal. The interior architecture is particularly impressive with its colorful shelves and busts of famous writers, creating a unique and magical atmosphere for visitors

[ltwilliammowett]

Panel of a Hyper-radiant Fresnel Lens (late 19th century) located in the Santa Marta Lighthouse Museum in Cascais, Portugal. That panel of three was taken from the Berlenga Lighthouse 1985.