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{geni:about_me} Catherine of Braganza,Queen consort of England, Ireland and Scotland.

Consort 23 April 1662 X 6 February 1685

Consort to Charles II

Father John IV of Portugal

Mother Luisa de Guzmán

Born 25 November 1638

Vila Viçosa, Portugal

Died 31 December 1705 (aged 67)

Bemposta Palace, Lisbon, Portugal

Burial Jerónimos Monastery, Belém, Lisbon



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Braganza

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8384814

http://thepeerage.com/p10140.htm#i101397

http://www.geneall.net/P/per_page.php?id=4078

http://www.nndb.com/people/232/000095944/

Paramour 2

"OF BRAGANZA"

Catherine of Braganza (1638-1705), queen-consort of Charles II of England, daughter of John, duke of Braganza, and Louisa de Gusman. [World Wide Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1935]

Catherine introduced the custom of tea drinking in England.
There was a prosal to raise a statue in New York to honor her but since the riches of her family were founded in the slave trade New York born people of African descent and Irish descent protested against the idea.
Didn't have any heirs. suffered four miscarriages and still births, 1662, 1666, 1669, 1669.
if there is any consaltion to be had from her great misfortune, she was stepmother to many of his highness' paramours.

NOT WIFE, MISTRESS

Catherine giftet seg med Charles II Stuart, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland 21 Mai 1662, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Charles (sønn av Charles I Stuart, King of England og Henriette Marie de Bourbon, princesse de France) ble født 29 Mai 1630 , St. James's Palace, St. James's, London, England; ble døpt 27 Jun 1630 , Chapel Royal, Whitehall, London, England; døde 6 Feb 1685 til cirka F, Whitehall Palace, Whitehall, London, England; ble begravet 14 Feb 1685, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

1. Catherine Fitzcharles ble født cirka 1658; døde cirka 1759, Dunkirk.
2. Stillborn child1 ble født cirka 1666; døde cirka 1666.
3. Stillborn child2 ble født cirka 1668; døde cirka 1668.
4. Stillborn child3 ble født cirka 1669; døde cirka 1669.