{"slug": "maria-ii-of-portugal", "label": "Maria II of Portugal", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_II_of_Portugal", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q221145", "qid": "Q221145", "description": "Queen of Portugal (r. 1826–1828; 1834–1853)", "entries": 10, "years": 7, "span": [1819, 1853], "span_label": ["1819 CE", "1853 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "pedro-i-of-brazil", "label": "Pedro I of Brazil", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "john-vi-of-portugal", "label": "John VI of Portugal", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "king-of-portugal", "label": "King of Portugal", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1819, "year_label": "1819 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "April 4", "text": "April 4 – Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355822452#January–June", "title": "1819", "revid": 1355822452, "section": "Births › January–June"}}, {"year": 1826, "year_label": "1826 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 10", "text": "March 10 – Dom João VI, King of Portugal and former Emperor of Brazil, dies six days after he had been served dinner while visiting Jerónimos Monastery. An investigative autopsy 174 years later will discover that he had been killed by arsenic poisoning. King João's, Emperor Pedro I of Brazil, sails back to Portugal and briefly reigns as King Pedro IV of Portugal, before turning over the Portuguese throne to his daughter, Maria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373386632#January–March", "title": "1826", "revid": 1373386632, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1828, "year_label": "1828 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 3", "text": "March 3 – Dom Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil and former King of Portugal, signs a document \"to complete my abdication of the Portuguese crown\" (made in 1826), to renounce all claims in favor of his daughter Queen Maria II, and to declare \"indubitable proof\" that he wishes Portugal to be \"perpetually separated from the Brazilian nation....in such a manner as may render even the idea of reunion impracticable.\"", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371323922#January–March", "title": "1828", "revid": 1371323922, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1828, "year_label": "1828 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 23", "text": "June 23 – King Miguel I of Portugal overthrows his niece, Queen Maria II, beginning the Liberal Wars.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371323922#April–June", "title": "1828", "revid": 1371323922, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1833, "year_label": "1833 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 5", "text": "July 5 – Liberal Wars: The forces of Queen Maria II of Portugal win the Battle of Cape St. Vincent, defeating the supporters of her uncle, King Miguel, who usurped the throne in 1828.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369983797#July–September", "title": "1833", "revid": 1369983797, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1835, "year_label": "1835 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 26", "text": "January 26 – Queen Maria II of Portugal marries Auguste de Beauharnais, 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg, in Lisbon; he dies only two months later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364866184#January–March", "title": "1835", "revid": 1364866184, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1836, "year_label": "1836 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – Queen Maria II of Portugal marries Prince Ferdinand Augustus Francis Anthony of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368342504#January–March", "title": "1836", "revid": 1368342504, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1853, "year_label": "1853 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 22", "text": "June 22 – Guimarães is elevated to city status by Queen Maria II of Portugal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352708271#April–June", "title": "1853", "revid": 1352708271, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1853, "year_label": "1853 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 15", "text": "November 15 – Maria II of Portugal is succeeded by her son Pedro V as King of Portugal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352708271#October–December", "title": "1853", "revid": 1352708271, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1853, "year_label": "1853 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 15", "text": "November 15 – Maria II of Portugal, queen regnant (b. 1819)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352708271#July–December", "title": "1853", "revid": 1352708271, "section": "Deaths › July–December"}}]}