Maria I of Portugal

(1734-1816)

Portuguese monarch

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Dona Maria I (English: Mary I; 17 December 1734 – 20 March 1816) was Queen of Portugal from 1777 until her death in 1816. Known as Maria the Pious in Portugal and Maria the Mad in Brazil, she was the first undisputed queen regnant of Portugal and the first monarch of Brazil. With Napoleon's European conquests, her court, then under the direction of her son João, the Prince Regent, moved to Brazil, then a Portuguese colony. Later on, Brazil would be elevated from the rank of a colony to that of a kingdom, with the consequential formation of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves.

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Born	Portuguese: Maria Francisca Isabel Josefa Antónia Gertrudes Rita Joana 17 December 1734 Lisbon, Portugal
Died	20 March 1816 (aged 81) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Zodiac	Sagittarius
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