MARIA II DA GLÓRIA (1819-1853, Queen of Portugal 1826-1828 and 1834-1853)

Fine Manuscript letter in Portuguese with translation, signed 'The Queen', to Carlo Luigi Morichini, on his elevation as Cardinal (18th May 1852), beginning with her titles "Dona Maria, By the Grace of God, Queen of Portugal and of the Algarves, of the Nearer and Further Sea, in Africa Lady of Guinea, and of the Conquest, Navigation, and Commerce of Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia, and India etc.", saying that "in the choice of the Holy Father ... he has regard no less to your merit than to the splendour of the Church of God" and "This thought will oblige Me ... to interest Myself in all that will redound to the greater esteem and credit of your person ... May Our Lord keep your Person in His Holy care", 1 side folio, address and embossed wafer seal on conjugate leaf of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry with the Royal Arms, Necessidades Palace, Lisbon, 30th July

Dona Maria was born when the Royal family were in Brazil and spent her early years there. She was proclaimed Queen in 1826 but on her arrival at Gibraltar in 1828 found that her uncle had been proclaimed King as Miguel I, and much of her reign was marked by civil war. She married Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, Prince Albert's cousin.
Cardinal Morichini was a friend of Pius IX when they were both young men. In 1848 Pius sent Morichini to Vienna to treat for peace with Austria.

Item Date:  1852

Stock No:  14427      £275

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