CATHARINE OF BRAGANZA (1638-1705, Queen of Charles II and Regent of Portugal)

Charter, in Portuguese with transcription and translation, signed with her stamp "Rainha" as "Queen of Great Britain ... Regent of these Kingdoms from the incapacity of the King Dom Pedro my brother and as Governor ... of the Military Order of Knights of Our Lord Jesus Christ", authorizing any professed knight of the Order to arm "Tomé de Sousa Coutinho as knight" and to invest him with the habit, in either of two named churches in Lisbon, having secured two others to assist as sponsors, the Charter to be completed by a declaration that the ceremony has been performed "in accordance with the constitutions of the Order" written on the same document, complete with the declaration, and notes of the original request from the Queen's secretary of 7th February 1705, and of its registration, 2 sides folio and conjugate blank, Lisbon, 15th May

On side 2 there is the autograph declaration, signed, of "Brother Dom Marcos de Noronha e Brito, Count dos Arcos", that he has armed de Sousa as a knight "in this Church of the Conception, assisted by the Count of Tarouca and Fernando de Sousa Coutinho ... according to the constitutions of the Order of Christ of which I am a professed member. Lisbon 24th January 1706". The writer, the 4th Conde dos Arcos de Val de Vez (1650-1718), was a Councillor of State to João V.

Item Date:  1705

Stock No:  50219      £750

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