2019Queen Mary II of Portugal - Miniature Sheet

Queen Maria II of Portugal (Rio de Janeiro, 4 April 1819 – Lisbon, 15 November 1853) was the first-born child of Pedro I (1798-1834) and Maria Leopoldina (1797-1826), Emperor and Empress of Brazil and King and Queen of Portugal. Her paternal grandfather was João VI (1767-1826), King of Portugal, and her maternal grandfather was Francis I (1768-1835), Emperor of Austria (also known as Francis II, last Holy Roman emperor). She was, successively, Princess of Beira (1819-1822), Princess Imperial of Brazil (1822-1825), Princess of Grão-Pará (1825-1826) and Queen of Portugal (1826-1853).