s0fixa

Just another person in the Tumblr universe.

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portuguese history + aragon [for @temporisfilia  ❤️]

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Carlos, Rey Emperador ( 2016 )

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Today in history - The death of Isabella of Portugal

On April 21st 1539 Empress Isabella gave birth to her last child, a stillborn son. Isabella did not recover and after two weeks of fever and  hemorrhaging she died on May 1st 1539 at the age of 35. She was burried by her son at the Royal Chapel of Granad. 

A contemporary described Isabella not long before her death: “The Empress is the greatest pity in the world; she is so thin as to not resemble a person.” Nonetheless, during her 13 years of marriage to Charles V, according to historian J.H. Elliott, Isabella proved herself “the perfect Empress, a magnificently regal figure.“ 

Emperor Charles was absent at the time of her death and was deeply affected by it. He refused to remarry and wore black until the end of his life. Moreover, he paid great tributes to Isabella through painting and music. Among his last wishes was his will to be burried with Isabella at the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

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women in history ↳ juana de castile

“Joanna of Castile was the second daughter of Isabella and Ferdinand, the Catholic monarchs who had united Spain as one strong powerful country. She was also sister to Catherine of Aragon, the famous queen of England who was poorly treated by Henry VIII, discarded for a younger beautiful woman. Yet it is perhaps Joanna who led the more tragically sad life of the two ill-fated sisters, as she lived to a very old age, alone and incarcerated. Joanna became queen of Spain, and is famous in history for being the mad queen. Many historians have debated over whether Joanna was in fact actually mentally ill, or if this was completely invented or exaggerated, and that she was used as a means to gain power by her husband Philip ‘the Handsome’ or her very own father, Ferdinand. This short book will look at her life, and argue that Joanna was more a victim of her own failing mind than of political machinations and conspiracy. ”  Maria Small, The Mad Queen: Joanna of Castile, Sister of Catherine of Aragon

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Don Luís, Prince Royal of Portugal, Duke of Braganza

Full name: Luís Filipe Maria Carlos Amélio Francisco Víctor Manuel António Lourenço Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga Xavier Francisco de Assis Bento

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Tu julgas que eu ignoro o perigo em que ando? No estado de excitação em que se acham os ânimos, qualquer dia matam-me à esquina de uma rua. Mas, que queres tu que eu faça? Se me metesse em casa, se não saísse, provocaria um grande descalabro. Seria a bancarrota. E que idéia fariam de mim os estrangeiros, se vissem el Rey impedido de sair? Seria o descrédito. Eu, fazendo o que faço, mostro que há sossego no País & que têm respeito pela minha pessoa. Cumpro o meu dever. Os outros que cumpram o seu.

El Rey Dom Carlos para o seu ajudante-de-campo tenente-coronel José Lobo de Vasconcelos num excerto de uma carta. (via atlantic-melancholy)

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Sintra - Portugal (by Modes Rodríguez) 

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portuguese history meme + catarina de bragança [3/6 women]

Catarina de Bragança (1638-1705) was the third surviving child of João II, Duke of Bragança, and his andalusian wife, Luisa de Guzmán. In 1640, a group of conspirators plotted to overthrow the spanish rule and to convince her reluctant husband, Luisa held up the toddler Catarina and asked if João would deprive her of the dignity of Infanta. The plot was successful and her father took the throne as João IV of Portugal. Catarina and her siblings grew largely sheltered due to fear of assassination atempts. In 1662, her marriage was arranged by her mother Queen Regent Luisa, to Charles II of England. In return for english military support, Catarina would bring with her a dowry of two million crusados as well as control of Bombay and Tangiers.

The marriage with Charles was childless and unpopular due to her Catholicism. Nevertheless, despite her lack of influence and interest in British politics (she was active in gaining recognition for Portugal’s independence with the Pope) Catarina made tea, cutlery and porcelain popular in England as well as being a great patron of Italian Opera and an avid archer. Charles never accepted to divorce from Catarina, for whom he had genuine respect and affection, despite his many affairs. The Popish Plot, where she was accused of plotting to kill Charles was treated by him with disdain. Charles died in 1685 and Catarina remained in England, unsuccessfuly pleading for the life of her husband’s illegitimate son, the Duke of Monmouth. Her life became increasingly difficult after the Glorious Revolution and her fraught relationship with Mary II. Catarina would finally return to Portugal in 1692, mentoring her nephew, the future João V, and serving as regent for her brother on two different occasions. She died in 1705 at the age of 67.

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portuguese history + italy [for @volchitza 💕]

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Marriage is no exception to the rule that time transforms all alliances. Charles and Catharine had now been married for over sixteen years, almost as long as Charles’ parents, before the Civil War separated them. The King, with his ready sense of guilt and tenderness where the fair sex was concerned, now felt quite different emotions towards the woman who had been at his side longer than any of his mistresses (…). - Antonia Fraser

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portuguese history + surrogate parents

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John II (3 March 1455 – 25 October 1495), called the Perfect Prince (o Príncipe Perfeito), was the king of Portugal and the Algarves from 1477/1481 to 1495. 

Regarded as one of the greatest Portuguese rulers, chiefly because of his ruthless assertion of royal authority over the great nobles and his resumption of the exploration of Africa and the quest for India.

He suffered a long illness and died in 1495 at the castle of Alvor in the province of Algarve. John’s exercise of personal power, particularly against the nobles, explains the epithet the Perfect Prince, which owes its origin to Lope de Vega’s play about him.

Requested by Anonymous.

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Ziad Nakad S/S 2018

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(portuguese) women’s history meme + catarina of austria [1/5 queens]

“João III appreciated Catarina’s talents as queen consort. Her political aptitude, quick intelligence and qualities for governing were recognized by him early in their married life. Few queens of that time received so many privileges as those granted by João III to his wife. / As Queen, she developed a profound knowledge of domestic and international policy, uniting two courts and two dinasties (…)” - Annemarie Jordan, A Rainha Colecionadora