I cannot source this image, although the Biblioteca Nacional Digital of Portugal has a lithograph matching this dated 1835.*** This image and the next are of Queen Maria II of Portugal.*** Beginning her Wikipedia article: "Maria II (April 4, 1819 - November 15, 1853) was Queen of Portugal from 1826 to 1853. She was the second Queen regnant of Portugal and the Algarves, and the 29th or 30th Portuguese monarch.* Born Maria da Gloria Joana Carlota Leopoldina da Cruz Francisca Xavier de Paula Isidora Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Austria e Bragança, Maria da Glória was the daughter of the future King of Portugal and first Emperor of Brazil, Peter IV and his first wife Maria Leopoldina, Archduchess of Austria, herself a daughter of Emperor Francis II.* When Maria's grandfather King John VI died in March 1826, there was a succession crisis in Portugal. The king had a male heir, Peter, but Peter had proclaimed the independence of Brazil in 1822 and he was then Emperor Peter I of that country. The late king also had a younger son, Michael, but he was exiled in Austria after leading a number of revolutions against his father and his liberal regime. Before his death, the king had nominated his favorite daughter, Isabel Maria, to serve as regent until "the legitimate heir returned to the Kingdom" - but he had failed to specify which of his sons was the legitimate heir. Peter, the liberal Emperor of Brazil, or Michael, the absolutist exiled prince?* Most people considered Peter to be the legitimate heir, but nobody wanted him to unite Portugal and Brazil's thrones again. The European country had been under Brazilian rule when both were part of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, established by the King John VI during his stay in Rio de Janeiro from 1808 until 1820. Aware that his brother's supporters were ready to bring Michael back and put him in the throne, Peter decided for a more consensual option; he abdicated the throne to his eldest daughter, Maria da Gloria (who was only seven years old), and she should marry her uncle Michael, who should accept the liberal constitution and act as a regent until his niece was an adult.*