NOBLEMAN

Miguel I of Portugal

1802 - 1866

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Dom Miguel I (European Portuguese: [miˈɣɛl]; English: Michael I; 26 October 1802 – 14 November 1866), nicknamed "the Absolutist" (Portuguese: o Absolutista), "the Traditionalist" (o Tradicionalista) and "the Usurper" (o Usurpador), was the King of Portugal between 1828 and 1834. He was the seventh child and third son of King John VI and Queen Carlota Joaquina. Following his exile as a result of his actions in support of absolutism in the April Revolt (Abrilada) of 1824, Miguel returned to Portugal in 1828 as regent and fiancé of his niece Queen Maria II. As regent, he claimed the Portuguese throne in his own right, since according to the so-called Fundamental Laws of the Kingdom his older brother Pedro IV and therefore the latter's daughter had lost their rights from the moment that Pedro had made war on Portugal and become the sovereign of a foreign state (Brazilian Empire). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miguel I of Portugal has received more than 586,673 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 42 in 2019). Miguel I of Portugal is the 146th most popular nobleman (down from 137th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Portugal (down from 54th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Portuguese Nobleman.

Miguel I of Portugal was most famous for the conquest of Ceuta, a North African city, in 1415.

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Miguel I of Portugal ranks 146 out of 1,415. Before him are Isabella I of Jerusalem, Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria, Setnakhte, Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Ramesses VIII, and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After him are Ramesses VII, Robert Curthose, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Ramesses IX, Caroline Matilda of Great Britain, and Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1802, Miguel I of Portugal ranks 8. Before him are Alexandre Dumas, Niels Henrik Abel, Archduke Franz Karl of Austria, Lajos Kossuth, Elias Lönnrot, and János Bolyai. After him are Wilhelm Hauff, Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, Charles Wheatstone, Germain Henri Hess, Heinrich Gustav Magnus, and Pavel Nakhimov. Among people deceased in 1866, Miguel I of Portugal ranks 4. Before him are Bernhard Riemann, Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, and George Everest. After him are Karl Ludwig Hencke, Tokugawa Iemochi, William Whewell, Hermann Goldschmidt, Chief Seattle, Philipp Franz von Siebold, Adolph Diesterweg, and Friedrich Rückert.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Miguel I of Portugal ranks 61 out of 633. Before him are Pedro V of Portugal (1837), Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (1434), Ferdinand I of Portugal (1345), José Manuel Barroso (1956), Aníbal Cavaco Silva (1939), and Viriathus (-180). After him are Carmen Miranda (1909), Diogo Dias (1450), Jorge Jesus (1954), Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile (1428), Manoel de Oliveira (1908), and Jorge Sampaio (1939).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Portugal

Among noblemen born in Portugal, Miguel I of Portugal ranks 2. Before him are Afonso de Albuquerque (1453). After him are Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu (1521), Ferdinand, Count of Flanders (1188), José, Prince of Brazil (1761), Constance of Portugal (1290), Ferdinand the Holy Prince (1402), Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira (1669), Joanna, Princess of Portugal (1452), Peter, Constable of Portugal (1429), Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Braganza (1806), and Afonso, Duke of Porto (1865).

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