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Yes. Sorry Alfred. Silly me. Of course the father was Joao IV - the Portuguese king who regained independence from Spain. Pedro was Catarina's brother and later King of Portugal after the death of Joao IV. Few years after the death of Charles II, Catarina returned to Portugal and Pedro was already very old and Catarina became regent of the throne of Portugal from 1704 to 1705 when she died as regent of Portugal. Paulo -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alfred de Tavares Sent: 16 June 2004 08:04 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Goanet]Re (goanet) At Home, in Rome >From: "Colaco-Dias, Paulo R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: [Goanet]Re (goanet) At Home, in Rome >Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 17:23:14 +0100 > > >Alfred, Catarina de Braganca married Charles II of England. Not Charles I. > You are correct, Paulo, Charle ll it was. Where I went wrong: Catarina, or Catherine of England, was, from begining, a pawn in contracting an alliance with England; of great contemporary significance in countering Spanish and Dutch threats to Portugal and Port interests abroad. Thus, the negotiations for her marriage to the E. monarch, in fact, had begun during rhe reign of Charles l and renewed immediately after restoration. But the hapless princess, who was replete with virtue and dilligence but no physical charm was, I am quite certain the daughter of D. Joao lV of Port. not Pedro lV. Pls check up, I am doing some work on this period for an opus I have underway on Goa. Sonia, not G, but your cousin, C., comes here Friday. Love, Alfred, the prospective historian