Queen Catherine
D. Catarina
queen of Portugal · queen regent
Queen of Portugal and regent for D. Sebastião, who in 1562 ordered the cleaning of Madeira's levadas to save the canefields and promulgated the regulation regarded as Madeira's forest code. She granted arms to Diogo Martins in 1560.
1Mentioned in
- Levadas — Queen regent for D. Sebastião who in 1562 ordered the cleaning of the Socorridos, Piornais and Castelejo levadas.
- Sugar cane — Queen regent who in 1562 ordered the levadas cleaned to save the canefields.
- Residences of Zarco — Queen of Portugal whom Joana de Eça served.
- Forest regime — Queen-regent who promulgated the 1562 regulation called Madeira's forest code.
- Martins — Queen of Portugal who granted arms to Diogo Martins in 1560.
- Câmara (António Gonçalves da) — Queen of Portugal whom the subject's mother served.
2Chronology
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Queen Catarina granted arms to the Spaniard Diogo Martins.
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Queen-regent Catarina promulgated the Regimento das Madeiras, Madeira's forest code, requiring licences for felling, ordering chestnut and pine planting and entrusting forest protection to local officials.
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Queen Catarina ordered the Socorridos, Piornais and Castelejo levadas to be cleaned at the owners' expense.
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An alvará of Queen-regent Catarina extended the cleaning duty to all levadas, placing them under the captain-donataries with priority for cane fields and mills.
3Places mentioned
Abroad