Maria I
D. Maria I
queen of Portugal
Queen of Portugal, acclaimed in Funchal in 1777, whose charter of 1787 ceded the Jesuit College to the diocesan seminary and who ordered the building of Caniço's new parish church. Her death was marked by elaborate mourning ceremonies held in Funchal in December 1816.
1Mentioned in
- Lafões (Duke of) — Queen of Portugal who, as administrator of the Order of Christ, granted the island commandery in 1778.
- Funeral rites — Queen of Portugal honoured with funeral rites in Funchal on 17 December 1816.
- Public rejoicing — Queen whose 1815 birthday was marked by a beija-mão at the São Lourenço palace.
- Freemasonry — Queen of Portugal whose government commissioned Orquiny.
- Acclamations of monarchs — Queen of Portugal, acclaimed in Funchal on 29 June 1777.
- Rodrigues de Vilares (Dom Luís) — Queen who granted the Jesuit College to serve as the diocesan seminary.
- Santo António (parish) — Queen named in the 1783 dedication inscription of the church.
- Caniço (parish) — Queen of Portugal who ordered the building of the new parish church of Caniço, as recorded in its inscription.
- Orquigny (João José de) — Queen of Portugal whose government commissioned Orquigny.
- Seminary — Queen whose royal charter of 10 August 1787 ceded the Jesuit College to the seminary.
- Aldeia da Rainha — Queen of Portugal in whose reign the Aldeia da Rainha settlement was created.
- Estreito da Calheta (parish) — Queen of Portugal credited on the 1791 inscription with funding the present church.
- Curral das Freiras (parish) — Queen of Portugal in whose reign the new parish church was built.
- Henriques (Manuel António de Azevedo) — Queen of Portugal to whom the 1778 panegyric was dedicated.
- Porto da Cruz (parish) — Queen of Portugal whose charter of 1797 created the curacy.
- Porto Santo (island) — Queen in whose reign the first governor of Porto Santo served.
- Jardim Municipal (Municipal Garden) — Queen of Portugal named on the 1780 inscribed stone found during the garden works.
- St John the Evangelist (college and church) — Queen of Portugal who in 1787 granted the college buildings for the diocesan seminary.
- Santo António da Serra (parish) — Queen credited with settling destitute Porto Santo islanders at Santo da Serra.
2Chronology
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Maria I was acclaimed queen in Funchal.
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Maria I granted the Duke of Lafões the Order of Christ commandery of Terceira, Madeira and São Miguel.
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By royal charter D. Maria I ceded the former Jesuit College buildings to Bishop José da Costa Torres for a diocesan seminary.
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Queen Maria I created the curacy of Porto da Cruz at the chapel of São João Nepomuceno.
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Councillors were summoned to a beija-mão at the Palácio de São Lourenço for Queen Maria I's birthday.
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Funchal's council held the breaking-of-shields ceremony and royal funeral rites for Queen Maria I.
3Places mentioned
Abroad