Miguel I
D. Miguel
king of Portugal · regent
Regent who dissolved the Cortes and proclaimed himself absolute king in 1828; his forces occupied Madeira that year and his government persecuted Madeiran liberals and freemasons until his regime fell in 1834.
1Mentioned in
- Representation in the Cortes — Regent who dissolved the Cortes and proclaimed himself absolute king in 1828.
- Abreu (Francisco Ferreira de) — Absolutist king of Portugal whose government sent the commission that arrested Abreu.
- Branco (Father João Manuel de Freitas) — Absolutist king whose government sent the 1828 alçada that indicted Freitas Branco.
- Andrade (Dom Francisco José Rodrigues de) — Absolutist Portuguese king applauded in Andrade's pastoral of 13 September 1828.
- Freemasonry — Absolutist king whose regime fell in 1834 after persecuting liberals and freemasons.
- Ataíde (Dr Joaquim de Menezes e) — Portuguese king whose government's persecutions Ataíde feared, prompting his departure abroad in 1828.
- Bravos do Mindelo (the Heroes of Mindelo) — Absolutist king against whom the Liberals fought.
- Ferreira Pestana (Daniel) — Absolutist king whose regime persecuted José Ferreira Pestana.
- Monteiro (José Maria) — Absolutist claimant to the Portuguese throne, at whose court Monteiro held a palace office.
- Alligator (corvette) — Absolutist pretender whose forces occupied Madeira in 1828.
- São Roque (waters) — Author of the water-quality classification that Lepierre used, under which the São Roque water counted as 'tolerable water'.
- Military garrison — Portuguese king in whose time the royalist urban volunteers battalion was created.
- Occupation of Porto Santo by the Constitutional troops — Absolutist king proclaimed on Porto Santo on 29 May 1832 after the Liberals left.
- Political Parties — Portuguese prince proclaimed absolute king, after whom the absolutists were called Miguelists.
- Moniz (Dr Patrício) — Proclaimed himself absolute king in 1828, which forced the Moniz family into exile.
- Atouguia (Viscount of) — Absolutist pretender whose squadron took Madeira in 1828.
- Alçada of 1828 — Absolutist king of Portugal whose government sent the fleet and the alçada to Madeira in 1828.
- Travassos Valdez (José Lúcio) — Proclaimed absolute king of Portugal in May 1828; Valdez refused to support his cause.
- Torre Bela (Viscount of) — Portuguese king whom the 2nd viscount served as aide-de-camp.
- Ferraz (Severiano Alberto de Freitas) — Absolutist king under whose rule Ferraz was persecuted.
- Proclamations of constitutional government — Restored absolutism in 1828, overturned in 1834.
- Ribeiro de Mendonça (Marceliano) — Portuguese absolutist king whose inquiry into Madeiran liberals forced Mendonça into hiding.
- Fonseca (Dr José Maria Martiniano da) — Absolutist pretender whose government executed Fonseca.
- Proclamations of the absolutist government — Regent proclaimed absolute king on 25 April 1828.
- Real (square) — Portuguese king whose rule (the 'usurpation') gave the square the name Praça Real.
- Occupation of Madeira by the Miguelite troops — Regent of Portugal who proclaimed himself absolute king in 1828, prompting the occupation of Madeira.
- Nurseries and acclimatisation gardens — Portuguese ruler whose government abolished the Monte nursery in 1828.
2Chronology
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D. Miguel's judicial commission (alçada) came to Madeira, indicting 216 liberals and freemasons and imprisoning 101; some, like Nery and Agrela, were sent to Lisbon, while others fled or hid.
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D. Miguel dissolved the Cortes, convened the three estates and was proclaimed absolute king, restoring absolutism.
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News of D. Miguel's proclamation as absolute king reached Madeira.
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The Miguelist squadron bombarded Machico, landed troops there and occupied Madeira, entering Funchal unopposed on 23 August; the Forte de S. João Baptista fired on the brig Infante D. Sebastião.
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D. Miguel was proclaimed in Madeira and José Maria Monteiro landed in Funchal and took office as Miguelist governor.
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In Lisbon the Bishop of Funchal issued a pastoral defending absolutism and D. Miguel.
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A Miguelist party from Madeira proclaimed D. Miguel on Porto Santo and returned the same night.
3Places mentioned
Abroad