At the same time, Brazil was asking for the repatriation of their Emperor D.Pedro I (briefely D.Pedro IV of Portugal) in time for the 150th anniversary of its declaration of the independence.
When D.Miguel finally arrived and was buried with royal honours in S.Vicente de Fora, the Infanta was heard saying triumphally to a friend :
"At last, we have him with us.
Now we just have to dispatch the other one"
An interesting biography on Infanta D.Filipa de Bragança, D.Duarte Nuno's sister and aunt of the present Duke of Bragança.
https://www.bertrand.pt/livro/d-filipa-de-braganca-paulo-drumond-braga/22912770
Subtitled "Fighting for the monarchic restoration under Salazar's Portugal", it traces the cordial relations between the Infanta and the dictator, and the campaign she led towards the restoration of the monarchy, under the benevolent authorization of Salazar.
Several stories of the brotherhood infancy before WW1 and the period before the 2 great wars.
One anedocte.
When D.Duarte Nuno travelled to Brazil to marry one of his brazilian cousins and tie the knot between the 2 branches of the Bragança family, he intended to propose to Pss Teresa Theodora.
Soon he realized she was too loud and exhuberant and a bit of a tomboy for his taste.
Afyer seeing Pss. Teresa climbing a tree, D.Duarte Nuno, himself a very low-profile man, decided for D.Maria Francisca.
At 28 years old, she lacked the panache of her siblings, namely her sister Isabel, Countess of Paris and Teresa.
Very shy and reserved, dedicated to religion, her family assumed she would become a nun.
In the end, D.Duarte Nuno and D.Maria Francisca had a very happy marriage.
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