Peter II of Portugal

Portuguese Royalty House of Braganza John IV Children include    Teodósio, Prince of Brazil    Joana, Princess of Beira    Infanta Catarina, Queen of England    Afonso, Prince of Brazil (future Afonso VI)    Infante Pedro, Duke of Beja (future Peter II) Afonso VI Peter II Children include    Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira    João, Prince of Brazil (future John V)    Infante Francisco, Duke of Beja    Infante António    Infante Manuel, Count of Ourém    Infanta Francisca    Luísa, Duchess of Cadaval (natural daughter)    José, Archbishop of Braga (natural son) John V Children include    Infanta Bárbara, Queen of Spain    José, Prince of Brazil and Duke of Braganza (future Joseph I)    Pedro, Prince of Brazil and Duke of Braganza (future Peter III) Joseph I Children include    Maria Francisca, Princess of Brazil (future Maria I)    Infanta Mariana Francisca    Infanta Doroteia     Benedita, Dowager Princess of Brazil Maria I and Peter III Children include    José, Prince of Brazil    João, Prince Royal and Duke of Braganza (future John VI)    Infanta Mariana Vitória John VI Children include    Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira    Infanta Maria Isabel, Queen of Spain    Infante Pedro, Prince Royal and Duke of Braganza (future Pedro IV of Portugal and I of Brazil)    Infanta Maria Francisca    Infanta Isabel Maria    Infante Miguel, Duke of Braganza (future Miguel I)    Infanta Maria da Assunção    Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria, Marchioness of Loulé Pedro IV (I of Brazil) Children include    Infanta Maria da Glória, Duchess of Porto (future Maria II)    Januária, Princess Imperial of Brazil    Princess Francisca, Princess de Joinville    Prince Pedro (Pedro II of Brazil) Michael I Children include    Infanta Maria das Neves, Duchess of San Jaime    Miguel II, Duke of Braganza    Infanta Teresa, Archduchess of Austria    Infanta Maria José, Duchess in Bavaria    Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães, Countess di Bardi    Infanta Maria Ana, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg    Infanta Maria Antónia, Duchess of Parma Grandchildren include    Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza Great-Grandchildren include    Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza    Infante Miguel, Duke of Viseu    Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra Great-Great-Grandchildren include    Afonso, Prince of Beira    Infanta Maria Francisca    Infante Dinis, Duke of Porto Maria II and Ferdinand II Children include    Pedro, Duke of Braganza (future Pedro V)    Infante Luís, Duke of Porto (future Luís I)    Infante João, Duke of Beja    Infanta Maria Ana, Princess of Saxony    Infanta Antónia, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen    Infante Augusto, Duke of Coimbra Grandchildren include    Carlos, Duke of Braganza (future Carlos I) Great-grandchildren include    Luís Filipe, Duke of Braganza    Infante Manuel, Duke of Beja (future Manuel II)

Peter II (Portuguese Pedro, pronounced [ˈpedɾu]), the Pacific (Port. o Pacífico) (April 26, 1648 – December 9, 1706), Regent (1668–1683) and 23rd (or 24th according to some historians) King of Portugal and the Algarves (1683–1706). The youngest son of João IV and being created Duke of Beja, he was appointed regent for his insane brother, Afonso VI, in 1668, shortly after Spanish recognition of Portugal's independence. Peter first locked his brother away, but came to the throne in his own right after Afonso's death in 1683. Around this time, the discovery of silver mines in Brazil enlarged Peter's treasury to the extent that he was able to dismiss the Cortes in 1697 and rule without its revenue grants for the rest of his reign. Initially Peter supported France in the War of Spanish Succession (1702 - 1715), but on May 16, 1703, Portugal and Britain signed the famous Methuen Treaty. This trade accord granted mutual commercial privileges for Portuguese wine and English textile traders and would later give Britain huge clout in the Portuguese economy. This was followed in December 1703 by a military alliance between Portugal, Austria and Great Britain for an invasion of Spain. Portuguese and Allied forces, under the command of the Marquês das Minas, captured Madrid in 1706, during the campaign which ended in the Allied defeat at Almansa. Peter not only inheritied his brother's throne but also married his wife, Queen Marie-Françoise of Savoy (1646 +1683). They had one daughter, Princess Isabella Louise (1669-90), princess of Beira and heiress-presumptive, a.k.a "a Sempre-Noiva" (the one always engaged), because of the many marriage projects intended for her that were never completed. The Queen, apparently incapable of birthing more offspring, died as late as in 1683, 14 years after Isabella's birth, and because the Princess was a fragile and sick child, the King decided to marry again. The chosen bride was Maria Sophia (1666-1699), daughter of Phillip William of Neuburg. Among Sophia's sisters were Eleonor Madeleine, wife of Leopold I of Austria and Maria Anna, second wife of Charles II of Spain. This marriage was concluded, and the couple had six children, including the new viable heir to the throne, the younger John, who eventually succeeded his father, after his death in 1706, as King John V of Portugal.

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Marriages and descendants

Peter married first to his sister-in-law Marie-Françoise of Savoy in 1666 who gave him a daughter. He married again in 1687, this time to Maria Sophia of Neuburg and she gave him several children. Outside his marriages Peter had 3 illegitimate children.