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Luisa Maria de Gusmão

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Mother of King Afonso VI of Portugal and of Catherine of Braganza, Queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland.

Last updated by Phil Gyford on 23 March 2009

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  • - Terry Foreman on Sun 29 Mar 2009, 06:19pm. Flag this

    Luisa Maria de Gusmão, Queen of Portugal mother of Catherine of Braganza (wife of Charles II & Queen of England); by birth Spanish Luisa de Guzmán and granddaughter on her father’s side of Alonso de Guzmán, the 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia — renowned in Spain as “El Bueno” and in England as “the Admiral of the [Spanish] Armada”. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luisa_of_Medina-Sidonia

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