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Catarina (given Name)
Catarina is a feminine given name. It is a Portuguese, Spanish and Galician form of the name ''Katherine''. It may refer to: Portuguese infantas * Infanta Catarina of Portugal (1436–1463), daughter of King Edward of Portugal *Infanta Catarina, Duchess of Braganza (1540–1614), granddaughter of King Manuel I of Portugal and pretender to the Portuguese throne *Catherine of Braganza (1638–1705), wife of King Charles II of Great Britain Other people * Catarina Eufémia, illiterate harvester from Alentejo, Portugal who was murdered during a worker's strike * Catarina Lindqvist, professional tennis player * Catarina Ruivo, Portuguese film director * Catarina Rodrigues, Portuguese judoka * Catarina van Hemessen, Flemish Renaissance painter * Dona Catarina, Sinhala noble, Queen of the Kingdom of Kandy The Kingdom of Kandy was a monarchy on the Sri Lanka, island of Sri Lanka, located in the central and eastern portion of the island. It was founded in the late 15th century and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or, in full, ) is a western Romance language of the Indo-European language family, originating in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is an official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe, while having co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, and Macau. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation is referred to as " Lusophone" (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Celtic phonology in its lexicon. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 24 million L2 (second language) speakers, Portuguese has approximately 274 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the sixth-most spoken language, the third-most sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infanta Catarina, Duchess Of Braganza
Infanta Catherine of Portugal, Duchess of Braganza by marriage ( pt, Catarina; , 18 January 1540 – 15 November 1614) was a Portuguese ''infanta'' (princess) claimant to the throne following the death of King Henry of Portugal in 1580. Life She was the second daughter of Edward, Duke of Guimarães (sixth son of Manuel I of Portugal) and Isabel of Braganza, she was married to John I, Duke of Braganza, a descendant of earlier Portuguese monarchs, and head of the most important aristocratic House in Portugal. The duchess had several children, of whom Theodosius of Braganza, was her eldest surviving son. When King Henry died (1580), Edward's issue were the only surviving legitimate heirs of any of the sons of King Manuel I of Portugal. As the male line is preferred in Portuguese succession before the female one, descendants of Manuel I's daughters (such as king Philip II of Spain) had, in principle, only a weaker claim to the throne than Edward's descendants, to whom Cather ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dona Catarina
Kusumāsana Devi (died 10 July 1613), also known as , was ruling Queen of Kandy in 1581. She was deposed, but queen consort of Kandy by marriage to Vimaladharmasuriya I of Kandy from 1594 to 1604. Life In her infancy she and her father Karaliyadde Bandara Karalliyadde Banḍāra was King of Kandy, who ruled from 1552 to 1582. During his reign Banḍāra publicly embraced Catholicism, brought to the island by the Portuguese. He and his infant daughter princess Kusumāsana Devi fled the kingdom with ... fled the kingdom to the Portuguese. Later she was baptised by the Portuguese and named . Queen regnant After the death of her father in 1581, the Portuguese installed her as a client ruler in the Campaign of Danture. She was at this point a teenager. She succeeded her father Karaliyadde Bandara of Kandy, Karaliyadde Bandara as king of Kandy. The attempt was a disaster, with Portuguese forces completely wiped out. She was deposed by Rajasinha I of Sitawaka, Rajasinha I of the K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
