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Maria II
Portrait by John Simpson, c. 1835
Queen of Portugal
1st reign	2 May 1826 – 23 June 1828
Predecessor	Pedro IV
Successor	Miguel I
Regents	Infanta Isabel Maria (1826–1828) Infante Miguel, Duke of Beja (Feb–Jul 1828)
2nd reign	26 May 1834 – 15 November 1853
Acclamation	20 September 1834
Predecessor	Miguel I
Successor	Pedro V
Co-monarch	Fernando II (1837–1853)
Regent	Pedro IV (May–Sep 1834)
Born	(1819-04-04)4 April 1819 Palace of São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	15 November 1853(1853-11-15) (aged 34) Necessidades Palace, Lisbon, Portugal
Burial	19 November 1853 Pantheon of the House of Braganza
Spouse	Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg (m. 1835; died 1835) Ferdinand II of Portugal (m. 1836)
Issue Detail	Pedro V, King of Portugal Luís I, King of Portugal Infante João, Duke of Beja Maria Ana, Princess Georg of Saxony Antónia, Princess of Hohenzollern Infante Fernando Infante Augusto, Duke of Coimbra
Full name Portuguese: Maria da Glória Joana Carlota Leopoldina da Cruz Francisca Xavier de Paula Isidora Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Habsburgo-Lorena e Bragança
House	Braganza
Father	Pedro I of Brazil and IV of Portugal
Mother	Maria Leopoldina of Austria
Religion	Roman Catholicism
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Maria II (4 April 1819 – 15 November 1853) "the Educator" (Portuguese: "a Educadora") or "the Good Mother" (Portuguese: "a Boa Mãe"), was Queen of Portugal from 1826 to 1828, and again from 1834 to 1853.

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