Belenzada
Sign in to savethumb|Maria II of Portugal (1834) thumb|Ferdinand II of Portugal (1836)|alt=Ferdinand II of Portugal (1836) - W. Schmidt The Belenzada (“Belém Affair”) was an attempted coup in November 1836 by Queen Maria II of Portugal and her husband Ferdinand II to remove the liberal government established by the September Revolution and reinstate the Constitutional Charter of 1826. Despite enjoying diplomatic support from the United Kingdom and Belgium, the attempt was frustrated by the determination of the National Guard, the regular army and the general population of Lisbon.
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- Background
- The September revolution
- Preparations for a coup
- 3 November
- 4 November
- 5 November
- Aftermath
- References
thumb|Maria II of Portugal (1834) thumb|Ferdinand II of Portugal (1836)|alt=Ferdinand II of Portugal (1836) - W. Schmidt The Belenzada (“Belém Affair”) was an attempted coup in November 1836 by Queen Maria II of Portugal and her husband Ferdinand II to remove the liberal government established by the September Revolution and reinstate the Constitutional Charter of 1826. Despite enjoying diplomatic support from the United Kingdom and Belgium, the attempt was frustrated by the determination of the National Guard, the regular army and the general population of Lisbon.
==Background== Maria II had been Queen of Portugal only since 1834 when she was fourteen. When she married Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, nephew of Leopold I of Belgium on 9 April 1836 she was seventeen years old, and her husband eighteen.
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