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José SUBTIL & Daniel Estudante PROTÁSIO (Portugal) 

Abstract 

Even today, more than 2 centuries after Vilafrancada’s events, between the end of May and mid-June, 1823, there are more hypothesis than certainties about what the meaning and significance of the political facts were. Was Dom Miguel, the second male son of King John VI and Queen Carlota Joaquina, trying to send a military regiment to cross the border and join the insurgent troops of Count of Amarante, and by this way, gain momentum to strike back Lisbon’s liberal regime, maybe with French troops support? Who acted as the political brain behind the Portuguese prince, who was underage? His mother, the Queen, Carlota Joaquina, sister of Fernando VII of Spain? Because little attention has been given to the documented study of this subject, in recent years, this line of questioning can be useful to draw the state of the art.

 Key Words:1823 Vilafrancada; 19th century Portugal; John VI (King of Portugal - 1767-1826); Miguelismo; Liberalism; Queen Carlota Joaquina (1775-1830); 2nd Count of Amarante​

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DOI for this text: https://doi.org/10.56092/IIBY2147​​