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John VI (13 May 1767 – 10 March 1826) (Portuguese João, ), the Clement (Port. o Clemente), King of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (later changed to just King of Portugal and the Algarves, after Brazil was recognized as independent in 1825) was born in Lisbon in 1816. John was the 27th (or 28th according to some historians) Portuguese monarch.
   John was the second son of Maria Francisca of Portugal, the then Princess of Brazil and her husband (and uncle), Infante Pedro, her prince consort. His mother ascended the throne of Portugal in 1777. John's elder brother Joseph died in 1788, so John became the heir apparent and received the title of prince of Brazil.
   In 1799 John assumed the reins of government as prince regent in the name of his widowed mother, who had declined into mental illness (perhaps due to porphyria). He retained this position until his mother's death in 1816. John had been brought up in an ecclesiastical atmosphere and, being naturally of a somewhat weak and helpless character, was ill adapted for the responsibilities he was called on to undertake. His wife, Charlotte of Spain, dominated him. In 1807, Portugal was invaded by France. At the urging of Britain, the whole Portuguese royal family fled to Brazil, accompanied by an escort of British ships. His court in exile was established in Rio de Janeiro.
   In 1816 John was recognized as king of Portugal after his mother's death but he continued to reside in Brazil, which he'd raised to the status of a kingdom on 16 December 1815. The consequent spread of dissatisfaction in Portugal resulted in the peaceful revolution of 24 August 1820, and the proclamation of a constitutional government, to which John swore fidelity on his return to Portugal in 1821. In the same year, and again in 1823, he'd to suppress a rebellion led by his younger son Miguel, whom he was ultimately compelled to banish in 1824.
   Meanwhile his elder son and heir, Pedro, declared Brazilian independence from Portugal on 7 September 1822, and subsequently declared himself Emperor Pedro I. John refused to recognize Brazilian independence until August 29, 1825, when he restored Pedro to the succession in the belief that Brazil and Portugal would be reunited in a dual monarchy federation after his own death. John died at Lisbon on 26 March 1826, and was briefly succeeded by Pedro (as King Pedro IV). Recent tests made to John's intestines, which had been kept buried on a vase, demonstrated that he may have died due to arsenic poisoning. His nemesis, Napoleon, may have also suffered a similar fate.
A fictionalized version of much of his life is depicted in the Brazilian movie Carlota Joaquina, Princesa do Brasil.

Ancestors

John's ancestors in three generations>

John VI of Portugal	Father: Peter III of Portugal	Father's father: John V of Portugal	Father's father's father: Peter II of Portugal
			Father's father's mother: Maria Sophia of Neuburg
		Father's mother: Mary Anne of Austria	Father's mother's father: Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
			Father's mother's mother: Eleonore-Magdalena of Pfalz-Neuburg
	Mother: Maria I of Portugal	Mother's father: Joseph I of Portugal	Mother's father's father: John V of Portugal
			Mother's father's mother: Mary Anne of Austria
		Mother's mother: Mariana Victoria of Spain	Mother's mother's father: Philip V of Spain
			Mother's mother's mother: Elisabeth of Parma

Marriages and descendants

John married Charlotte of Spain (April 25 1775-December 7 1830 in 1785 and had several children:

Name	irth	eath	otes
Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira	April 29 1793	January 17 1874	Married first her cousin Pedro Carlos de Borbón y Bragança, Infante of Spain and Portugal and second to Carlos, Infante of Spain, widower of her sister Maria Francisca.
Francis Anthony Pius, Prince of Beira	March 21 1795	June 11 1801
Infanta Maria Isabel	May 19 1797	December 26 1818	Married Ferdinand VII, King of Spain.
Pedro IV of Portugal, I of Brazil	October 12 1798	September 24 1834	Stayed in Brazil after Napolean Wars in Spain. Proclaimed the Independence of Brazil in 1822 and became its first monarch as Emperor Peter I. He was also King of Portugal as Peter IV in 1826.
Infanta Maria Francisca	April 22 1800	September 4 1834	Married Infante Carlos of Spain (his first marriage).
Infanta Isabel Maria	1801	1876
Michael I	October 26 1802	November 14 1866	Known by the Liberals as the Usurper, he was King of Portugal between 1828 and 1834. He was forced to abdicate after the Liberal Wars.
Infanta Maria da Assunção	1805	1834
Infanta Ana de Jesus	1806	1857	Married Nuno José Severo de Mendoça Rolim de Moura Barreto, Marquis and then Duke of Loulé and had issue.

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