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- Queen of Charles II of England 1662-85. The
- daughter of John IV of Portugal (1604-1656),
- she brought the Portuguese possessions of
- Bombay and Tangier as her dowry and
- introduced tea drinking and citrus fruits to
- England. Her childlessness and practice of
- her Catholic faith were unpopular, but
- Charles resisted pressure for divorce. She
- returned to Lisbon 1692, after his death.
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