Lot 221
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SANTA BARBARA (PORTUGUESE, FL. C. 1850)
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SANTA BARBARA (PORTUGUESE, FL. C. 1850)

Pedro V (1837-1861), King of Portugal 1855-1861, in dark blue coat with gold embroidered collar, gold epaulettes, wearing the sash and breast star of the Royal Portuguese Order of the Sagrado Coraçao de Jesus and the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece suspended around his neck

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SANTA BARBARA (PORTUGUESE, FL. C. 1850)
Pedro V (1837-1861), King of Portugal 1855-1861, in dark blue coat with gold embroidered collar, gold epaulettes, wearing the sash and breast star of the Royal Portuguese Order of the Sagrado Coraçao de Jesus and the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece suspended around his neck
signed and dated 'Sta Barbara. 1851' (mid-right)
oval, 1 5/8 in. (41 mm.) high, narrow silver-gilt mount within a silver frame set with rhinestones
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Lot Essay

Ill-fated Pedro V, son of Queen Maria II da Glória of Portugal (d. 1853) succeeded his mother in 1855 at the age of 18, after two years under the regency of his father. He received the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1846. He was extremely popular and married Princess Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen in 1858 but she died aged 22 in 1859 without posterity. Pedro, aged 24, and his younger brother Fernando died travelling of a mysterious unidentified disease. He was succeeded by his younger brother Dom Luíz.

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