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D. Maria I, “The Crazy”
Two centuries ago, a Mary was taken by “others” by the hand, lost in the back of her senility. It is more recognized for its cognome: “The crazy.”
One “Maria goes with the others”, or “Maria goes with everyone”, as he is heard in Portugal, is a person with a weak personality, who follows public opinions and thinks little for herself.
However, Maria Original thought even much, more than she would like, and had a very unique way to do so. It is about First Queen of Portugal, D. Maria I.
He had a very unhappy life: he married his uncle, D. Pedro III, and in 1777 rose to the throne. However, it developed several psychic problems, at a time where there was no medical follow -up of these diseases yet.
With violent mood swings, it was greatly given to religion, but also to melancholy and serious psychological outbreaks. It was eventually replaced in the decision making by the son, the future D. João VI, who became conductor.
His obsessions were essentially religious, and the visions of his father, D. José I, in hell, were attached as “a lot of calcined charcoal,” for allowing the Marquis of Pombal to persecute the Jesuits, says.
On February 10, 1792, a medical board declared it unable to rule, which earned him forever the cognome “The crazy” (It was also called “The Pious” for trying to redo what the evils of Marquis de Pombal, and to always remain neutral in international conflicts).
And that’s when the Portuguese began to see D. Maria I walking hand in hand with the ladies of the court, who always accompanied the sovereign to provide him with support, which he often needed.
When I saw it, the people said: “There goes D. Maria, with the others”. And so it was, for history, an expression that still characterizes someone of fragile spirit, who needs to be taken by the hand of others.
The channel also has one of the “pearls” of this peculiar queen. When the royal family Had to run out hurried to Brazil To escape the French invaders in November 1807, D. Maria I uttered an iconic phrase to the coachman: “More slowly! They’ll think we’re running away! ”
