…a city in NE Portugal, capital of a mountainous district of the same name; population 34,489 (2007). It was the original seat of the Braganza dynasty. Portuguese name Bragançabrəˈɣə̃sə…
…the dynasty that ruled Portugal from 1640 until the end of the monarchy in 1910 and Brazil (on its independence from Portugal) from 1822 until the formation of the republic in 1889…
