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Show QUEEN DIES A RELIGIEUSE. Adelaide, Dowager Duchess of Braganza, grandmother grand-mother of Prince Miguel of Braganza, who married Miss Anita Stewart, died two weeks ago in the Benedictine Bene-dictine Convent of St. Cecilia, at Ryde, Isle of Wight. She had been a religeuse since 189T. The Princess Adelaide, Dowager Duchess of Braganza, Bra-ganza, belonged by birth to the Rosenberg branch of the mediatized house of Lowenstein-Wertheim. She was bron at Kleinheubach, April 3, 1831, and was married on September 24, 1851, to Prince Miguel Mig-uel of Braganza. Her husband had been regent of Portugal in 1828 and took advantage of his situation to proclaim pro-claim himself king, but was deposed in 1834 and expelled, ex-pelled, from the kingdom, a law being passed depriving depriv-ing him of ever Portuguese citizenship. The couple had seven children, including Prince Miguel, the present "pretender" to the throne of Portugal and father of Prince Miguel, who married Miss Anita Stewart. i |