King Miguel I was exiled following the
Convention of Evora-Monte (1834), which put an end to the
Liberal Wars. The throne was retaken by his niece, Queen Maria II, and a liberal regime was installed. In exile, the former king married a wealthy Bavarian princess,
Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. This marriage was the origin of the new
Miguelist branch of the
Braganzas and
their descendants include not only the
current claimant to the Portuguese crown, as well as the monarchs of
Belgium,
Luxembourg,
Liechtenstein, and other claimants to former European monarchies (Habsburg, Habsburg-Este, Savoy, Wittelsbach, Bourbon-Parma, Mecklenburg-Strelitz,
Karađorđević). Finally, this
Miguelist branch became the sole Braganza representative when King
Manuel II of Portugal (the last male Braganza from the senior liberal branch) died without issue, leaving his Miguelist cousin
Duarte Nuno as his closest legitimate Portuguese relative. Also
Maria Pia of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Braganza, who claimed to be the illegitimate daughter of King
Carlos I of Portugal, claimed the right to the titles of
Duchess of Braganza and to be the rightful
Queen of Portugal. ==Miguelist claimants to the throne==