FRENCH BAROQUE
Bárbara de Braganza.
Bárbara Xavier Leonor Magdalena Maria Antonia Josefa Teresa de Braganza.
The December 4 of 1711 born a daughter of King John V of Portugal , call be queen consort of Spain, for their marriage to the then Prince of Asturias Fernando VI.
excessive culture, with a pleasant character, dominated six languages \u200b\u200band was a great lover of music. Fernando and Barbara fell in love deeply and lived in isolation during the reign of Felipe V by the will of the then Queen Elizabeth Farnese , stepmother of the future Fernando VI.
In 1746 Fernando ascends the throne of . The new queen is known for the projection and dissemination of the arts, also by the protection granted to the famous Italian singer Farinelli and his love of music, as had the master key to Scarlatti since 1721 until his death and is known to played his sonatas , who were in their publication dedicated to her.
was the catalyst in the construction of the Convent of the Visitation Real Madrid. After its opening in 1758, moved to Aranjuez, where he died after a long agony to August 27, 1758, causing the state of insanity in her husband. Perhaps his obesity was the cause of the sterility of the marriage.
large person and great height, made the popular clamor call their works with the adjective "barbaric". Barbara de Braganza is remembered as a moderate in his habits queen, a patron and lover of the arts, as well as by the sincere love and professed loyalty to her husband the king, something not common in times of political or arranged marriages.
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