Grand Ladies

According to her Wikipedia article, "Maria I (English: Mary I) (17 December 1734 – 20 March 1816) was Queen of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves. Known as Maria the Pious (in Portugal), or Maria the Mad (in Brazil), she was the first undisputed Queen regnant of Portugal. Her reign would be a noteworthy one. With Napoleon's European conquests, her court, then under the direction of Prince Dom João, the Prince Regent, moved to the then Portuguese colony of Brazil. Later on, Brazil would be elevated from the rank of a colony to that of a Kingdom, the Kingdom of Brazil, with the consequential formation of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves." While able, she was a good leader who took Portugal through a very turbulent period with a massive earthquake that flattened Lisboa and invasion.

Queen Maria of Portugal print at about the time of her accession

ca. 1780 Queen Maria I of Portugal with regalia by ? (location unknown to gogm)

Dona Maria I by ? (Museu da Inconfidência - Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Rainha Dona Maria I de Portugal wearing jewels near regalia by ? (Marcos & Marcos)

Maria I de Portugal wearing headdress by ? (location unknown to gogm)

D. Maria I by ? (Palácio Nacional de Mafra - Mafra, Distrito de Lisboa, Portugal)