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Hoje na História, nasce a Rainha D. Maria II (Today in History was born D. Maria II, Queen of Portugal).

D. Maria da Glória nasceu em 4 de abril de 1819, na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, no Brasil. Era a filha mais velha do Rei Pedro IV de Portugal, Pedro I do Brasil e da sua primeira esposa, a arquiduquesa Maria Leopoldina da Áustria. Pedro ascendeu ao trono português, em março de 1826, como Pedro IV, porém, rapidamente abdicou em favor da sua filha mais velha, então com apenas sete anos de idade. O infante Miguel, seu tio, veio dois anos depois a usurpar o trono, tendo sido declarado rei em 1828. A sua coroa foi recuperada em maio de 1834. Durante o seu curto reinado, um dos mais conturbados, deu-se a guerra civil entre liberais e absolutistas, a revolução de Setembro, a Revolta dos Marechais, entre outros! A Rainha teve 11 filhos, do seu marido D.Fernando de Saxe-Coburgo-Gota, dos quais apenas sete sobreviveram. Faleceu a 15 de novembro de 1853, durante o parto, com apenas 34 anos.  

Não sabemos os hábitos alimentares de D. Maria II, mas aqui fica uma receita de um livro cuja 4ª edição foi publicada em inícios do século XIX: 

Bolo de amêndoas
Tomem meia oitava de farinha, quatro ovos com suas claras, hum bocadinho de manteiga, huma quarta de assucar finn, humas pedras de sal, seis onças de amendoas pizadas, amasssem tudo junto, e em estando ligada, e de boa consistencia, formem o bolo, ponha-se sobre papel manteigado, e metta-se a cozer no forno com fogo moderado; depois de cozido, corado e vidrado, sirva-se quando quizerem. 

Dona Maria da Glória was born on April 4, 1819 in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was the eldest daughter of King Pedro IV of Portugal, Pedro I of Brazil and his first wife, archduchess Maria Leopoldina of Austria. Pedro ascended to the Portuguese throne in March 1826, as Pedro IV, however, he quickly abdicated in favor of his eldest daughter, then only seven years old. D. Miguel, her uncle, came two years later to usurp the throne, having been declared king in 1828. Her crown was recovered in May 1834. During her short reign, one of the most troubled, there was a civil war between liberals and absolutists, the September revolution, the Marshal Revolt, among others! The Queen had 11 children, from her husband D. Fernando de Saxe-Coburgo-Gota, of which only seven survived. She died on November 15, 1853, during childbirth, at only 34 years old. 

We don't know the eating habits of D. Maria II, but here is a recipe from a book whose 4th edition was published in the early 19th century:

Almond cake
Take half an octave of flour, four eggs with their whites, a little butter, a fourth of fine sugar, a few stones of salt, six ounces of chopped almonds, knead everything together, and being all connected and of good consistency, form the cake, put on buttered paper, and cook in the oven with moderate heat; after cooked, colored and glazed, help yourself when you want.

Bibliografia: Wikipedia, a enciclopédia livre. 
Receita: Cozinheiro Moderno ou a nova arte de cozinhar de Lucas Rigaud, 4ª ed. de 1807, Biblioteca Nacional Digital in http://purl.pt/14538 
Figura: Retrato de D. Maria II, John Simpson, c. 1837, Museu Imperial, Brasil. 

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