MIGNOT, EUDOXE-IRÉNÉE. - Archbishop, b. at Brancourt (Aisne) on 20 Sept. 1842, d. at Albi on 18 March 1918. Ordained priest in 1864, he became Bishop of Fréjus in 1890, then Archbishop of Albi in 1899.
He was one of the most active and effective patrons in France
MIGUEL I, Maria Evaristo of Braganza, King of Portugal. - Second son of JOÃO VI of Portugal and younger brother of PEDRO, first Emperor of Brazil, b. on 26 Oct. 1802 at Lisbon, d. on 14 Nov. 1866 at Bronnbach Castle (Germany). In 1823, while his father was still alive, he took part in an insurrection aimed at restoring absolute government in Portugal. King JOÃO VI abolished the constitution, yet without winning the trust of the most reactionary elements in the country, who, in April 1824, through a new coup d'état, proclaimed M. king. The intervention of England and other powers on behalf of the deposed sovereign entirely annulled the gains made by M.’s supporters, forcing him to go abroad.
At the death of JOÃO VI (1826), PEDRO, the legitimate heir and successor, in order to contribute to the pacification between liberals and absolutists, arranged for the crown to be passed to his daughter MARIA GLORIA, on condition that she marry M., who in turn was to swear an oath to the new liberal constitution granted by PEDRO. M. accepted; but, returning to Portugal in 1828 as regent, he considered himself absolved from every obligation toward his brother, proclaimed himself sovereign, and began an absolutist, anti-liberal policy that led to civil war. In 1834 he was again forced to leave the country, never to return. During his reign the Catholic Church enjoyed state protection, and the previous anti-ecclesiastical policy came to a halt. The Jesuits, expelled at the time of the Marquis of Pombal, were recalled.