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Boarding of the Portuguese Royal Family in the port of Lisbon on 29 November 1807, (1851). The Portuguese court's move to Brazil. Queen Maria I of Portugal and the Prince Regent (the future John VI of Portugal), together with the whole Lusitanian court, fled to the Portuguese colony of Brazil to escape from Napoleon Bonaparte's troops that were invading the country. They had naval support from Great Britain. From "Historia del Levantamiento, guerra y revolución de España by the Conde de Toreno", Madrid, 1851.