Skip to content
VitrineVitrine
Sign in

Maria Teresa Isabel de Braganca van Uden

Born 24 Jun 1956

6 facts1 source

Living person. The family sees only the name, dates and photo; everything else stays private unless they choose to share it.

Facts and their sources

A life in time

  1. 24 Jun 1956

    Born

  2. 1983–1993

    4 children are born

Family

See the tree

Parents

Partner

Children · 4

During her lifetime

She has lived through 8 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1950s · Maria is born

Who governed

Music

Youth and Rock and Roll

In the 1950s, urban youth began listening to explosive rock and roll, leading the secret police to post notices in cinemas warning that young people could be happy without being irreverent.

At the table

Memorable daily habits and simple luxuries

In poorer regions, some families relied on soup made of wine, bread, and sugar, known as 'sopas de cavalo cansado', or began their days in cold climates with a glass of pure brandy called 'mata-bicho'. Staples like yogurt and chocolate spreads were either homemade or considered expensive delicacies, with products like 'Tulicreme' only appearing as a luxury for some families in the late 1960s.

In Europe1957

The European Economic Community

Six countries signed the Treaty of Rome, the start of what became the European Union.

Daily life

Improvised sugar pacifiers for infants

Mothers created improvised pacifiers for infants by tying sugar inside a small white cloth. These sugar dolls kept babies quiet while their older siblings and parents worked long hours in the fields.

What people wore

Children carried shoes to school

Children often went to school barefoot, carrying their shoes in their hands to ensure they would not wear out.

Getting around

Traveling from remote villages to the train

People in isolated regions like Vilarinho da Castanheira often traveled on foot or by donkey to reach train stations, a trip that could take three hours if everything went well.

What it cost

Cost of a pair of shoes

A pair of custom-made shoes from a shoemaker in Portimão cost 8 dollars and 50 cents, while factory-made shoes were about 10 dollars.