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{{short description|female Portuguese orphans married off to Portuguese colonial settlers}}
The '''órfãs d'el-rei''' ({{IPA-pt|ˈɔɾfɐ̃ʒ dɛlˈʁej|lang}}, ''orphans of the king'') were Portuguese girl orphans who were sent from Portugal to overseas colonies during the [[Portuguese Empire]] as part of Portugal's colonization efforts. The orphans were married to native rulers or Portuguese settlers.{{sfnp|Sarkissian|2000|p=22}}

==Marriage==
Orfãs do Rei translates to "Orphans of the King", and they were all girls. Their fathers were Portuguese men who died in battle for the king.{{sfnp|More|Manickam|2001|p=126}}{{sfnp|Stephen|2006|p=271}} They were sent to the colonies of the [[Portuguese Empire]].{{sfnp|More|Manickam|2001|p=127}}{{sfnp|''Journal of Indian History''|1980|p=57}} The Asian colonies contained more Portuguese females than was previously thought.{{sfnp|Coates|2001|p=121}} Bernard Sta Maria wrote that "From 1545, King [[John III of Portugal|John III]] began to send to India (and the Far East) with all pomp and distinction many young Portuguese women known as 'Orphans of the Queen' to be married with local young men." Both noble and non-noble girls were in the ''órfãs do rei''.{{sfnp|Maria|1982|p=34}}{{sfnp|Boyajian|2007|p=33}}{{sfnp|''The Indonesian Quarterly''|1973|p=117}}

Since these girls were specifically designated as the "King's", the Portuguese government paid for their care and upbringing before and after they were sent to [[Portuguese India]].{{sfnp|''Journal of Indian History''|1980|p=57}}{{sfnp|Coates|2001|p=145}} [[Goa]] in particular received most of the girls.{{sfnp|''Purabhilekh-Puratatva''|2000|p=9}}{{sfnp|''Portuguese Studies Review''|2006|p=212}} Some were also sent to the [[Colonial Brazil|colony of Brazil]].{{sfnp|Telfer|1932|p=184}} The "Shelter of the Castle" was one of the organizations which arranged for the ''órfãs do rei'' to be sent overseas. The age limits were 12–30 years of age.{{sfnp|Coates|2001|p=143}}

They departed from [[Lisbon]] and other Portuguese cities and arrived in [[Portuguese India]], most of them were sent to [[Goa]]. Incentives such as [[dowry|dowries]] were given with the girls to potential husbands. The dowries consisted of official positions or land.{{sfnp|''The Tragic History of the Sea''|1959|p=21}}{{sfnp|Boxer|1975|p=66|ps=: "The chief exception to this rule of officially discouraging female emigration from Portugal to the East lies in the so-called "Orphans of the King" (Órfãs do Rei), whose numbers Dr. Germano da Silva Correia has investigated so diligently, if often so uncritically. These, as their name implies, were orphan girls of marriageable age, who were sent out in annual batches from orphanages at Lisbon and [[Oporto]] (and very occasionally from a few other places such as [[Coimbra]]) at the expense of the Crown. They were usually provided with dowries in the form of minor government posts, or with small grants of land, for the men who might marry them after their arrival at Goa.
The first contingent left Lisbon in 1545 and the system apparently continued to function intermittently until the eighteenth century."}} Regarding the timespan of the ''órfãs do rei'' being sent overseas, it was said that "the system apparently continued to function intermittently until the (early) eighteenth century." {{sfnp|''Santa Barbara Portuguese Studies''|1995|p=43}}

In particular, extensive boatloads of girls and their dowries were sent by [[Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal|Queen Catarina de Austria]].{{sfnp|Ward|2009|p=317}} During the [[Iberian Union]], the Habsburg King of Portugal continued the policy of sending female orphans to Goa, ignoring protests from the Portuguese authorities there.{{sfnp|''Journal of Indian History''|1980|p=59}} Being "white, Catholic, and of good birth" were the requirements for a girl to become an ''órfão do rei''. The reason that the authorities protested against the King sending the ''órfãs'' to India was the lack of husbands.{{sfnp|Russell-Wood|1968|p=32}} A proponent of the continued shipment of Portuguese girls to India was Fr. Álvaro Penteado.{{sfnp|Mendonça|2002|p=373}} One of the aims of shipping the ''órfãs'' was to stop Portuguese men from marrying women of other races and provide them with Portuguese wives.{{sfnp|Greer|Mignolo|Walter|2008|p=215}}{{sfnp|''Proceedings of the Annual Conference''|1995|p=157}}{{sfnp|Mendonça|2002|p=369}}{{sfnp|Gracias|1996|p=38}} The [[miscegenation|prevention of mixed-marriage]] would have resulted in a greater amount of white Portuguese.{{sfnp|Gracias|2000|p=81}} The sex ratio between men and women in Goa was skewed, and the shipments of ''órfãs do rei'' was an attempt to correct this.{{sfnp|Ballantyne|Burton|2009|p=236}}

[[Frederick Charles Danvers]] wrote in 1894 that "It had for some time been customary to send out orphan girls to India, from orphanages at Lisbon, with the view of getting them husbands and so providing for them, and, at the same time, with the view of furnishing wives of their own nation to the Portuguese in India, to prevent them from marrying native Indian women. In many instances these orphans were also provided with dowries by the State, which occasionally took the form of appointments in the Government service, which, though given to the girls themselves, were of course intended to be filled by their husbands. Appointments were similarly given to the daughters of Indian officials on their marriage, in consideration of the good services rendered to the State by their respective parents; in one case this dowry took the form of the appointment of Governor of [[Kodungallur|Cranganor]]."{{sfnp|Danvers|1894|p=225}}

[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] also brought in Portuguese orphan girls to [[Portuguese Malacca]] in order to colonize the area.{{sfnp|McDonogh|2009|p=183}}{{sfnp|Sarkissian|2000|p=21}}

One tale related how some Dutch privateers seized a ship with Portuguese orphan girls and took them as brides.{{sfnp|Wheeler|1996|p=24}} [[James Talboys Wheeler]] wrote in 1881 that "It was the custom of the king of Portugal to send a number of well-born orphan girls every year to Goa, with sufficient dowries to procure them husbands in Portuguese India. Donna Lucia was one of three Portuguese orphan girls of good family who had been sent to India the previous year. The fleet which carried them was attacked by the Dutch, who captured some of the ships, and carried off the three damsels to Surat. Being passably handsome, most eminent merchants in Surat were anxious to marry them. All three became Protestants, and were provided with Protestant husbands. Two had gone off with their husbands to Java or elsewhere, but Donna Lucia had married the wealthiest Dutchman at Surat and remained there. Delia Valle found, however, to his great joy, that Donna Lucia was only a Protestant in name. She had been obliged to conform publicly to the Protestant "heresy," but was a Catholic in private, with the knowledge and connivance of her Protestant husband".{{sfnp|Wheeler|1881|pp=425–426}}

[[Bahia]] in Brazil received some of the orphans in 1551.{{sfnp|Bethell|1984|p=47}}

François Pyrard of Laval in his account of his voyages, observed some Portuguese merchants, when their ship was in danger, "It was a very miracle that saved us, for the wind was from the sea, and we were so close ashore that we had great difficulty in doubling the point and getting out. I believe more than 1,500 crowns' worth of vows were made, which were afterwards duly paid. The principal merchant made one of 800 cruzados: to wit, 400 for an orphan girl to marry withal, and 400 for a lamp and other utensils for a shrine of [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Our Lady]] that is hard by. As soon as he set foot on land he sought out an orphan girl, and fulfilled his promise to her, as also to the churchwardens of the said church. Many others, too, did the like; nor did any fail therein, according to his means and the extent of his vows. It is a custom of the Portuguese, when they are in peril, to make these vows; but the worst of it is that it makes them indolent and careless about working stoutly to save their lives."{{sfnp|Pyrard|Bergeron|Bignon|1890|p=334}}

===Dowry and incentives===
1,000 [[xerafin]]s were added to the dowry by Conde de Redondo in order to attract suitors for the orphans.{{sfnp|Gracias|2000|p=83}} Female orphans born in India did not have the same privileges as the ''órfãs do rei''.{{sfnp|Gracias|2000|p=85}}

===Native rulers===
Some ''órfãs do rei'' married native rulers who were either in exile or allied to the Portuguese.{{sfnp|More|Manickam|2001|p=127}}{{sfnp|Boxer|1972|p=59}}

The exiled former ruler ([[liwali]]) of [[Pemba Island|Pemba]] converted to Christianity from Islam and was married to an ''órfã do rei'' named Dona Anna de Sepulveda in 1607. He also changed his name to Felipe da Gama, Dom Filipe, or Philip. However, he later reverted to Islam.{{sfnp|Strandes|1971|p=166}}{{sfnp|Gray|1958|p=17}}{{sfnp|''Tanzania Notes and Records''|1936|p=74|ps=: "1607. Don Phillip (ex-Diwani of Pemba ) accepted Christianity and married Dona Anna, an orphan."}}{{sfnp|''Tanganyika Notes and Records''|1953|p=61|ps=: "In 1607 the ex-ruler of Pemba, Don Phillip, became a Christian and married Donna Anna, an orphan."}}{{sfnp|Reusch|1954|p=248|ps=: "In 1607 the ex-ruler of Pemba, Don Phillip, became a Christian and married Dona Anna, an orphan."}} A son, Estevão was born of their marriage.{{sfnp|Gray|1975|p=60}} He was exiled from Pemba to [[Mombasa]] in 1596.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://muslimpopulation.com/africa/Tanzania/ISLAM%20AND%20THE%20CATHOLIC%20CRUSADE%20MOVEMENT%20IN%20ZANZIBAR.php |title=Islam And The Catholic Crusade Movement In Zanzibar |first=Khatib M. |last=Rajab al-Zinjibari |work=Muslim Population |access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref>

In the 1500s the exiled ruler of the [[Maldives]], Hassan, married a Portuguese orphan.<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=http://www.maldivesculture.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=191&Itemid=42 |volume=Vol. 3. Appendix B. |chapter=Notices of the exiled kings of the Maldives |title=The Voyage of Francois Pyrard of Laval to the East Indies, the Maldives, the Moluccas and Brazil |first=Francois |last=Pyrard de Laval |year=1887 |access-date=13 January 2016}} (Translated into English from the third French edition of 1619 by Albert Gray assisted by H.C.P. Bell.)</ref> Her name was D. Francisca de Vasconcelos.<ref>Telfer (1932), p. 184. "One of the Queen's orphans, sent abroad in this way, became Queen of the Maldives."</ref><ref>Gracias (1996), p. 38. "In the mid-sixteenth century the ruler of Maldives, married D. Francisca de Vasconcelos, an orphan who had come from Portugal."</ref><ref>Gracias (1996), p. 83. "There were rare exceptions as in the case of órfãs do rei, D. Francisca de Vasconcelos who married the ruler of Maldives."</ref>{{sfnp|Diver|1971|p=170|ps=: "...orphans was waylaid by a Dutch privateer. The crew carried off their prizes to Surat for sale to the highest... One young lady found herself throned Queen of the Maldives."}} The Portuguese girls also in Goa married high caste natives. {{sfnp|Coates|2001|p=160|ps=: "As a result, orphan girls, when they did not marry Portuguese, turned to Native Goans, usually higher-caste individuals with financial resources and status."}}

One of the Portuguese orphans kidnapped by the Dutch privateer ended up in [[Akbar the Great]]'s harem.{{sfnp|Diver|1971|pp=170-171|ps=: "Shortly before his arrival, two lovely Portuguese sisters had also reached Delhi in the adventurous fashion of the time... orphans was waylaid by a Dutch privateer. The crew carried off their prizes to Surat for sale to the highest. The beautiful sisters, Maria and Julian Mascarenhas, were bought by one of Akbar's agents, deputed to find fresh inmates for his imperial harem... the young and ardent Akbar's choice fell on Marie, and he made her his Christian wife."}}

==See also==
*[[King's Daughters]]
*[[Casquette girl]]
*[[Lançados]]

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