Editing Liberal Wars (section)

==Discontent==
[[File:Batalha da Praia da Vitória.jpg|thumb|left|300px|[[Battle of Praia Bay]], 11 August 1829]]
The traditionalist party of the landowners and the [[Roman Catholicism in Portugal|Church]], however, were not satisfied with this compromise, and they continued to regard Miguel as the legitimate successor to the throne on the grounds that according to the Portuguese succession rules (approved by the [[Portuguese Cortes|Cortes]] after the [[Portuguese Restoration War|1640 Restoration]]), Pedro had lost the right to the Portuguese crown, and therefore to choose a successor, when he took possession of a foreign crown ([[Empire of Brazil|Brazil]]). They were alarmed by the liberal reforms that had been initiated in Spain by the detested [[French Revolution|Revolutionary French]] (reforms from which the Portuguese feudal aristocracy had been spared) and took heart at the recent restoration of the autocratic [[Ferdinand VII]] in Spain (1823) who was eradicating all the Napoleonic innovations. In February 1828, Miguel returned to Portugal, ostensibly to take the oath of allegiance to the Charter and assume the regency. He was immediately proclaimed king by his supporters, who pressed him to return to absolutism. A month after his return, Miguel dissolved the Chamber of Deputies and the Chamber of Peers and, in May, summoned the traditional Cortes of the three estates of the realm to proclaim his accession to absolute power.<ref>{{cite web |title=Guerra Civil em Portugal (1832–1834)  |url=https://www.infopedia.pt/apoio/artigos/$guerra-civil-em-portugal-(1832-1834) |website=Infopédia – Porto Editora |access-date=22 May 2022 |language=pt}}</ref> The Cortes of 1828 assented to Miguel's wish, proclaiming him king as [[Miguel I of Portugal]] and nullifying the Constitutional Charter.