Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kukura kwoumambo hweBraganza kwakauya nokutonga kwenguva refu kwaD. João V (1706<unk>1750), uyo akatonga noukuru uye noruremekedzo. Kutonga kwaD. José I, mwanakomana waD. João V, kwakaratidzirwa ne
kudengenyeka kukuru, uko kwakarova Lisbon muna 1755. Nyanzvi yezvamatongerwe enyika yokutonga kwake akanga ari 1st Marquis wePombal. Kuguma kwezana ramakore rechi 18 kwakanga kuchiratidzirwa nokugadzikana, pasi pokutonga kwaDona Maria I (1777<unk>1816), uyo akabudisa Pombal pakukwira kwake pachigaro. Zvinosuruvarisa kuti Dona Maria akava asina kugadzikana mupfungwa, achiratidza zviratidzo zvakafanana naGeorge III weUnited Kingdom mumakore ake okupedzisira.