Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kubudirira kukuru kweumambo hweBraganza kwakauya nokutonga kwenguva refu kwaD. João V (1706<unk>1750), uyo akatonga noukuru uye nokuzvipira. Kutonga kwaD. José I, mwanakomana waD. João V, kwakaratidzirwa nokudengenyeka kukuru kwapasi
, iyo yakarova 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.