Constitutional Charter of 1826

The Carta was far more conservative than the Constitution of 1822, because the king also attempted to satisfy advocates of the absolute monarchy.

Nonetheless, this faction rejected the Carta, which was set aside when the absolute monarch Dom Miguel I of Portugal seized power, and it was reintroduced only after the victory of the liberals in the Miguelite War.

After the Miguelite War, the liberals throughout the country were divided on the question of whether the Carta should be restored or whether a constitution modeled after that of 1822 should be introduced.

The Carta was restored and set aside repeatedly as one side or the other gained the upper hand.

In 1852 the Carta underwent significant change in the constitutional reform intended to make it acceptable to the Setembristas as well.