 Complete the following phrase:  Following his exile as a result of his actions in support of absolutism in the April Revolt Abrilada, Miguel returned to Portugal as regent and fiancé of his niece Queen Maria II. As regent, he claimed the Portuguese throne in his own right, since according to the so-called Fundamental Laws of the Kingdom his older brother Peter IV and therefore the latters daughter had lost their rights from the moment that Pedro had made war on Portugal and become the sovereign of a foreign state Brazilian Empire. This led to a difficult political situation, during which many people were killed, imprisoned, persecuted or sent into exile, and which culminated in the Portuguese 