Manuel II of Portugal
Dom Manuel II (15 November 1889 – 2 July 1932), was the last King of Portugal. He became the King after the assassination of his father Carlos I and his elder brother Luís Filipe. His reign ended during the 5 October 1910 revolution. Manuel lived the rest of his life in exile in Twickenham, Middlesex, England. His short reign was an average for a monarch at that time. He sometimes had to even put down rebellions,though.
| Manuel II | |||||
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Photograph c. November 1909 | |||||
| King of Portugal and the Algarves | |||||
| 1 February 1908 – 5 October 1910 | |||||
| 6 May 1908 | |||||
| Predecessor | Carlos I | ||||
| Successor | Monarchy abolished | ||||
| Born | 15 November 1889 Belém Palace, Lisbon, Portugal | ||||
| Died | 2 July 1932 (aged 42) Fulwell, Middlesex, England | ||||
| Burial | 2 August 1932 | ||||
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| House | Braganza[1] | ||||
| Father | Carlos I | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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Manuel II Of Portugal Media
Acclamation ceremony of King Manuel II, at the Palace of the Cortes in 1908.
Manuel II with the Civil Governor of Porto on the King's national trip in 1908.
King Manuel II delivering the Crown speech at the opening of the Parliament in Lisbon, 1908.
Manuel II and the Portuguese Royal Family survived the revolution by fleeing on the royal yacht from the beach below the cliffs at Ericeira.
Manuel II in full Garter dress during a 1911 Order of the Garter procession.
The "Monarchy of the North" was proclaimed in Porto on 18 January 1919.
References
- ↑ "While remaining patrilineal dynasts of the duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha according to pp. 88, 116 of the 1944 Almanach de Gotha, Title 1, Chapter 1, Article 5 of the 1838 Portuguese constitution declared, with respect to Ferdinand II of Portugal's issue by his first wife, that 'the Most Serene House of Braganza is the reigning house of Portugal and continues through the Person of the Lady Queen Maria II'. Thus their mutual descendants constitute the Coburg line of the House of Braganza"