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With Manuel II's death, the Miguelist branch of the house of Braganza became the pretenders to the throne of Portugal. They have all been acclaimed king of Portugal by their monarchist groups. The monarchs of Portugal all came from a single ancestor, Afonso I of Portugal, but direct lines have sometimes ended. This has led to a variety of royal ...
This is a list of heads of state of Portugal from 1139 to the present day. Between 1139 and 1910, Portugal had a Monarchy system, with all monarchs coming from a single ancestor, Afonso I of Portugal, although the direct lines were cut during the passing of time due to several events. In the almost 800 years of Monarchy, Portugal had four royal ...
The Kingdom of Portugal [3] was a monarchy in the western Iberian Peninsula and the predecessor of the modern Portuguese Republic.Existing to various extents between 1139 and 1910, it was also known as the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves after 1415, and as the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves between 1815 and 1822.
Anthony of Portugal, the Prior of Crato, is acclaimed King of Portugal in Santarém. Death of Luís de Camões, Portugal's national poet. [7] Beginning of the Cortes (General Assembly of the Kingdom) of Tomar. 1581: Philip II of Spain is acclaimed in the Cortes of Tomar as King Philip I of Portugal in a personal union of the Crowns. Portugal ...
Map of Europe in 1815 Sarcophagus of the last Holy Roman Emperor Francis II The modern resurgence of parliamentarism and anti-monarchism began with the French Revolution (1789–99). The absolutist Kingdom of France was first transformed to a constitutional monarchy (1791–92) , before being fully abolished on 21 September 1792, and eventually ...
A research fellow at the Instituto de Ciências Sociais at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, Dr. Duncan earned his doctorate degree at King’s College London, where he examined the relations ...
Salazar was, in effect, the dictator of Portugal, but he preferred a passive public and a limited state where social power remained in the hands of the Church, the army, and the big landowners. [66] Samuel Hoare , the British Ambassador in Madrid during the war, stated that Salazar detested Hitler and all his works. [ 67 ]
King George II continued to be recognized by the Greek government-in-exile, and was restored to power after the withdrawal of the Germans, the Greek Civil War, and the 1946 referendum restoring the monarchy. [42] [43] George II: King Fascist Italy: Rashid Ali al-Gaylani Iraq: Prime Minister United Kingdom Mandatory Palestine British India; 2 ...