Manuel II of Portugal


Dom Manuel II the Patriot or the Unfortunate was the last King of Portugal, ascending the throne after the assassination of his father, King Carlos I, and his elder brother, Lus Filipe, the Prince Royal. Before ascending the throne he was Duke of Beja. His reign ended with the dissolution of the monarchy in theOctober 1910 revolution, and Manuel lived the rest of his life in exile.

Manuel Maria Filipe Carlos Amlio Lus Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga Francisco de Assis Eugnio de Orlees Sabia e SaxeCoburgoGotha Bragana was born in the last year of the reign of his grandfather, King Lus I he was the third child, and last son, born to Carlos I of Portugal and Amlie of Orleans in the Palace of Belm, Lisbon, seven months before his father ascended the Portuguese throne. A member of the House of Braganza, he was baptized a few days later, with his maternal grandfather as godfather. The former Emperor Pedro II of Brazil, who had been deposed from the Brazilian throne on the day of Manuels birth, attended the ceremony. Both Pedro and Manuel were descendants of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil.

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