Portuguese royal family

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The Portuguese royal family is the dynastic lineage that ruled Portugal and its overseas empire until the early 20th century, most prominently through the Braganza line and its later cadet branches.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf dynasty
royal family
associatedEmpire Portuguese Empire
cadetBranch House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
capitalDuringRule Lisbon
country Portugal
currentPretenderHouse House of Braganza
deposedBy Portuguese First Republic
foundingMonarchOfBraganzaLine John IV of Portugal NERFINISHED
hasDynasty House of Aviz
House of Braganza
House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
House of Burgundy
House of Habsburg
language Portuguese
lastReigningMonarch Manuel II of Portugal NERFINISHED
lostThroneIn 1910 Portuguese Republican Revolution
notableEvent Iberian Union
Liberal Wars
Restoration War
assassination of King Carlos I
transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil
notableMonarch Carlos I of Portugal NERFINISHED
John I of Portugal NERFINISHED
John II of Portugal NERFINISHED
John III of Portugal NERFINISHED
John IV of Portugal NERFINISHED
John VI of Portugal NERFINISHED
Joseph I of Portugal
Luis I of Portugal NERFINISHED
Manuel I of Portugal NERFINISHED
Maria I of Portugal
Maria II of Portugal
Pedro IV of Portugal NERFINISHED
Sebastian of Portugal NERFINISHED
originCountry Kingdom of Portugal
overthrownBy republican revolution
politicalSystemContext Portuguese monarchy
principalDynasticLine House of Braganza
religion Roman Catholicism
ruledTerritory Brazil
Kingdom of Portugal
Portuguese Empire
ruledUntil 1910
temporaryCapitalDuringNapoleonicWars Rio de Janeiro
titleHeld Duke of Braganza
King of Portugal
Prince Royal of Portugal
Queen of Portugal
unionWith House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha


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