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| | DUKE OF BRAGANZA STUDIES, RESEARCH, POPULATIONS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Since the accession to the throne of the House of Bragança, in 1640, the heir of the Portuguese Crown was the Duke of Bragança together with, or alternately to Prince_of_Beira. |
 | | The tradition of the heir to the throne being titled Duke of Braganza has been revived by various pretenders after the foundation of the Republic in October_5 1910, to signify their claims to the throne. |
 | | The Duke of Bragança is sometimes described as the living representative of the country's history, with the birth of his children, the next generation of Portugal's ex-royals, becoming a focus of national celebration. |
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