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  Manuel I of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Manuel succeeded his first cousin John II of Portugal who was also his brother-in-law in 1495.
Manuel was a very religious man and invested an important amount of the Portuguese income to sponsor missionaries in their way to the new colonies, such as Francisco Alvarez, and the construction of religious buildings, like the.
Manuel and Isabella's young son Miguel was for a period the heir apparent of Castile and Aragon, but his death in 1500 put the final end to the Portuguese ambitions to rule in Spain.
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 John II of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He was the son of king Afonso V of Portugal by his wife, Isabel of Coimbra, princess of Portugal.
João II succeeded his father in 1477 when the king retired to a monastery and became king in 1481.
As a prince, João II accompanied his father in the campaigns in northern Africa and was made a knight by him after the victory in in 1471.
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 Manuel II de Portugal - Wikipédia
Manuel II (19 de Março de 1889 - 2 de Julho de 1932), de seu nome completo Manuel Maria Filipe Carlos Amélio Luís Miguel Rafael Gonzaga Xavier Francisco de Assis Eugénio de Bragança, foi o trigésimo-quinto e último Rei de Portugal.
Manuel II procurou salvar a situação política demitindo o ditador João Franco e convocando eleições gerais.
Manuel dedicou-se então ao estudo e escreveu um tratado sobre literatura medieval e renascentista em Portugal.
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 MANUEL II OF PORTUGAL FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Manuel II (English: ''Emanuel II''), the ''Patriot'' Port.
Revolution erupted on October_4, 1910 and Manuel fled to British ruled Gibraltar with the royal family as his palace was being shelled.
Royalist movements in Portugal subsequent to 1910 failed to restore the Braganza dynasty.
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 Carlos I of Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He was born in Lisbon, Portugal, the son of Louis of PortugalKing Luís Filipe and Princess Maria Pia of Savoy daughter of Umberto I of ItalyUmberto I/, King of Italy.
Domestically, Portugal was twice declared bankrupt - on June 14 1892, and again on May 10 1902 - causing industrial disturbances, socialist and republican antagonism and press criticism of the monarchy.
Maria Anna of Braganza, princess of Portugal (1887).
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 AllRefer.com - Manuel II, 1889–1932, king of Portugal (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Manuel II, 1889–1932, king of Portugal, Spanish And Portuguese History, Biographies
Manuel II 1889–1932, king of Portugal (1908–10), second son of Charles I.
He succeeded to the throne after the assassination of his father and elder brother, but in Oct., 1910, a revolution dethroned Manuel and established a republic.
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 House_of_Braganza   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
King João II was very strict on where royal power should be and not to keen on allowing the development of a competing polity within his own borders.
João II's successor, King Manuel I of Portugal was uncle of Jaime and, in 1500, he recalled his nephew to Portugal, returning to him the titles and (part of) the lands of Bragança.
He was succeeded by Manuel II of Portugal but for a short time: in October 5 1910, a Republic was instituted and the king was exiled to England.
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 World InfoZone - Portugal Facts
Portugal has a long association with Britain: in 1308 they signed the Treaty of Friendship; 1386 saw another Alliance and the 1654 Treaty of commercial cooperation was accompanied by British aid for independence from Spain.
King Manuel II, Portugal's last king, was deposed in 1910 and lived in exile in Twickenham, just outside London.
Portugal was an ally of Britain in the First Word War and during the Second World War the Azores were used by the British as a military base.
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 Timeline of Portuguese history - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
1112 — Afonso inherits the County of Portugal, a fiefdom of Castile
1807 — Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France invades Portugal and the Portuguese Royal Family is transferred to the colony of Brazil and the colony is elevated to the status of kingdom and center of the Portuguese Empire.
Maria II of Portugal becomes queen; consort king is prince (Fernando II of Portugal)
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 Manuel II of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The young King sought to save the fragile position of the Braganza monarchy by dismissing the dictator João Franco and his entire cabinet in 1908.
Revolution erupted on October 4, 1910 and Manuel fled to British ruled Gibraltar with the royal family as his palace was being shelled.
Manuel died on July 2, 1932 at Fulwell Park, Twickenham, Middlesex, England.
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 MANUEL II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Manuel II Palaeologus (1350-July 21 1425) was Byzantine emperor from 1391 to 1425.
Manuel subsequently set out in person to seek help from the West, and for this purpose visited Italy, France, Germany and England, but without material success; the victory of Timur in 1402, and the death of Bayezid in 1403 were the first events to give him a genuine respite from Ottoman oppression.
Manuel was the author of numerous works of varied character — theological, rhetorical, poetical and letters.
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 John II of Portugal -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
João II of Portugal ((An Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the Commonwealth countries) English: John II), the Perfect Prince ((Click link for more info and facts about Port.) Port.
As a prince, João II accompanied his father in the campaigns in northern (The second largest continent; located south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean) Africa and was made a knight by him after the victory in Arzila in 1471.
João II then restored the policies of (The 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east) Atlantic exploration, reviving the work of his great uncle, Prince (Click link for more info and facts about Henry the Navigator) Henry the Navigator.
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 Tallulahs Biographies & Images; Famous People; King Manuel II of Portugal
Manuel II ascended the throne, 1908, at the age of 18, after the assassination of his father and older brother.
Manuel lived in London for the remainder of his life, spending his large fortune, lavishly.
Manuel II was the end of the era of kings in Portugal.
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 Emanuel II. (Portugal) - Wikipedia
Als erste Handlung nach seiner Thronbesteigung entließ Emanuel II.
Portugal wurde als eines der ersten Länder Europas zur Republik.
Siehe auch: Geschichte Portugals, Zeittafel Portugal, Erste Portugiesische Republik.
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 MSN Encarta - Search View - Abdication
King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia was compelled by the French government to abdicate in 1802; his successor, King Victor Emmanuel I, abdicated in 1821 in the face of a popular uprising against his regime.
Foreign force compelled the abdications of the Polish kings Augustus II the Strong, Stanisław I Leszczyński (1735), and Stanisław II Augustus (1795) and of Charles IV of Spain (1808).
King Constantine I of Greece was forced to abdicate twice: by foreign and domestic political pressure in 1917, during World War I, and, after his recall, again in 1922 as a consequence of the Greek defeat in the Turkish War.
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 Eur_Mon_Bib
Haakon VII of Norway, Ferdinand I of the Bulgarians, Manuel II of Portugal,
William II of Prussia and German Emperor, George I of the Hellenes, Albert I of the Belgians.
Nicholas II King of Poland and the Emperor of all the Russias
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 23RD GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Augusta Victoria of HOHENZOLLERN was born in 1890 in Germany - dtr of Prince William.
She was married to King Manuel II of PORTUGAL (son of Carlos I of PORTUGAL King and Maria Amalie of ORLEANS Queen of Portugal) in 1913.
He was Deposed as King of Portugal in 1910.
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 Manuel II of Portugal
Manuel II of Portugal, Maria Filipe Carlos Amélio Luís Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga Francisco de Assis Eugénio (November 15, 1889 - July 2, 1932) reigned as Portugal's last King from 1908 - 1910, following the assassination of King Carlos and his older brother, Crown Prince Luis Filipe.
The young King sought to save the fragile position of the Braganza monarchy by dismissing the dictator Joao Franco and his entire cabinet in 1908.
Manuel died on July 2, 1932 at Fulwell Park, Twickenham, Middlesex.
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 Talk:Manuel II of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Following his death, the seniority in the Royal House of Portugal was transferred to Miguel II, Duke of Braganza, his cousin." had been in the article.
But this person had died 5 years earlier, so it was impossible for him to become the claimant.
After the death of the king Manuel the only legitimate heiress to portuguese throne was his half-sister Maria Pia de Saxe Coburg Braganza, the recognized daughter of the king Carlos and the unique Saxe Coburg Braganza's heir in that moment still alive.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Manuel_II_of_Portugal   (183 words)

  
 Articles - Carlos I of Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He was born in Lisbon, Portugal, the son of King Luís Filipe and Princess Maria Pia of Savoy daughter of Umberto I, King of Italy.
Manuel II, king of Portugal between 1908 and 1910 (1889-1932)
Maria Anna of Braganza, princess of Portugal (1887–1887).
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 Tomar, Portugal
Like many lords of the unpopulated former frontier region of central Portugal, the villains were given relatively liberal conditions in comparison with those of the northern regions of Portugal, in order to attract new immigrants.
In the reign of King Manuel II of Portugal the convent took its final form within the Manueline renaissance style.
In 1581 the city was the seat of the Cortes (Feudal Parliament) which acclaimed the King of Spain Felipe II as Portugal's Felipe I. During the 18th century Tomar was one of the first regions of Portugal in industry.
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 List of monarchs who lost their thrones or abdicated in the 20th century   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom ceased to be Queen when the country became a republic in 1960.
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom ceased to be queen when the country became a republic in 1966.
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom ceased to be queen when the country became a republic in 1974.
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 22ND GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Maria Amalie of ORLEANS Queen of Portugal was born in France - dtr of Philip of Paris.
Carlos I of PORTUGAL King (son of King Luis I of PORTUGAL and Maria Pia of SAVOY Queen of Portugal) was born in 1863 in Portugal - son of Luis I.
He died in 1908 in Portugal - assassinated - King from 1889.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lisbon
The kings of Portugal are usually married there, and it was the former church of the Inquisition.
The present King of Portugal is Manuel II, born 15 November, 1889, who succeeded to the throne on the assassination of his father and elder brother 1 February, 1908.
The reigning dynasty belongs to the House of Braganza-Coburg; John IV of Braganza having expelled the Spanish from Lisbon in 1640, and Maria II of Braganza, having married Fernando, Prince of Coburg-Gotha, in the middle of the nineteenth century.
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 Fall of the Eagles: Collaspe of European Monarchy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1910 King Manuel II of Portugal was overthrown and the republic quickly declared.
On March 15, as a consequence of German efforts to destabilize his regime, Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate the throne.
King Wilhelm II of Württemberg was the last reigning sovereign of the German empire.
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