Line of succession to the Portuguese throne

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The Portuguese monarchy was abolished on the 5th October 1910 when King Manuel II was deposed following a republican revolution. The present head of the House of Braganza the former ruling house is, Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza a position he has held since the death of his father Duarte Nuno in 1976. The succesion law used for the former portuguese throne is primogeniture[1] with male heirs taking precedence over female, this leads to a theoretical order of succession to the throne of:

1. Infante Afonso de Santa Maria Prince of Beira (b. 1996)
2. Infante Dinis, Duke of Porto (b. 1999)
3. Infanta Maria Francisca (b. 1997)
4. Infante Miguel, Duke of Viseu (b. 1946)
5. Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (b. 1949)

[edit] External links

• An Online Gotha (Portugal)
• The Royal Family of Portugal