Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves Reino de Portugal e dos Algarves (Portuguese) Regnum Portugalliae et Algarbia (Latin) |
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Anthem O Hino da Carta (from 1834) |
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The Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves | |||||
Capital | Coimbra (1139-1255) Lisbon¹ (1139-1910) |
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Language(s) | Portuguese | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||
Government | Absolute Monarchy (1139-1820 / 1828-1834) Constitutional Monarchy (1820-1828 / 1834-1910) |
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- 1139–1185 | Afonso I | ||||
- 1908–1910 | Manuel II | ||||
Legislature | Cortes (1826-1828 / 1834-1836 / 1842-1910) | ||||
- Upper house | Chamber of Peers | ||||
- Lower house | Chamber of Deputies | ||||
History | |||||
- Established | July 26, 1139 | ||||
- Peninsular War | 1808-1814 | ||||
- Brazilian suzerainty | 1815 | ||||
- Brazilian independence | October 12, 1822 | ||||
- 5 October 1910 revolution | October 5, 1910 | ||||
Currency | Portuguese dinheiro (1139–1433) Portuguese real (1433–1910) |
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¹ Capital moved to Rio de Janeiro 1808–1821 |
The Kingdom of Portugal (Portuguese: Reino de Portugal, Latin: Regnum Portugalliae), or the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves (Portuguese: Reino de Portugal e dos Algarves,[1][2][3][4] Latin: Regnum Portugalliae et Algarbia), was Portugal's general designation under the monarchy. The kingdom was located in the west of the Iberian Peninsula, Europe and existed from 1139 to 1910. It was replaced by the Portuguese First Republic after the 5 October 1910 revolution.
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The Second County of Portugal (1093–1139), successor to the First County of Portugal (868–1071), became a kingdom on 26 July 1139 when Afonso I was proclaimed king of Portugal.[5] The kingdom would be an absolute monarchy up until 1822, with a small interval of absolutism between 1828 and 1834.
In 1908, King Carlos I of Portugal and his eldest son, the crown prince, were killed in a regicide at Lisbon.[6] The Portuguese monarchy lasted until 5 October 1910, when through a revolution, it was overthrown and Portugal was proclaimed a republic.[7] The overthrow of the Portuguese monarchy in 1910 led to a 16 year struggle to sustain parliamentary democracy under republicanism.
Over time, the Kingdom of Portugal built what was known as the Portuguese Empire.Starting with the Conquest of Ceuta in 1415, the empire expanded with the addition of many colonies, the largest of which was Brazil (established in 1500 and disolved in1822). After the republican revolution in 1910, the remaining colonies of the empire became overseas provinces of the Portuguese Republic until the late 20th century, when the last overseas territories of Portugal were handed over (most notably Portuguese Africa, which included the overseas provinces of Angola and Mozambique, in 1975, and finally Macau in 1999).
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