Manuel II

Manuel II

▪ king of Portugal
born Nov. 15, 1889, Lisbon, Port.
died July 2, 1932, Twickenham, London, Eng.

      king of Portugal from 1908 to 1910, when the republic was declared.

      Manuel was the younger son of King Charles and Queen Marie Amélie. Charles supported the dictatorship of João Franco and was repudiated by most of the political leaders. On Feb. 1, 1908, Charles and his elder son, Louis Philip, were assassinated by anarchists in the streets of Lisbon, and Manuel unexpectedly found himself king at the age of 18. Franco resigned, and Manuel asked Admiral Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral to head a government composed of equal numbers of the two main parties, the Regenerators and the Progressists, with one or two others. The admiral elected to play for calm, but the parties were deeply divided, neither of the party leaders appearing in the cabinet. Amaral proceeded with elections in Lisbon, which the republicans won. They intensified preparations for a revolution, while the monarchist parties formed ineffective coalitions, alternately advising the young king and blaming him for taking their advice. In the summer of 1910 Manuel went to Buçaco, but on his return the revolution, supported by the fleet on the Tagus River, broke out. His palace was shelled, and Manuel fled first to the National Palace in Mafra and then into exile in England.

      The republic was proclaimed, and Manuel settled near London, at Richmond and later at Twickenham. On Sept. 4, 1913, he married Augusta Victoria, the daughter of Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollern. He devoted himself to book collecting and published the indispensable Early Portuguese Books, 1489–1600, 3 vol. (1929–35). He left no issue.

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