Prince Royal ( Portuguese: ''Príncipe Real'') was the title held by the heir apparent or the heir presumptive to the throne of the

Kingdom of Portugal The Kingdom of Portugal ( la, Regnum Portugalliae, pt, Reino de Portugal) was a monarchy in the western Iberian Peninsula and the predecessor of the modern Portuguese Republic. Existing to various extents between 1139 and 1910, it was also kno ...

, from 1825 to 1910.Article 78 of the Portuguese Constitution of 1826
/ref> The eldest son of the Prince Royal held the title of Prince of Beira.

History

The title of Prince Royal (Príncipe Real) was created in 1815, when the prince regent D. João (future King

João VI of Portugal Dom John VI ( Portuguese: ''João VI''; 13 May 1767 – 10 March 1826), nicknamed "the Clement", was King of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves from 1816 to 1825. Although the United Kingdom of Portugal ceased to exist ' ...

) elevated the

State of Brazil The State of Brazil ( pt, Estado do Brasil) was one of the states of the Portuguese Empire, in the Americas during the period of Colonial Brazil. History In 1621, the Governorate General of Brazil was split into two states, the State of Bra ...

to the rank of a kingdom within the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves. At this moment the old title of Prince of Brazil was extinct. With the deposition of the Portuguese monarchy, in 1910, and King Manuel II's death in 1932, the title became abeyant.

List of Princes Royal

References

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History

List of Princes Royal

See also

References