Portuguese Regicide: Feb. 1st 1908


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The Royal Cause wants next February 1st (100th anniversary of the regicide) to be considered a National Mourning Day.
On February 1st 1908, at Terreiro do Paço (Lisboa), King D. Carlos and the crown prince, D. Luís Filipe, were shot by two members of the Carbonária, as they were coming back from Vila Viçosa.

Tomorrow, D. Duarte Pio de Bragança is going to present the commission in charge of the celebrations around the regicide.
 
Monárquicos querem feriado no dia do Regicídio - Observatório do Algarve

The Royal Cause wants next February 1st (100th anniversary of the regicide) to be considered a National Mourning Day.
On February 1st 1908, at Terreiro do Paço (Lisboa), King D. Carlos and the crown prince, D. Luís Filipe, were shot by two members of the Carbonária, as they were coming back from Vila Viçosa.

I don't think their request will be attended. Portugal has now a socialist (and republican) government. I am not seeing the Prime-Minister Sócrates, a fervous supporter of republicanism, mourning for King Dom Carlos and his son :ermm:
Anyway, I think this date should be remembered by the formal Authorities. It represents a mark in the Portuguese history and a tragedy to this Royal Family.
 
Well maybe the state doesn´t remember it officially but I saw a lot of books on the monarchy in the bookshops. I believe one special book about King Carlos, esp. to mark this occassion.
 
Yes, that book is great. The cover of it presents a photo of a very happy Dom Carlos. A cousin of mine bought it and it has a lot of things about Dom Carlos life and personality. I will ask her the book for some time and then I'll post here some of its most interesting informations.
 
Well maybe the state doesn´t remember it officially but I saw a lot of books on the monarchy in the bookshops. I believe one special book about King Carlos, esp. to mark this occassion.
There's also a drama series to be aired by RTP (public television):
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/566835-post120.html

The date is certainly being marked in different ways... Just a few months ago, there was a series of conferences about D. Carlos and his reign, promoted by the University of Porto.


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Sol

The on-line petition to declare February 1st a national mourning day for King D. Carlos and Prince D. Luís Filipe has already reached 4000 signatures (necessary to make the parliament vote the proposal in plenary assembly).
António de Sousa Cardoso (president of the Royal Cause) says that "this day has just a symbolic intention and it's the chance the Portuguese State has to honour the memory of a King, who was the head of a Democratic State". The president of the RAM clarifies: "we only intend that the national flag may be symbolically placed in signal of respect; we do not want a holiday; only a sign of respec for the death of a constitutional sovereign". And he adds: "We hope this petition to excite a debate around the politic regime", so that a referendum may take place in the future.

On February 1st is also expected a concentration in the Terreiro do Paço, at 5PM, for which all those "who disapprove violence" are invited. At 7 PM, in the Church of S. Vicente de Fora (the Royal Pantheon), the Cardinal of Lisbon, D. José Policarpo, will preside over a solemn Requiem.
 
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Chefe da Casa Real Portuguesa considera que evocar vida e obra de D. Carlos é "um acto de justiça e de reconciliação com a História - RTP Notícias


The Head of the Portuguese Royal House, Duarte Pio de Bragança, said today that the comemorations around the death of King D. Carlos "is an act of justice and reconciliation of the Portuguese people with its History". During the presentation of the commission in charge of the celebrations, D. Duarte stressed that the aim is not to remember the regicide, but the figure of D. Carlos, "a Portuguese man who gave his life for the Nation".

The commission that was presented today in Lisboa is co-ordinating a series of events, such as exhibitions, conferences and meetings about the politic, diplomatic, artistic and scientific facets of D. Carlos. Among those initiatives there is a series of conferences in the National Center of Culture of Lisboa (in February), a seminar about the Portuguese overseas at Torre de Belém (in May) and a colloque in the Catholic University about the king and the constitutional monarchy (in September).

There will also take place an international oceanographical congress (in October), the printing of comemorative stamps with the portait of King D. Carlos, the international sailing Cup D. Carlos to happen in the Algarve (in August), as well as an iconographic and photographic exhibition about the monarch scheduled at the Catholic University (in September).

Finally, the Ésquilo publishing house will release "Diário íntimo de D. Manuel II" (The intimate journal of D. Manuel II) and Asa will republish the book "O príncipe real - D. Luís Filipe de Bragança" (The Royal Prince - D. Luís Filipe de Bragança).
 
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Sol

The on-line petition to declare February 1st a national mourning day for King D. Carlos and Prince D. Luís Filipe has already reached 4000 signatures (necessary to make the parliament vote the proposal in plenary assembly).
António de Sousa Cardoso (president of the Royal Cause) says that "this day has just a symbolic intention and it's the chance the Portuguese State has to honour the memory of a King, who was the head of a Democratic State". The president of the RAM clarifies: "we only intend that the national flag may be symbolically placed in signal of respect; we do not want a holiday; only a sign of respec for the death of a constitutional sovereign". And he adds: "We hope this petition to excite a debate around the politic regime", so that a referendum may take place in the future.

On February 1st is also expected a concentration in the Terreiro do Paço, at 5PM, for which all those "who disapprove violence" are invited. At 7 PM, in the Church of S. Vicente de Fora (the Royal Pantheon), the Cardinal of Lisbon, D. José Policarpo, will preside over a solemn Requiem.

Great Informations, Elsa :flowers: !!
Thanks! I'll try to be there.
 
New pics, scanned by me, from the Book "Dom Carlos", written by Marina Tavares Dias, edições Quimera

This book shows several draws of the Regicide of 1908 (1st February) against Dom Carlos and his son, Dom Luís Filipe, and pictures of the Funerals.

Last picture of Kings Carlos and Amelia together. Minutes later, he would be dead.

The murderers had planned to kill Dom Manuel, the other son of Carlos, but Queen Amelia saved her younger son, beating the killer face with a a flowers bouquet.

Le Petit Journal

Le Monde Illusté

Wiener Bilder

Illustrated London News


Funeral of Dom Carlos and Dom Luís Filipe:

Funeral 1

Funeral 2

Funeral 3

Funeral 4
 
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Special Thank You

A very special Thank You to you two ladies for posting these last few posts. I haven't visited Portugal for a few years now but I think this would be such a special occassion to do so. Thanks again to Regina and Elsa M. for these special pics and links.
Regards,
MM
 
Thanks for scanning these pictures, Regina!
So, the Prince was saved by flowers, huh? I didn't know that...

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On a different note...
... Like I don't think he should participate in commercial publicities, like he's doing now, in the capacity of Count of Ourém. (He's approved the use of his photo in three-meter-height posters, for an advertising campaign of a new supermarket in Ourém!
The president of the Royal Association of Leiria-Fátima classifies the use of D. Duarte Pio on posters for a supermarket in Ourém, as "an unfortunate misunderstood". The posters, where the Duke of Bragança appears along with the add "Modelo", had been placed in Ourém shortly before Christmas, but they were removed a week later, by the marketing department of this supermaket chain.

For the Royal Association of Leiria-Fátima, the Town Hall abusively used the Count of Ourém's name and photo for non-specified purposes. However, the Mayor says that, since the begining, the Royal Association knew the intention was to use D. Duarte's image for a marketing campaign of Sonae about the "Portuguese wonders".


O Mirante online - 17-01-2008 - Sociedade - Imagem do Duque de Bragança associada a um supermercado gera polémica em Ourém
 
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Thank you, maidmarion! :flowers:
I am glad you both liked it.

Thanks for scanning these pictures, Regina!
So, the Prince was saved by flowers, huh? I didn't know that...

Yes, Prince Manuel was saved by the flowers of his own mother. If Amelia wasn't there at the time, she would not loose only her husband and first son, but also the youngest one. Amelia was always a brave woman.
But to know more about her, wait for my article hehe!

The president of the Royal Association of Leiria-Fátima classifies the use of D. Duarte Pio on posters for a supermarket in Ourém, as "an unfortunate misunderstood". The posters, where the Duke of Bragança appears along with the add "Modelo", had been placed in Ourém shortly before Christmas, but they were removed a week later, by the marketing department of this supermaket chain.

For the Royal Association of Leiria-Fátima, the Town Hall abusively used the Count of Ourém's name and photo for non-specified purposes. However, the Mayor says that, since the begining, the Royal Association knew the intention was to use D. Duarte's image for a marketing campaign of Sonae about the "Portuguese wonders".

Did Dom Duarte give his permission to this posters or not?

I don't see why they wanted to use Dom Duarte's image for the "Portuguese wonders" marketing campaign... :D
 
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And here's another interview to D. Duarte, about the regicide:
Correio da Manhã

In this interview, Dom Duarte compare the Portugal of 1900 with the present Portugal, saying that the three Revolutions (1910 - Republica, 1926 - Salazar, 1974 - Democracy) were all unecessary and because of them, we are not so developped as we were in 1900.
D. Duarte says he visited the North of Angola some years ago, and the sobas (a kind of tribal kings) still wear silver medals with the image of D. Luís Filipe.

Apart from this, he does very good considerations about Dom Carlos, as a very cultured person, a man who loved everything related to Oceanography, to Sport and Art (D. Carlos was a great painter).

Video about the regicide - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjEGx1RSWoI
 
As posted by Jose on the Franco-Iberian Royals MB:

Program of the cerimonies evoking the regicide of King D.Carlos and Prince D.Luis Felipe.

http://www.dcarlos100anos.pt/programa.html

Also, a statue of King D.Carlos will be unveiled in Cascais at the entrance of the Citadel, the summer residence of the Portuguese Kings, and, nowadays, official summer residence of the Presidents.
(I never heard any of them stayed there since 1975/76).

http://www.cm-cascais.pt/Cascais/Noticias/estatua_d_Carlos.htm

Last September D.Duarte inaugurated another statue (bas-relief) together with the Mayor of Cascais, António d'Orey Capucho, at the small village of Areias on Cascais surroundings.
Judging by the photo, they could have done better...

http://causamonarquica.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/rei-d-carlos-i-homenageado-em-cascais/

The Citadel Palace is undergoing a major restoration and will open as a museum depicting the life of the RF namely of D.Luis (who died in Cascais) and D.Carlos.

http://www.guiadacidade.pt/portugal/?G=monumentos.ver&artid=900&distritoid=11

There is a bust of King D.Luis nearby, next to Hotel Baía, for those who know the place.
And of course the statue of King D.Pedro I besides the Town Hall.

http://www.lifecooler.com/edicoes/lifecooler/desenvReg.asp?reg=301786&catbn=11
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Cascais_5.JPG
http://web.educom.pt/p4poa/Trabalho%20Cascais.htm
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1958/1722/1600/IMGP0246.0.jpg
 
The main reason of this video is to remember that on February 1 of 2008, 100 years after the Regicide, a religious Ceremony will be celebrated in memory of King D. Carlos and his son, D. Luis Filipe. It will happen in The Basilica of São Vicente de Fora, in Lisboa, at 6:30 PM.
 
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Duarte Pio de Bragança condemned today, in a interview to Lusa newsagency, the violence and politic terrorism that characterized the acts perpretated 100 years ago: "The politic terrorism was en vogue at the time and; the republicans did not want to kill the king, but to knock down the regime, and since the first attempt [of January 28th 1908] had failed" the motivation was radicalized. "If they knew the king, I am sure they would not kill him. D. Carlos was widely popular, but he was a victim of a defamatory propaganda".

This is why the Head of the Portuguese Royal House wants to commemorate not the regicide, but the life and the work of D. Carlos, a multifaceted monarch, who was admired not only in politics, but in diplomacy, in sciences, sport and art. Duarte de Bragança stressed that remembering the personality of D. Carlos "is an act of justice and reconciliation of the Portuguese people with its History".
 
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Sol

Minister forbids the presence of the Army on the ceremonies of the Regicide :bang:

Last week, Bloco de Esquerda (an extreme left political party) have questioned the Minister of Defense about the participation of the Musical Band from the Army in the ceremonies of the Regicide.
The socialist Minister already informed the Bloco de Esquerda and the rest of the Country that no unit from the Army is allowed in non-official ceremonies, especially in those organized by Monarchy supporters.
 
Sol

Hundreds of people (more than 500) remembered today King D. Carlos and his son, D. Luis Filipe, in Terreiro do Paço (Lisbon), the place where they were killed 100 years ago.

I was there :) and I took pictures.

D. Duarte, D. isabel and their son D. Afonso (together with Father Quintella -a catholic Priest- the one at your right) making a minute of silence. The two men behind D. Duarte are his brothers, the Infantes D. Miguel and D. Henrique.

Father Quintella speaching. He mentioned how unfair was the murder of the King and remembered everyone that King D. Carlos was a Patriot who died for the Country. In the end, he invited everyone to pray with him a Salm from the Bible

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The Chief of the Foundation Casa de Bragança speaking

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D. Duarte talking with the journalists

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D. Francisco Van Uden , a Cousin of D. Duarte, was present too. Some few pro-Monarchy would love to see him as the Pretender to the Throne of Portugal, instead of D.Duarte :rolleyes:

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Thanks for these exclusive photos, Regina!

Here's a few more:
PortugalDiário - as fotografias e reportagens em multimédia


And a couple of videos:

IOL Videos - Reportagens video sobre toda a actualidade

Cerimónias do centenário do regicídio envoltas em polémica - RTP Notícias

Quem foi D. Carlos? - RTP Notícias


Estátua do Rei D.Carlos inaugurada em Cascais - RTP Notícias

The President of the Republic, Cavaco Silva, inaugurated today in Cascais a statue of king D. Carlos. According to Cavaco Silva, D. Carlos is one of the statesmen who most "did to promote the symbolic encounter with the national nature" and to project Portugal abroad, through the incentive to the scientific and technical development. Out of his "rare combination of gifts", Cavaco Silva stressed the king's sensibility to represent the maritime life and praised his studies of sea species and resources, as well as the creation of the first Portuguese laboratory of biology.
The event was also attended by the Duke of Bragança, D. Duarte Pio, by the Mayor of Cascais, by the Secretary of State for Tourism, by the Head of the Army and by the President of the Academy of Letters and Arts, among other personalities.
 
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Tonight, at 9:30 PM, on RTP, is airing the TV mini series (6 episodes) "O Dia do Regicídio":
Regicidio


Here's a few photos from the making of:
Regicidio

And a trailer:
Regicidio
 
Thank you both for keeping us updated. Nice that you were able to attend the commemoration, Regina!

I was wondering why some would prefer Mr. Van Uden as a pretender of the throne? A Portuguese friend of mine described him once as 'some sort of fascist', so hence the wondering.

Nice that the eldest son of the Duke of Baraganca attended the mass too. Did the other two children attend?
 
Great videos, Elsa. My favourite is this one:


Poor Queen. :(

I don't think the other children attended the Mass.

:ermm: D. Francisco Van Uden is not a fascist. He doesn't have any reason to be one. Her mother was condemned to death by Gestapo when she was living in Austria and I have never heard him talking against democracy.
Francisco was a brilliant officer of the Portuguese Army. He received condecorations for his services in our African wars.

D. Francisco is the son of Nicolaas Johannes Maria Van Uden (a Dutch) and Dª Maria Adelaide de Bragança, Infanta of Portugal. Dª Adelaide is D. Duarte's aunt, since she was sister of D. Duarte's father, D. Duarte Nuno.

Dª Adelaide and D. Duarte Nuno were the younger children of D. Miguel de Bragança (for some, King D. Miguel II). D. Miguel has always lived on exile. The Miguelistas were banned from Portugal around 1830.

Some people say that D. Duarte Nuno could never be the Pretender to the Throne because he was not the closest Relative of D. Manuel II, the last King of Portugal. He was only his distant cousin. The closest relative was a half-sister of D. Manuel, an illegitimate daughter of D. Carlos. As illegitimate children are ineligible, D. Duarte Nuno was chosen as the royal pretender. The problem is that he was an Austrian, not a Portuguese. His sisters (including Dª Maria Adelaide) were not Portuguese either.

D. Duarte Pio was born in Switzerland as an Austrian just like his father.
Dª Adelaide is a mother of 4 children: Francisco Van Uden is the third one but he and his younger and only sister were the only children of her who were born in Portugal. The Royal Constitutional Letter of 1842, article 8, says that a future king cannot be naturalized in foreign soil, as it happened with D. Duarte Nuno and his son.
Therefore, D. Francisco Van Uden is for some (including me :)) the right Pretender to the Throne of Portugal. It doesn't mean we dislike D. Duarte. I would respect and acccept him as my King, but imo the right one should be D. Francisco.

D. Duarte Nuno claimed that he and his son, D. Duarte Pio, were born as Portuguese but there is the strong suspicion that in 1961 he tried to falsify the birth certificates of him and his son.

Here is a great interview with D. Francisco (only in Portuguese).
 
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