page_title: Curse of the Braganzas
section_title: In Portugal
hierarchical_section_title: Curse of the Braganzas / Post-monarchy period / In Portugal
caption_attribution_description: Pedro de Alcântara de Orléans e Bragança (1875-1940)
context_page_description: The Curse of the Braganzas is a myth, referred to in several historical chronicles, concerning the House of Braganza, that ruled the Kingdom of Portugal, the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves and the Empire of Brazil and, therefore, all the Portuguese Overseas Empire.
  This "curse" began in the reign of king John IV of Portugal, in the 17th century, when the monarch allegedly kicked a Franciscan friar who was begging for Alms. In reply, the friar cast a curse, saying that never again would a first-born male of his family live long enough to reach the throne. Since then—with three exceptions—all the first-born males of this dynasty died before they reigned.
  With the end of the Braganzas' reigns, firstly in Brazil and later in Portugal, the curse appears to have ended.
context_section_description: Concerning the descendants of king Charles I:
  his second son, king Manuel II died in 1932, childless, in exile;
  king Carlos’ allegedly natural daughter, Maria Pia of Saxe-Coburg and Braganza, also died of natural causes, with 88 years old.
  The line of succession passed, then, to king Miguel descendants. His only son, Miguel (II) had three sons:
  Miguel (abdicated and married to an American commoner);
  Francis Joseph (died childless before his father); and
  Duarte Nuno who succeeded his father as Duke of Braganza.
caption: Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará.
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