The Princess Leonor will make his first official trip abroad next July 12 to Lisbonthus responding to the invitation of the president of the Republic of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. In order to maintain the link between neighboring countries and confirm their support for the Spanish monarchy, the Government of Portugal and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain have reported on the trip that the Princess of Asturias will make and where topics such as the environment and the conservation of the oceans that surround the Iberian Peninsula.
Despite having always maintained a good relationship with the Spanish Royal House, Portugal overthrew its monarchy 113 years agoAnd although they keep a low profile most of the time, the Dukes of Braganza remain very close to the rest of the European royal houses; in addition, they keep in mind the restoration of the monarchy in the neighbouring country.
In fact, the first wedding to take place within the family in three decades, which celebrated the union of María Francisca, Duchess of Coimbra and second daughter of the Dukes of Braganza, and the lawyer Duarte de Sousa Araújo Martins, was televised by the TVI network. An event attended by several of the former prime ministers of the Portuguese country, such as the conservatives Pedro Passos Coelho and Pedro Santana Lopes. Meanwhile, Antonio Costa, socialist and prime minister at that time, could not attend due to the European summit held in Granada. But who are the Braganza?
The patriarch of the family, Duarte Pío de Braganza, continues in his struggle to re-establish the monarchy in PortugalBorn in Switzerland in 1945, son of Duarte Nuño de Braganza and María Francisca de Orleans-Braganza, he does not currently hold any institutional position and works privately in the Manuel II Foundation with his wife Isabel, the Duchess of Braganza.
Born into a family of Portuguese nobility, she grew up in Angola, where she lived until she was nine years old when the country became independent from Portugal. The family moved their home to Brazil and there she developed her life in Sao Paulo, the city where she studied Business Administration. In May 1995 he married with Eduardo Pío at the Jerónimos Monastery in Belém, Lisbon.
The heir to the Portuguese throne is the first of the three children of the marriage. Like his brothers, he was raised in the Catholic faith and he was baptized with all the honors, having as godmother to the Infanta Elena de BorbónIn 2015, when he turned 18, he was consecrated as heir Prince in a ceremony at the Lapa Sanctuary, in Sernancelhe.
Study Social and Cultural Communication at the Catholic University of Lisbon and starred in her first Debutante Ball in 2017. However, she became the centre of attention last year, when she married the lawyer Duarte de Sousa Araújo Martins. Now, at 26 years old, she has moved with her husband to London, since he works at the firm Uría Menéndez-Proença de Carvalho in the management of capital markets and mergers. She, for her part, has begun to dedicate herself to the promotion of the Infanta Doña Maria Francisca awardaimed at students of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Porto.
In an interview with Expresso, the Infanta shared that she participates in all the elections that take place in Portugal except for the presidential elections, since she does not agree with the current head of state. Together with her husband, they declared that they consider that “the parliamentary monarchy It is a model that works very well in other European countries, providing a very particular stability.”
Born in 1999, he is the Duke of Porto and Infante of Portugal. And, counting until the end of the Portuguese monarchy with the salic law, He is considered second in line to the throne behind his elder brother. He is the most discreet of the three descendants and little is known about his private life.
Throughout the years of republican rule in Portugal, there have been several referendums in which society has been questioned about its opinion on a supposed monarchy. In the last of these, 70% of the population was in favour of maintain the system they currently have; Therefore, although the Braganzas have a very good relationship with both the Spanish Royal Family and the rest of the European houses, the Portuguese people do not have in mind the return of their family to the throne.
