Titles of the Royal House

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Titles of the Portuguese Monarch
Rei de Portugal
(King of Portugal)
July 25, 1143
Rei do Algarve
(King of Algarve)
March 1, 1268
Rei dos Algarves, d’aquém e d’além mar em África, Senhor
da Guiné, Senhor da Conquista, Navegação e Comércio da
Etiópia, Arábia, Pérsia e Índia
(King of the Algarves, from here and beyond sea in Africa,
Lord of Guinea, Lord of Conquest, Navigation and Commerce of
Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia and India)
August 29, 1499
Rei do Reino Unido de Portugal, Brasil e Algarves
(King of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarves)
December 16, 1815
Titles of the Royal House
Príncipe
(Prince)
1433
Príncipe do Brasil
(Prince of Brazil)
October 27, 1645
Príncipe Real do Reino Unido de Portugal, Brasil e Algarve
(Royal Prince of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarve)
January 9, 1817
Príncipe Real de Portugal
(Prince Royal of Portugal)
Title that replaces all previous ones used by the Heir
to the Throne of Portugal
January 9, 1807
Príncipe da Beira
(Prince of Beira)
(The firstborn of Royal Prince)
December 17, 1734
Duque de Coimbra
(Duke of Coimbra)
September 1415
Duque de Viseu
(Duke of Viseu)
1415
Duque de Beja
(Duke of Beja)
1457
Duque do Porto
(Duke of Oporto)
(private title of the 2nd son of the Kings of Portugal)
April 4, 1833
Titles of the Ducal House of Bragança
(titles incorporated in the Royal House of Portugal in 1640,
all added to the titles of Royal Prince – Apparent Heir to the Crown)
Duque de Bragança
(Duke of Braganza)
December 30, 1442
Duque de Guimarães
(Duke of Guimarães)
November 23, 1470
Duque de Barcelos
(Duke of Barcelos)
August 5, 1562
Marquês de Vila Viçosa
(Marquis of Vila Viçosa)
May 25, 1455
Conde de Arraiolos
(Count of Arraiolos)
July 1, 1371
Conde de Ourém
(Count of Ourém)
August 20, 1385
Conde de Barcelos
Count of Barcelos)
October 2, 1385
Conde de Neiva e Faria
(Count of Neiva and Faria)
November 8, 1401
Conde de Guimarães
(Count of Guimarães)
September 29, 1463

HISTORICAL NOTE: the usurper, ex-prince D. Miguel de Bragança, since his banishment and outcast (1834), misused several titles belonging to the Kings of Portugal and to the Royal House of Portugal, a practice continued by his descendants (until ours days). In an abusive and illegal manner (in the light of the law applicable until October 5, 1910), they usurped, namely, the titles of King, Royal Prince, Prince of Beira, Duke of Bragança, Duke of Guimarães, Duke of Viseu, etc., systematically harassing the Reigning Royal Family in Portugal until the end of the Monarchy; They continued with the same abuse during the life of King Manuel II and the Queen Dona Amélia of Orléans. Continuing to do so, nowadays, trying to deceive the Portuguese people, shielding themselves in the actions of the dictator Salazar.

(in A Casa de Bragança – História e Polémica, Lisbon, Portugália Editora, 1940, pp. 93, 103, 104, 108, 170, e 171; e Fernando A. Monteiro, Salazar e a Rainha, Ed. Prefácio, Lisbon, 2006, pp. 133 e 261).