Line of succession to the former Portuguese throne
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The 1822, 1826 and 1838 constitutions, as well as the 1842 revival of the 1826 constitutional charter, confirmed cognatic primogeniture among the legitimate issue of the then-reigning monarch and, in case of their extinction, among collateral descendants of the Braganza dynasty.[3] That had been the customary succession in pre-constitutional Portugal.[2]
The 1838 constitution was replaced in 1842 by reviving the 1826 Constitutional Charter of Portugal. Among other things, the 1826 charter stipulated that, should there be no eligible descendants of Maria II of Portugal, the crown would pass to a collateral heir.[2]
Maria II has living legitimate descendants today, but they are not Portuguese citizens and make no claim to represent the royal line of Portugal.
1 2 3 4 de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy (2002). Le Petit Gotha. Paris: Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery. pp. 738–42, 748–49, 756–59 (French) ISBN2950797431
1 2 3 Goutant de Saisseval, Guy (1982). La Legitimite Monarchique. Paris: Editions Christian. pp.190–91. ISBN2864960184.
↑ "A sucessão da Coroa segue a ordem regular de primogenitura, e representação entre os legítimos descendentes; preferindo sempre a linha anterior às posteriores; na mesma linha, o grau mais próximo ao mais remoto; no mesmo grau, o sexo masculino ao feminino; e no mesmo sexo, a pessoa mais velha à mais nova."
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