Manuel II of Portugal /

Manuel II (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐnuˈɛɫ]; English: Emmanuel II), named Manuel Maria Filipe Carlos Amélio Luís Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga Francisco de Assis Eugénio de Bragança Orleães Sabóia e Saxe-Coburgo-Gotha — (19 March 1889 – 2 July 1932), was the last King of Portugal from 1908 to 1910, ascending the throne after the assassination of his father (King Carlos I of Portugal) and elder brother (Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal). Before ascending the throne he was Duke of Beja. Young Manuel was born in the last year of the reign of his grandfather, King Luís I; he was the third child, and last son, born to Carlos I of Portugal and Amélie of Orleans in the Palace of Belém, Lisbon, seven months before his father ascended the Portuguese throne. He was baptized a few days later, with his maternal grandfather as godfather, while former Emperor Pedro II of Brazil attended, recently having abdicated the throne of Brazil. He received the traditional education bestowed on a member of the monarchy, without the political preoccupations that befell his older brother, who was destined by birth to become King. Although he was raised as member of the upper classes, and had