Editing Manuel II of Portugal (section)

== Lisbon regicide ==
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[[File:The Lisbon Regicide.jpg|thumb|right|Manuel and [[Amelia of Orléans|his mother]] mourning the deaths of the King and the heir-apparent, after [[Lisbon Regicide|the regicide]]]]
Manuel's future in the [[Portuguese Navy]] was abruptly shelved on [[Lisbon Regicide|1 February 1908]]. On that day, the royal family returned from the [[Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa|Ducal Palace]] in [[Vila Viçosa]] to [[Lisbon]]. On their way to the [[Necessidades Palace|royal palace]], the carriage carrying King Carlos and his family passed through the [[Praça do Comércio|Terreiro do Paço]] plaza where shots were fired by at least two Portuguese republican activist revolutionaries: [[Alfredo Luís da Costa|Alfredo Luis da Costa]] and [[Manuel Buiça]]. It is unclear whether the assassins were attempting to kill the King, the Prince Royal or the prime minister, [[João Franco]]. The murderers were shot dead on the spot by the royal bodyguard. The King was killed; Prince Luís Filipe was mortally wounded; Prince Manuel was hit in the arm; Queen Amélie was unharmed.{{sfn|Benton|1975|pages=42-43}} It was Amélie's quick thinking that saved her younger son. About 20 minutes later, Prince Luis Filipe died. Days later, Manuel II was proclaimed King of Portugal. The young King, who had not been groomed to rule,{{sfn|Benton|1975|p=45}} sought to save the fragile position of the [[House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Braganza]] dynasty by dismissing João Franco and his entire cabinet in 1908. The ambitions of various political parties made Manuel's short reign a turbulent one. In free elections held on 28 August 1910, the republicans won only 14 seats in the legislature.