Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal

Lisbon Regicide

On 1 February 1908, Luís Filipe and his family were returning to Lisbon from Vila Viçosa Palace. Alfredo Luís da Costa and Manuel Buiça, two members of a revolutionary society called the Carbonária, shot at all the royal family, hitting his father King Carlos, Luís Filipe, and his younger brother Infante Manuel, Duke of Beja. Carlos I died immediately, while Luís Filipe lived for another twenty minutes. Manuel survived the attack, having only been shot in the arm, while the queen was unharmed.

Manuel succeeded to the throne as Manuel II. Luís Filipe is buried next to his father and forefathers in the Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza in Lisbon. His younger brother, King Manuel II of Portugal, and his mother, Queen Maria Amélia, are buried opposite.

On 5 October 1910, the monarchy under the reign of his surviving younger brother, Manuel II, was overthrown in a military coup and the First Portuguese Republic was established.

Honours Domestic Grand Commander of the Three Military Orders of Christ, Aviz and St. James Grand Cross of the Royal Military Order of the Tower and Sword Grand Cross of the Royal Military Order of Our Lady of Conception of Vila Vicosa

Foreign German Empire: Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle Monaco: Grand Cross of the Order of Saint-Charles, 22 July 1904 Spain: Grand Cross of the Royal and Distinguished Order of Charles III, 1887 Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, 14 November 1892 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: Stranger Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 15 July 1902 Empire of Japan: Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum, 10 June 1904

Arms

Luis Filipe bore as heir to the throne the arms of his father; differenced by a Label of three points Or.

Ancestry