Editing Duarte III, King of Portugal

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right" size="500px"
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! colspan="2" |HM The King of Portugal
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| colspan="2" |[[File:Braganza_Duarte_1945.jpg|center|frameless]]
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|'''Titles'''
|King of [[Portugal]]
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|'''Reign'''
|24 December 1976 - present
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|'''Coronation'''
|17 June 1977
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|'''Predecessor'''
|[[King Duarte II of Portugal|Duarte II]]
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|'''Heir'''
|[[Infante Alfonso, Duke of Braganza]]
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! colspan="2" |Biographical Information
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|'''Born'''
|15 May 1945 (age 80)

Queluz, Portugal
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|'''Spouse'''
|[[Princess Cristina of the Two Sicilies]]
(m. 1995)
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|'''Issue'''
|[[Infante Alfonso, Duke of Braganza]]
[[Infanta Maria Francisca, Duchess of Coimbra|Maria Francisca, Princess of Turnovo]]<br>
[[Infante Dinis, Duke of Porto]]
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|'''Name'''
|Duarte Pio Nuno Joao Miguel
Gabriel Rafael 
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|'''House'''
|Braganza
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|'''Father'''
|[[King Duarte II of Portugal]]
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|'''Mother'''
|[[Princess Maria Francisca of Brazil]]
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|'''Religion'''
|Roman Catholic
|}
'''Duarte III, King of Portugal''' (born ''Infante Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza'' on 15 May 1945) is the current reigning King of Portugal. He is also a member of the Sicilian Royal Family as the brother-in-law of '''[[Pietro, King of the Two Sicilies]]'''.

==Life==
Duarte was born the eldest son of '''King Duarte II of Portugal''' and '''Princess Maria Francisca of Brazil'''.

Duarte ascended to the throne after his father's death in 1976.

==Marriage and Issue==
On 13 May 1995, Duarte married [[Princess Cristina of the Two Sicilies]] in Lisbon. The couple have three children, '''Alfonso, Maria Francisca,''' and '''Dinis'''.
{| class="wikitable"
!Photo
!Name
!Birth
!Death
!Marriage
|-
|[[File:Braganza Alfonso 1996.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Infante Alfonso, Duke of Braganza]]
|25 March 1996
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|Unmarried and without issue
|-
|[[File:Braganza Maria Francisca 1997.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Infanta Maria Francisca, Duchess of Coimbra|Maria Francisca, Princess of Turnovo]]
|3 March 1997
|
|[[Boris, Prince of Turnovo]] (m. 2023); no issue
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|[[File:Braganza Dinis.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Infante Dinis, Duke of Porto]]
|25 November 1999
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|[[Princess Maria Teresita of Saxony]] (m. 2025); no issue
|}

==Residences==
<gallery>
File:Residences Portugal Necessidades Palace.png|Necessidades Palace; Main Residence (March-May; September-November)
File:Residences Portugal Pena Palace.jpg|Pena Palace; Winter Residence (December-February)
File:Residences Portugal Queluz Palace.jpg|Queluz Palace; Summer Residence (June-August)
</gallery>

==Titles and Honours==

* '''1945-1976'''   Infante Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza
* '''1976-present'''   Duarte III, King of Portugal

===National Honours===
[[File:Honours_Portugal_Order_of_the_Tower_and_Sword.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Tower and Sword (1976)

[[File:Honours_Portugal_The_Three_Orders.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Three Sashes (1976)

[[File:Honours_Portugal_Order_of_Our_Lord_Jesus.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ (1976)

[[File:Honours_Portugal_Order_of_Aviz.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Aviz (1963)

[[File:Honours_Portugal_Order_of_Prince_Henry.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Prince Henry (1976)

===Foreign Honours===
[[File:Honours_the_Two_Sicilies_Order_of_Saint_Gennaro.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Saint Gennaro (1995) (the Two Sicilies)

==Ancestry==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Parents
!Grandparents
!Great-Grandparents
!Great-Great-Grandparents
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|[[King Duarte II of Portugal]]
|[[Infante Miguel of Portugal]]
[[Princess Maria Theresa of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg]]
|[[King Miguel of Portugal]]
[[Princess Adelaide of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg]]

[[Charles, Prince of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg]]

[[Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein]]
|[[King John VI of Portugal]]
[[Infanta Carlota Joaquina of Spain]]

[[Hereditary Prince Constantine of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg]]

[[Princess Agnes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg]]

[[Hereditary Prince Constantine of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg]]

[[Princess Agnes of Hohenlohe-Langenburg]]

[[Alois II, Prince of Liechtenstein]]

[[Countess Franziska of Wchinitz-Tettau]]
|-
|[[Princess Maria Francisca of Brazil]]
|[[Emperor Pedro III of Brazil]]
[[Countess Elisabeth of Dobrzenicz]]
|[[Prince Gaston, Count of Eu]]
[[Empress Isabel of Brazil]]

[[Jan, Count of Dobrzenicz]]

[[Countess Elisabeth of Kottulin-Krzizkowitz]]
|[[Louis, Duke of Nemours]]
[[Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]

[[Emperor Pedro II of Brazil]]

[[Princess Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies]]

[[Baron Johann Nepomuk of Dobrzenicz]]

[[Marie Friederike von Rzenicz]]

[[Josef, Count of Kottulin-Krzizkowitz]]

[[Countess Adelheid of Attems-Heilgenkreuz]]
|}

==Lines of Succession==
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! colspan="3" |Duarte III, King of Portugal
House of Braganza 

Born: 15 May 1945 
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| colspan="3" |<center>'''Lines of Succession'''</center>
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|<center>Preceded by</center>
|<center>Succession to the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] throne</center>
|<center>Followed by</center>
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|<center><small>Incumbent</small>
'''<small>preceded by</small>'''
[[King Duarte II of Portugal|'''<small>Duarte II</small>''']]</center>
|<center>Incumbent</center>
|<center>[[Infante Alfonso, Duke of Braganza]]</center>
|}
== Notes ==
Face: Tom Selleck
[[Category:Portugal]]
[[Category:House Braganza]]
[[Category:Monarchs of Portugal]]
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