On November 22, 1901, Tangning's father returned from Lisbon, Portugal, bringing back Carlos I's desire to reconcile with them.
Reconciliation between the two royal families?
Tangning was a little confused as to why Carlos I of the Gotha royal family of Portugal had to submit to the Miguel royal family.
Portugal's ruling Gotha royal family belongs to the joint royal family of Braganza and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, which was formed by the union of Maria II and Fernando II.
The Gotha family has been in power in Portugal for half a century. By Carlos I, it was so entrenched that they had no reason to care about the Miguel royal family. Why are they reconciling now?
Although the Miguel royal family that Tangning belongs to is descended from Miguel I, belongs to the orthodox Braganza family, and is considered a direct line of the Portuguese royal family, it has long since become a royal family in exile due to the failure of the power struggle.
The reason why the Braganza family lost its right to rule was entirely due to Miguel I's various evil deeds.
Miguel I clearly agreed with the King of Brazil, his brother Perode I, that he would marry her daughter Maria. However, when he became king, he turned against her and broke the agreement.
At first, Perode I had no chance to take revenge, but the opportunity soon came.
Miguel I was an arrogant authoritarian who broke his agreement with liberals and implemented various dictatorships. Civil strife broke out in the country.
Perode took a look and realized that this was an opportunity!
King Perode I immediately returned to Portugal from Brazil and the Azores, colluded with the liberals, overthrew the expelled Miguel I, and restored his daughter Maria II to the throne. Later, he became his brother in the same royal family as the British. The Da family married and completely controlled Portugal.
After being expelled, Miguel I only retained some titles, including the Duke of Braganza, and began to wander around Europe, plotting for restoration, but no one paid any attention to him.
In the early days of his exile, Miguel I was still very arrogant. As a single man, he had high expectations for marriage. He fell in love with Princess Sissi's mother, but she was ignored.
The last person to marry was Princess Adelaide, who came from a small German family. The two gave birth to a son and six daughters.
Tangning already knew about this royal family before traveling through time.
The reason is simple, because his girlfriend Catherine comes from a branch of the Bulacan Samiguel royal family.
At that time, the Miguel royal family already belonged to the orthodox royal family. The orthodox power was taken back from Manuel II of the Braganza-Gotha royal family before World War II.
Of course, there is no point in taking it back. Portugal has been a republic for so long, and later the republic conditionally recognized the Braganza family.
But if the Miguel family wants to restore the kingdom, they can just think about it in their dreams.
Tangning traveled to this era, and his father, Francisco, was Miguel II, the only son of Miguel and Adelaide, the second child.
Originally, Francisco had no right to inherit, but his uncle Miguel III married an American woman and voluntarily abstained, and Francisco won.
However, in real history, Tangning's father Francisco was not married, and the inheritance rights finally passed to Duarte, the youngest son of Miguel II. In the end, it was this youngest son who regained the legitimacy of the Portuguese royal family.
Tangning's time travel changed the course of history and the fate of her father, Francisco.
Francisco, because he couldn't stand the pressure from his family on blind dates and marriage, left Europe at the age of seventeen and went to the Far East. He met Tangning's mother, Wen Qian, in Shanghai, and they soon gave birth to him.
However, the tragedy is that shortly after the mother gave birth to Tangning's soul-pierced baby, she experienced an infection and died unfortunately, which left Francisco depressed for a long time.
Tangning's current mother, Anna, liked his father very much and followed him all the way from Europe. Even after Francisco got Vincent, she did not give up and comforted him after he lost his lover.
Helen is Tang Ning's half-sister and the child born from the union of her drunken father Francisco and Anna.
Although the two had a child, Francisco was a lover and could not forget his deceased wife, so he never married Anna.
Under this situation, Tang Ning couldn't stand his father's constant nagging. He couldn't bear that his sister Helen never had a complete family. Last year, he successfully promoted the marriage of the two.
Historically, the two were not married, and Francisco also gave up Miguel's right to inherit the royal family. Tangning's arrival changed everything.
Carlos I prepared to reconcile with Miguel's royal family. This was an important event that shocked the entire family.
Adelaide, the head of the family, summoned important family members to discuss matters, and Tang Ning, the crown prince, was also among them.
The current Miguel family is controlled by Adelaide, Tangning's great-grandmother, Francisco's grandmother, and Miguel II's mother.
Miguel I died early, and the current Miguel royal family's escape from its initial abjection was entirely the result of Adelaide's various marriage operations.
Originally, Miguel II succeeded the Duke of Braganza and controlled the family for more than 20 years after he became an adult. However, the eldest son Miguel III, who had high hopes for him, was so angry that he became ill, so the control was temporarily passed to Adelaide. leading.
It's pitiful that Adelaide still has to worry about the family at such an old age, but now that Francisco is back, the future focus will be on him.
“Dear Grandma Adelaide, Carlos I wants my daughter Helen to enter into a marriage contract with his eldest son Luis Felipe and marry him when she comes of age.
If agreed, the Gotha royal family will recognize the Braganza family of our Miguel lineage. When the Gotha royal family dies, our family can inherit the Kingdom of Portugal.
And these are not just empty promises. To show sincerity, the greater Algarve region in southern Portugal, including Setubal, Évora, Seia and Faro, can be handed over to our family. "
The sincerity of Carlos I's reconciliation seemed very sincere on the surface, the marriage, the recognition of the inheritance rights of the Miguel royal family, and the taking out of the Greater Algarve.
Although the Greater Algarve only accounts for about 1/4 of Portugal and has a pitifully small population of about 500,000, which is less than 1/10 of Portugal’s more than 5 million people, it is the most backward border region, but its significance But not small.
The full name of the Kingdom of Portugal is the United Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarve.
Before Brazil became independent, the full name of the Kingdom of Portugal was the United Kingdom of Portugal-Brazil-Algarve.
The conditions for the union are indeed tempting, but Adelaide knows that this is not just a trap with honey, it will definitely not be a simple marriage that will give them huge benefits to the Miguel royal family.
"Is Carlos I such a good person? All he wants is a marriage!?"
Adelaide, who has long hair and wrinkles on his face, is old and has long lost his former glory, but his wisdom still exists.
“The Algarve, if I remember correctly, is very poor, the people have always complained about the incompetence of the king, and the liberal republican forces have a lot of influence.
When you give us this land, do you expect us to develop it well?
While appeasing the people, hang us up.
It seems that Carlos I also understands that you have made huge wealth from the East and that you love your daughter, so he is preparing to make money from you.
The current Portuguese royal family of Gotha is the poorest among the ruling royal families in Europe, and the public resentment is also the most boiling, even more serious than that of Spain next door.
He is preparing to use our Miguel royal family and this little hope of restoration to get the wealth he wants from us. "
As the person in charge of the Miguel royal family, Adelaide paid a lot of attention to Portugal. How could he not know the current situation of the Gotha royal family.
