On December 21, 1910, a coronation ceremony that attracted worldwide attention was held at the Gruz Palace in Lisbon, Portugal.
Portugal has a long history and has been prosperous for a long time, so the Portuguese royal family spent a lot of money on building the royal palace.
The number and quality of palaces owned by the Portuguese royal family are among the best among European royal families, including the Sintra Palace, Gruz Palace, Ajuda Palace, Pena Palace...
The coronation ceremony was originally planned to be held in the new and luxurious Pena Palace, but after considering all the factors, the Gruz Ancient Palace was finally chosen.
Gruz Palace is very famous among the existing royal palaces in Europe. It is known as the Palace of Versailles in Portugal. The construction of the Gruz Palace coincided with the Portuguese colonial period in Brazil. At that time, Portugal was reaching its peak, so the Portuguese royal family devoted its national efforts to build a royal palace that was not inferior to other European countries.
Gruz Palace is a palace built by Portugal in Gruz, a suburb of Lisbon, in the 18th century. It is also one of the most famous Rococo buildings in Europe. The palace was originally designed as a summer residence for King Pedro III of Portugal and later as a residence for his niece, Queen Maria I of Portugal and Brazil.
The palace was originally built in 1747 by the architect Mateusz Vicente. Although it is not very large, the Palace of Gruz is still known as the Portuguese Palace of Versailles.
When the Ajuda Palace was destroyed by fire in 1794 and had not yet been rebuilt, the Gruz Palace became the orthodox official residence of the Portuguese royal family, and it continued until the Portuguese royal family fled to Brazil during the French Revolution. After that, due to various reasons and the passage of time, , this palace gradually lost its status as the main palace.
Although Maria I had mental problems and poor governance, she was the first real monarch of Brazil and the founder of the United Kingdom of Portugal-Brazil-Algarve, and she still died in Brazil.
Historically, the Gruz Palace contains the wonderful relationship between Portugal and Brazil. Therefore, it is quite commemorative for the reconstruction of the Portuguese United Empire to hold the coronation ceremony here.
There is no need to go into details about the tedious and glorious scenes of the coronation ceremony. Royal nobles from various European countries and ambassadors from all over the world came to support the United Kingdom of Portugal.
The coronation process this time was somewhat different from the traditional coronation ceremony. In addition to being an imperial coronation, the biggest difference was that the coronator was not a Catholic. The person who crowned Tangning was her father, Archduke Francisco.
Portugal is an old Catholic country and the sword of Catholicism. Portugal has made great contributions to Catholicism in recovering lost territories of Christianity, conquering heretics, and spreading God.
Portugal has carried out some reforms to Catholicism in history, and there are many domestic objections to the extravagance of Catholicism, but it still has not gotten rid of the influence of the Holy See.
Nowadays, Catholicism is weak and its right to speak about Christianity has declined significantly. This time, the Braganza royal family took advantage of the situation and imitated France to completely regain Portugal's religious rights.
At the end of September, the Braganza royal family quickly returned to Lisbon. After dealing with the aftermath of the difficult political turmoil, the royal family planned the coronation.
The original plan of the Braganza family was to hold a coronation ceremony for Francisco, Duke of Braganza, as the King of Portugal.
But things changed. Francisco, the patriarch of the family, shied away at this time. He requested that his coronation ceremony as king of Portugal be upgraded to that of Downing's coronation ceremony as emperor of the joint empire of Portugal, Brazil and Algarve.
Francisco, in fact, has little desire for power, as evidenced by his original trip to the Far East, and his return to Europe was more to fulfill his family responsibilities.
Now, the restoration of the royal family of Miguel Braganza has been completed, and it also has the dominance of the kingdoms of Portugal and Brazil at its peak. Not long ago, Mary gave birth to the family heir Carl.
At this point, Francisco felt that his responsibilities had been fulfilled and it was time to return to his relaxed true self. It would be good if the Braganza royal family was handed over to his son. He did not want to wait for the Portuguese restoration ceremony of the Braganza royal family and the upgrade and reorganization of the Portuguese United Empire in a few years.
After having a deep conversation with her father, Tang Ning also understood that it was time for her father to put aside the burden of the family, and that he would still be responsible for the next important tasks.
After some changes and modifications, the Royal Family of Braganza issued an announcement to all countries in the world to rebuild the Portuguese-Brazilian-Algarve Empire, and sincerely invited all countries to participate. The Brazilian Emperor Tangning Pedro João Miguel. Coronation of Gabriel Raphael de Braganza as Emperor of the United Portuguese Empire.
On December 21, the official establishment of the Portuguese-Brazilian-Algarve United Empire immediately became a hot topic in the world's news. People around the world were alarmed by it and shouted that Europe had another great power.
Yes, Europe has another great power!
Whether it is a European country, Portugal or Brazil, their positioning of the Portuguese-Brazil-Algarve United Empire is that of a European country.
Europe is the representative of advancement in this era. Brazilians have no objection to the fact that they are a European country. Moreover, the mainstream population of Brazil is also from Europe. It is not impossible to say that they are Europeans.
Although the United Empire of Portugal considers itself a European country, many countries and people around the world do not recognize it.
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In the eyes of many people, the two capitals of the United Empire are thousands of miles apart, and Rio de Janeiro is obviously stronger than Lisbon, and Brazil is larger than Portugal. The main body is obviously Brazil, which looks like an American country no matter how you look at it.
No matter what outsiders say or what countries in other parts of the world think, the Portuguese-Brazilian-Algarve United Empire’s external propaganda caliber is that of European countries.
The Portuguese-Brazilian-Algarve United Empire implements a dual-capital system. There is no distinction between the two capitals in name, but in fact Rio de Janeiro in Brazil is the real capital and core.
In essence, the Portuguese United Empire was indeed an American country.
But there's nothing you can do about it. No matter how you look at it, Brazil is simply not comparable to a small place like Portugal. What's even more tragic is that the colonies owned by Portugal are far away from Portugal, but they are much closer to Brazil.
After the establishment of the United Empire, Tang Ning mainly did three things. The first is to carry out an iron-blooded purification of the Republican territory, the second is to reshape the Portuguese landscape and weaken Lisbon's political influence, and the third is to fully control the Portuguese economy.
The first thing is actually almost done. The purification has been going on for a long time. Tang Ning is about to find a time to stop. However, Tang Ning is moving forward with the second and third things.
Porto and the Algarve, the north and south, are the royalist self-controlled territories. They were principalities before and are still principalities now. They do not accept the jurisdiction of Lisbon and are directly appointed by the emperor.
The original Republican territory was split into three royal states by Downing.
Lisbon District and Lyria District were merged into the Royal State of Lisbon, with Lisbon as its capital.
Santarem District, Portalegre District, and Castel Blanco were merged into the Royal State of Santarem, with Santarem as its capital.
The districts of Coimbra, Guarda, Seviu and Aveiro were merged into the Royal State of Coimbra, with Coimbra as its capital.
Portugal has a total of two principalities and three royal states. Except for Lisbon, which has the status of a capital and a so-called capital parliament, the others cannot be controlled at all.
Lisbon is a bare pole with limited resources. With the development of the other two directly-administered regions, Lisbon's influence will only become lower and lower.
In Portugal, Downing's goal is to establish five fulcrums in Portugal, and will never allow the emergence of a key core. Next, he will shape Portugal's dependence on Brazil's resources, industries, trade and other aspects.
