House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Manuel II of Portugal was deposed and the Portuguese First Republic was established. Manuel II went into exile in Fulwell Park, England, where he died on 2 July 1932. Before his death in 1932, King Manuel II had been in negotiations with the rival Miguelist branch of the House of Braganza, who had claimed the Portuguese throne since 1834, in opposition to the Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha dynasty. On the King's death, the claim to the defunct throne of Portugal passed to Duarte Nuno of Braganza. In 1932, a woman known as Maria Pia of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Braganza claimed to
Prince Luiz Gastão of Orléans-Braganza Prince Luiz Gastão of Orléans-Braganza Prince Luiz Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (; 19 February 19118 September 1931) was a member of the House of Orléans-Braganza, and was descended from the Brazilian Imperial Family. Prince Luiz Gastão was born at Cannes, France, the second son of Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza (1878–1920), and his wife, Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1978–1963). His father was the second son of Prince Gaston, Count of Eu, and Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil. His mother was the daughter of Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta, and Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Prince Luis Gastão's paternal grandmother,