Word: braganza
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King Duarte II of Portugal, 68, whose family was deposed in 1910, still lives outside Lisbon but has no ambition to reign. His bachelor son, the Prince of Beira, 30, a businessman who also lives in Portugal, would be the heir if his former subjects voted to restore the Braganza dynasty...
There are two claimants to the throne of France. Prince Henri, Count of Paris, 67, is descended from the ancient royal line of Bourbon-Orleans; he is married to Princess Isabelle of Orleans and Braganza. A friend of Charles de Gaulle, who once described the count as "my successor," he has four living sons (one died as a soldier in Algeria) and six daughters. His rival is Prince Louis Napoleon, 62, a World War II Resistance hero who is not only a Bonaparte, but is also descended from France's royal line. A wealthy businessman, he is married...
...Simeon II and Russia's Grand Duke Vladimir-who presumably would be enthroned as Czar Vladimir III if the Romanovs were ever restored to power-live in Spain. Italy's Umberto II, Spain's Don Juan and Portugal's own Duarte, Duke of Braganza reside in Portugal. In Switzerland, there are Michael of Rumania and Ahmed-Fuad II of Egypt (Farouk's eldest son), while Otto von Hapsburg, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire who now calls himself Dr. Hapsburg, lives in West Germany and writes and lectures. The leading claimant to the French...