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PORTUGAL.

(Reino de Portugal e Algarves.)

Reigning Sovereign and Family.

Luis I., King of Portugal, born Oct. 31, 1838, the son of Queen Maria II. and of Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg ; suc- ceeded his brother, King Pedro V., Nov. 11, 1861 ; married Oct. 6, 1862, to

Pia, Queen of Portugal, born Oct. 16, 1847, the youngest daughter of King Vittorio Emanuele of Italy. Issue of the union are two sons, Carlos, born Sept. 28, 1863, and Alfonso, born July 31, 1865.

Sisters and Brother of the Xing. — 1. Princess Maria, born July 21, 1843; married, May 11, 1859, to Prince Georg, second son of the King of Saxony. 2. Princess Antonia, born Feb. 17, 1845 ; married, Sept. 12, 1861, to Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sig- maringen, born Sept. 22, 1835 ; offspring of the union are three sons, Wilhelm, born March 7, 1864, Ferdinand, born Aug. 24, 1865, and Karl, born Sept. 1, 1868. 3. Prince Augustus, born Nov. 4, 1847.

Father of the King. — Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, titular King of Portugal, born Oct. 29, 1816, the eldest son of the late Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg ; married, April 9, 1836, to Queen Maria II. of Portugal; obtained the title 'King,' Sept. 16, 1837; widower, Nov. 15, 1853 ; Regent of Portugal during the minority of his son, the late King Pedro V., Nov. 15, 1853, to Sept. 16, 1855 ; married, in ' morganatic ' union, June 10, 1869, to Madame Sensler, elevated Countess Edla.

Great- Aunts and Uncle of the King. — 1. Princess Teresa, born April 29, 1793, the daughter of King Joao VI. of Portugal and of Princess Charlotte of Spain; married, April 11, 1809, to Don Pedro of Spain ; widow July 4, 1812 ; married, a second time, Oct. 20, 1838, to Don Carlos, pretender to the crown of Spain; widow, March 10, 1855. 2. Princess Maria, sister of the preceding, born July 4, 1801 ; Regent of Portugal March 10, 1826, to Feb. 26, 1828.

The reigning dynasty of Portugal belongs to the House of Braganza, which dates from the commencement of the fifteenth