The Lisbon Regicide or Regicide of 1908 was the assassination of King Carlos I of Portugal and the Algarves and his heir-apparent, Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, by assassins sympathetic to Republican interests and aided by elements within the Portuguese Carbonária, disenchanted politicians and anti-monarchists. The events occurred on 1 February 1908 at the Praça do Comércio along the banks of the Tagus River in Lisbon, commonly referred to by its antiquated name Terreiro do Paço.
The Lisbon Regicide as depicted in the French Le Petit Journal, incorrectly showing four assassins rather than two (February 1908)
Léon Gambetta, French Opportunist Republican who influenced Portuguese republicanism
The Marquess of Salisbury, British Prime Minister at the time of the ultimatum
Another depiction of the Lisbon Regicide.
Dom Carlos I, known as the Diplomat, the Martyr, and the Oceanographer, among many other names, was King of Portugal from 1889 until his assassination in 1908. He was the first Portuguese king to die a violent death since King Sebastian in 1578.
Carlos I of Portugal on a 20 Reis coin, 1891
Photograph of Infante Carlos, c. 1886