Portuguese nobility
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The Portuguese nobility was a social class enshrined in the laws of the Kingdom of Portugal with specific privileges, prerogatives, obligations and regulations. The nobility ranked immediately after r
Portrait of a Young Fidalgo; a 16th-century portrait of a young Portuguese nobleman (possibly of Duarte of Aviz, Duke of Guimarães).
Henry, Count of Portugal
Teresa, Countess of Portugal
Peter I, Count of Urgell
Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza
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Dom Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, commonly known simply as Dom Duarte, is the current Duke of Braganza and a claimant to the defunct Portuguese throne, as the head of the House of Braganza. The Miguel
Portuguese nobility
…before the Republic, and currently sustained by the Institute of Portuguese Nobility (Instituto da Nobreza Portuguesa), whose honorary president is D. Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, head of the House of Braganza and presumptive heir to the Portuguese throne. The Portuguese nobility can be traced back to the reign of Alfonso VI of…
Duarte Pio in 2017
Duarte Pio, speaking at a conference in 2008
Duarte Pio giving his annual speech at the Forty Conspirators dinner
In 2025, Duarte Pio attending the closing Mass of the Jubilee of Authorities at the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima in Lisbon, presided over by Cardinal Pietro Parolin