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Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza

Seebenstein, 23 Sep 1907 – Lisbon, 24 Dec 1976

10 facts3 sources

Facts and their sources

  • Born23 Sep 1907, Seebensteinnot verified1 source
  • TitleGrand Master of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosaor Grand Master of the Order of Saint Michael of the Wingnot verified1 source
  • TitleGrand Master of the Order of Saint Michael of the Wingor Grand Master of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosanot verified1 source
  • Died24 Dec 1976, Lisbonnot verified1 source
  • FatherMiguel de Bragançanot verified1 source
  • MotherPrincess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenbergnot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 23 Sep 1907

    Born in Seebenstein

  2. 1945–1949

    3 children are born

  3. 24 Dec 1976

    Dies in Lisbon, aged 69

Family

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Parents

Partner

Children · 3

During his lifetime

He lived through 8 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Seebenstein.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1900s · Duarte is born in Seebenstein

Who governed

Music

Traditional wedding dance and procession music

The Zillertaler Tramplan was a traditional wedding dance performed as the wedding party walked from the church to the inn. It was a regional dance piece that later became a musical signature of tourism in the Ziller Valley.

Daily life

Housing for the poor in Vienna

In 1909, around 66,000 people in Vienna were bed-renters who did not have their own home and paid to use a bed for only a few hours. Many tenement buildings lacked running water, toilets, and electricity, requiring residents to collect water from a corridor tap called a Bassena.

What it cost

The molhadura contract tradition

In rural areas, workers were sometimes hired through a traditional practice called the molhadura, where a capataz paid for a glass of brandy to seal a weekly employment contract. This custom was compared to a human meat auction due to the lack of regulation.

Powered flight. The Wright brothers flew a powered aeroplane at Kitty Hawk in 1903; in 1906 Santos-Dumont flew the 14-bis in Paris.Around the world · 1903–1906

Powered flight. The Wright brothers flew a powered aeroplane at Kitty Hawk in 1903; in 1906 Santos-Dumont flew the 14-bis in Paris.

Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright (credited as photographers) [1], [2] · public domain

What people wore

Infant swaddling for physical development

To help them grow straight, infants in the Kirchberg region were placed in a swaddling cushion for several months, which prevented them from moving or kicking.

Getting around

Lisbon to Faro rail journey time

The journey by train from Lisbon to Faro took over 12 hours, leaving the Algarve region feeling isolated from the capital.

At the table

Ideal middle-class meals and coffee house culture

Before the war, the ideal middle-class meal consisted of a three-course menu featuring soup, a main dish of meat with side dishes, and dessert. Intellectuals frequented coffee houses around 1900 to enjoy coffee drinks like the Melange.