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Lisbon Regicide

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1908 Lisbon Regicide
Representation of Regicide
Date1 February 1908 (1908-02-01)
LocationTerreiro do Paço, Lisbon, Portugal
Participants
OutcomeMonarchical succession

The Lisbon Regicide or Regicide of 1908 (Portuguese: Regicídio de 1908) was the assassination of King Carlos I of Portugal and the Algarves and his heir-apparent, Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal. The events happened on 1 February 1908 at the Praça do Comércio along the banks of the Tagus River in Lisbon.