Hilda Toledano Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
A woman who has at various times used the names Hilda Toledano and Maria Pia of Bragança (March 13 1907 - 1995) began claiming, in the 1930s, to be an illegitimate child of King Charles I of Portugal, by Amelia Laredo e Murca. She further claimed that she had been recognized by her father. The claim that she was the king's child was made after the death of her supposed half-brother, Manuel II, the last King of Portugal.She asserted, following the death of Manuel II, that she was head of the Royal House and was supported by some Portuguese royalists. This is a unique claim based on a letter by king Charles I, signed in March 14 1907, and in the documents of the Baptism Acts, registered in the archives (n° 21, sheet q7 vt°) of the Archbishop's Palace in Madrid Alcalà, conferring upon his natural daughter Dona Maria Pia Saxe Coburgo Bragança all honours, prerogatives, privileges, obligations and advantages that belong to the Infants of the Bragança House, with the power of succession to the Portugal's Crown. It is interesting to note that on March 14, 1907, when the right to succeed was supposedly conferred to "Maria Pia", Charles I was the father of two wealthy and legitimate young men: Luis Filipe, Duke of Braganza and heir; and Manuel II, future king. Moreover, succession rules in Portugal exclude children born out of adultery, which would be the case if Hilda Toledano's tale of her "true parents" were true.
Her claims relating to the restitution of the private real property of the Royal House were rejected by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice at Lisbon on 14 April 1983, since the Court in this sentence found that Dona Maria Pia had not established the identity of her father, at the contrary of the definitive sentence 1982 of the Ecclesiastical Court of Sacra Romana Rota that confirmed King Charles I of Portugal fatherhood.
She "abdicated" her pretensions in 1987, passing her pretensions to Rosario Poidimani (called therein Rosario of Bragança), claiming that he was a blood relative of Dona Maria Pia.
The current head of the Royal House of Portugal, Duke of Bragança, has been recognized by many legitimate related European Royal Houses. Portuguese rules for succession, before the establishment of the Republic on 1910, excluded the collateral line of the king Miguel of Portugal and all his descendents. Modern rules of succession exclude children born out of adultery, as Maria Pia definitely was. Portugal is in any case now a republic.
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