Teófilo Braga
| Teófilo Braga | |
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| 2nd President of Portugal | |
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In office 29 May 1915 – 5 October 1915 |
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| Prime Minister | José de Castro |
| Preceded by | Manuel de Arriaga |
| Succeeded by | Bernardino Machado |
| President of the Provisional Government of the Portuguese Republic | |
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In office 5 October 1910 – 4 September 1911 |
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| Preceded by |
Head of State: King D. Manuel II Head of Government: António Teixeira de Sousa |
| Succeeded by |
Head of State: Manuel de Arriaga Head of Government: João Chagas |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Joaquim Teófilo Fernandes Braga 24 February 1843 Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal |
| Died | 28 January 1924 (aged 80) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Political party |
Portuguese Republican (until 1911) Democratic (from 1911) |
| Spouse(s) | Maria do Carmo Xavier |
| Children | Joaquim Maria da Graça Teófilo |
| Alma mater | University of Coimbra |
| Occupation | Lecturer • writer |
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Joaquim Teófilo Fernandes Braga (Portuguese pronunciation: [tiˈɔfilu ˈbɾaɡɐ]; 24 February 1843 – 28 January 1924) was a Portuguese writer, playwright, politician and the leader of the Republican Provisional Government after the abdication of King Manuel II, as well as the second elected President of the First Portuguese Republic, after the resignation of President Manuel de Arriaga.
Teófilo Braga was born in the Azores, in São José, Ponta Delgada, the son of Joaquim Manuel Fernandes Braga (probably a grandson of one of King D. João V's illegitimate children), from Braga, and Maria José da Câmara e Albuquerque, from the island of Santa Maria, another descendant of Portuguese nobility (probably traced to Infanta D. Urraca, as the genealogist Ferreira Serpa has shown). Teófilo was the 13th descendant of Diogo Gonçalves Travassos, father of D. Pedro and de Violente Velho Cabral, daughter of the Commander of Almourol, Gonçalo Velho, and descendant of Cristovão Falcão, a poet and Count of Avranches. His mother had seven children (Teófilo being the youngest), of which three died during infancy, the others being Luís, João Fernandes and Maria José. Teófilo's father became a widower when Teófilo was only three years old (his mother died at the age of 31 years). Originally, his father was an artillery lieutenant and commander in Mosteiros, and quit the army after the Concession of Evoramonte, and without means, he established a nautical school and mathematics in Ponta Delgada, eventually finding a job at the local secondary school in Ponta Delgada. Two years later, the older Braga wed a woman (Ricarda Joaquina Marfim Pereira) with a decidedly bad attitude to the young boy, fathering two daughters with Ricarda (Maria da Glória and Maria do Espírito Santo).
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