NECESSIDADES PALACE 



Victor Emmanuel, aged fifteen. Their son, Dom 

 Carlos, Due de Braganza, went through a naval 

 and military course, also studying with the King 

 the art of ruling, and did not relinquish his work 

 till he had attained the age of twenty-three. He 

 was devoted to sport, intellectual, and an artist 

 whose pictures took a good place among those of 

 professionals. In May 1 887 he married Princesse 

 Amelie, eldest daughter of the Comte de Paris, 

 born in England, and now so well known there 

 where she has made her home. The wedding 

 took place with great pomp at Lisbon, the 

 Necessidades Palace being set apart for the 

 Orleans family on that occasion. Prince George 

 (now King George V) represented Queen Victoria. 

 The wedding carriage was drawn by eight white 

 mules through a city brilliant with flags and 

 garlands of flowers. The King, with the Crown 

 Prince's procession, started from the huge Palais 

 d'Ajuda. When the latter succeeded to the 

 Crown, Queen Amelie, attracted by the beauty 

 of the gardens, induced the King to move to 

 the Necessidades Palace. 



Situated at the western extremity of the town, 

 this palace had more the air of an aristocratic 



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