AHC: Salazar posthumously restores monarchy

no, because Salazar had no control over the country for the last two years of his life and Portugal had been a republic since 1910, 60 years before Salazar's death
 
In OTL, he seemed to have thought about it, but it would have to be a decision only possible in a dictatorship, since monarchism was minoritary since before the Monarchy fell. Assuming a figurehead king is around when Salazar dies, if he is incapable of forcing a liberalisation of the Estado Novo, an inevitable revolution would likely force him out, either during said revolution, or through a later referendum or Parliament vote.
If said king manages to force a liberalisation, there is still a high chance of the monarchy ending again (although there will be more goodwill towards him).
The Kings would be either the Duke Duarte Nuno of Braganza, or his son, the current Duke Duarte Pio of Braganza.

Edit: fixed a typo, from capable to incapable. the typo was changing the intended meaning of the phrase.
 
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no, because Salazar had no control over the country for the last two years of his life and Portugal had been a republic since 1910, 60 years before Salazar's death

POD would be 1940, like OP stated. And I understand so that Salazar would make Duarte his successor like Franco did so Duarte would ascend to Portuguese throne after Salazar's death/resignation.
 
POD would be 1940, like OP stated. And I understand so that Salazar would make Duarte his successor like Franco did so Duarte would ascend to Portuguese throne after Salazar's death/resignation.
Assuming a figurehead king is around when Salazar dies, if he is capable of forcing a liberalisation of the Estado Novo, an inevitable revolution would likely force him out, either during said revolution, or through a later referendum or Parliament vote.

Duarte as king would lead only to a violent republican restoration similar to the Carnation Revolution IOTL, as Duarte was the claimant for the Miguelist faction in Portuguese Monarchism which advocated for total unflinching absolutism as they were basically Portuguese Carlists.
 
Duarte as king would lead only to a violent republican restoration similar to the Carnation Revolution IOTL, as Duarte was the claimant for the Miguelist faction in Portuguese Monarchism which advocated for total unflinching absolutism as they were basically Portuguese Carlists.
I miswrote my sentence. I meant:
"Assuming a figurehead king is around when Salazar dies, if he is incapable of forcing a liberalisation of the Estado Novo, an inevitable revolution would likely force him out, either during said revolution, or through a later referendum or Parliament vote."
Regarding D. Duarte, he seemed not to have been an absolutist. The problem would lie in whether he could gain prestige beyond the pro-New State Monarchists, Oposition Monarchists, and the republican leaders of the opposition.
According to this link (in Portuguese) about a book presentation, done by a renowned republican politician, D. Duarte was pro-Democracy:
https://plataformacidadaniamonarqui...livro-e-o-prof-doutor-mendo-castro-henriques/
 
I'm a bit late responding here, but I had some thoughts. My understanding is that Salazar had toyed with the idea of restoring the monarchy during his tenure in power, but apparently the Portuguese Pretender, Duarte Nuno, was too optimistic in his aspirations for a restoration and thus Salazar feared for his own power, and quashed any restorationist talk. It's possible for Salazar to not learn of Duarte's ambitions and perhaps then he presses through restoration or perhaps a referendum on the issue. Posthumously though, I don't see it happening. By that point the regime was far too entrenched in Salazar's person, and he wasn't thinking in terms of what would happen after his death. The rest of the Estado Novo wouldn't have tried to do something as drastic as restoration, so that option is out too.
 
I'm a bit late responding here, but I had some thoughts. My understanding is that Salazar had toyed with the idea of restoring the monarchy during his tenure in power, but apparently the Portuguese Pretender, Duarte Nuno, was too optimistic in his aspirations for a restoration and thus Salazar feared for his own power, and quashed any restorationist talk. It's possible for Salazar to not learn of Duarte's ambitions and perhaps then he presses through restoration or perhaps a referendum on the issue. Posthumously though, I don't see it happening. By that point the regime was far too entrenched in Salazar's person, and he wasn't thinking in terms of what would happen after his death. The rest of the Estado Novo wouldn't have tried to do something as drastic as restoration, so that option is out too.
A free referendum during the dictatorship would not be the best option to restore the monarchy, since Monarchism was minoritary and was discredited since 1890 (and without much support when it fell in 1910).
 
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