Manuel II of Portugal
Manuel died unexpectedly in his residence on 2 July 1932, via suffocation by an abnormal swelling in the vocal folds of his larynx, or tracheal oedema. The Portuguese government, at that time led by António Oliveira de Salazar, authorized his burial in Lisbon, after a state funeral. His body arrived in Lisbon on 2 August 1932, on board the British cruiser HMS "Concord" which had made the journey from the United Kingdom and sailed into the Tagus River to deliver the coffin of the former King. The body was received at Praça do Comércio, where a crowd of people had gathered to follow the coffin to São Vicente de Fora and the roads were inundated with people interested in seeing the funeral procession. His body was interred in the Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza in the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora.
Alexios Komnenos (protosebastos)
When Manuel died on 24 September 1180, his successor, Alexios II, born in 1169, was underage. Manuel had neglected providing for a regency, and power automatically passed to the hands of his widow, Maria of Antioch. Although she had become a nun, the Empress-dowager immediately became the focus of attention of ambitious suitors who sought to win her affection and supreme power along with it. Alexios quickly emerged as the winner in this competition for the Empress-dowager's favour, and alongside Maria became the "de facto" regent of the state. At the time, rumours spread that he also became Maria's lover. Although this was certainly widely believed at the time, modern scholars like Varzos are more doubtful; while the contemporary official and historian Niketas Choniates reports the rumours almost as fact, the 13th-century chronicler Theodore Skoutariotes appears to have considered them baseless.