Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa24 Nyamavhuvhu 1911, murume wake akazova Mutungamiriri wekutanga akasarudzwa weRepublic yePortugal uye, nekuwedzera, Lucrécia akaitwa mukadzi wekutanga wekutanga wenyika, ane makore makumi matanhatu nematanhatu. Pasinei nokutsigira kwake umambo, Lucrécia akatsigira murume wake, uye akatamira nemhuri kuBelém Palace, kwaakazvipira zvikuru kumusha, maererano ne "tsika yevakadzi" yenguva yacho. Zvisinei, Mukadzi Wokutanga akadzivisa kuratidzwa paruzhinji uye kurangarirwa kwegore rechipiri reKugadzwa kweRepublic
, muna 1912, yaiva imwe yenguva shoma dzaakatora rutivi muchiitiko chevoruzhinji. Musi wa 4 Gumiguru 1913, akatungamira tii yemasikati yevana vevashandi veNational Press, mushure mekugamuchirwa semukadzi weMutungamiriri weNyika. Zuva rakatevera racho, pagore rechitatu rekugadzwa kwehurumende yeRepublican, akapinda mumutambo paTeatro Nacional de São Carlos, asi haana kupiwa chigaro muimba yemutungamiri wenyika. MunaNovember wegore iroro, akapinda "mutambo webindu" wakarongedzwa naManuel de Arriaga kune vafambisi vengarava veBrazil vaishanyira Lisbon pamhemberero yegumi nemakumi maviri nematatu yeRepublic yeBrazil.