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When King John II of Portugal died without an heir, the throne of Portugal passed to his cousin, Manuel, Duke of Beja. When King Sebastian of Portugal died, the throne passed to his Grand-uncle, Henry of Portugal (he might be called Henry II because Henry, Count of Portugal , father of Alphonso I of Portugal , was the first of that name to rule ...
António, Prior of Crato (1531–1595) was a claimant of the Portuguese throne during the 1580 crisis and, according to some historians, [17] King of Portugal (during a short time in 1580 in mainland Portugal, and since then until 1583, in the Azores).
King of Portugal r. 1581–1598: Teodósio I 1510–1563 5th Duke of Braganza: Sebastian 1554–1578 King of Portugal r. 1557–1578: António 1531–1595 Prior of Crato King of Portugal r. 1580–1582: Catarina 1540–1614: João I 1543–1583 6th Duke of Braganza: Ana de Velasco y Girón 1585–1607: Teodósio II 1568–1630 7th Duke of ...
In Portugal, the death of King Sebastian of Portugal in 1578, with only an elderly childless great uncle to succeed him, plunged the country into a succession crisis.King Philip II of Spain was one of seven who laid claim to the Portuguese throne, and in June 1580 a Spanish army of about 40,000 men [6] (about half of which were German and Italian mercenaries) [7] [8] invaded Portugal, under ...
In 1575 with the Carta de Lei de Almeirim, the king established a system of measures for solid and liquid products and also defined the role of public servants. Portrait of D. Sebastian of Portugal; Cristóvão de Morais, 1572. The Celeiros Comuns (Communal Granaries) were inaugurated in 1576 on Sebastian's orders. These were lending ...
Manuel I [a] (European Portuguese:; 31 May 1469 – 13 December 1521), known as the Fortunate (Portuguese: O Venturoso), was King of Portugal from 1495 to 1521. A member of the House of Aviz, Manuel was Duke of Beja and Viseu prior to succeeding his cousin, John II of Portugal, as monarch.
King of Portugal (first reign) 11–15 November 1477 4 days King of Portugal for a brief period following his father's retirement to a monastery. After he returned, John abdicated. He became the monarch again in 1481. [28] John I King of France and Navarre: 15–19 November 1316 4 days Posthumous child of Louis X; king for the four days he ...
[92] [93] The king relegated Columbus's proposal to the Committee, who rejected it, correctly, on the grounds that Columbus's estimate for a voyage of 2,400 nmi was only a quarter of what it should have been. [94] In 1488, Columbus again appealed to the court of Portugal, and John II again granted him an audience. [95]