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29 April 1539 – 2 January 1554 Premature death: John III of Portugal Catherine of Austria: Sebastian: 20 January 1554 – 4 August 1578 20 January 1554 – 11 June 1557 Later: King Sebastian of Portugal and the Algarves: John Manuel, Prince of Portugal Joanna of Austria: Diego: 15 August 1575 – 21 November 1582 25 March 1581 – 21 November ...
The House of Aviz, known as the Joanine Dynasty, succeeded the House of Burgundy as the reigning house of the Kingdom of Portugal. The house was founded by John I of Portugal, who was the Grand Master of the Order of Aviz. When King John II of Portugal died without an heir, the throne of Portugal passed to his cousin, Manuel, Duke of Beja.
In Portugal, D. Pedro I of Brazil became King as D. Pedro IV (1826), but no one wanted to re-establish the union of Portugal and Brazil. Pedro abdicated the Portuguese throne in favor of his daughter Princess Maria da Glória , then seven years old. D. Pedro's brother D. Miguel was to act as Regent, and to marry Maria when she came of age. [ 32 ]
The Cortes in Tomar acknowledged Philip II of Spain as King Philip I of Portugal on 16 April 1581 after this Spanish military intervention. [20] From 1581, the House of Aviz had ceased to rule any portion of continental Portugal; António, Prior of Crato held out in the Azores into 1582 as António I of Portugal ; the last of his allies in the ...
April 26, 1648: Álvares Pereira de Melo: Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo: Duke of Caminha: December 14, 1620: Menezes: Miguel Luís de Menezes: Duke of Coimbra: 1415: Portugal-Aviz Lencastre Bragança: Pedro, Prince of Portugal: Duke of Faial: April 4, 1833: Sousa Holstein: Pedro de Sousa Holstein: Duke of Ficalho: May 14, 1836: Almeida ...
The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived on Thursday at the royal wedding of Jordan’s Crown Prince Al Hussein and Saudi Arabian architect Rajwa Al Saif.. On 1 June, King Abdullah’s eldest son ...
The Golden Wedding will be broadcast on ABC on Thursday January 4, 2024 at 8 p.m. ET. It will be airing live, so you’ll get to see it all unfold in real time, hosted by Jesse Palmer.
John, Prince of Portugal (Portuguese: João; 29 January [1] – February 1451) was a Portuguese infante, son of Afonso V and Isabella of Coimbra. [2] He was born heir to the throne in 1451, but he died young during the same year. The title of Prince of Portugal then passed again to Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu, his uncle.