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They have all been acclaimed king of Portugal by their monarchist groups. The monarchs of Portugal all came from a single ancestor, Afonso I of Portugal, but direct lines have sometimes ended. This has led to a variety of royal houses coming to rule Portugal, though all having Portuguese royal lineage. These houses are: House of Burgundy (1139 ...
The Kingdom of Portugal [3] was a monarchy in the western Iberian Peninsula and the predecessor of the modern Portuguese Republic.Existing to various extents between 1139 and 1910, it was also known as the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves after 1415, and as the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves between 1815 and 1822.
Dom Miguel I (European Portuguese:; English: Michael I; 26 October 1802 – 14 November 1866), nicknamed "the Absolutist" (Portuguese: o Absolutista), "the Traditionalist" (o Tradicionalista) and "the Usurper" (o Usurpador), was the King of Portugal between 1828 and 1834.
The Infanta Maria Francisca, ascended the throne to reign as Queen Maria I Marquis of Pombal, Queen Maria's nemesis, who was dismissed and exiled. The death of King Joseph in 1777 forced the accession of Princess Maria Francisca, his eldest daughter, to the throne of Portugal; she succeeded her father as the first Queen regnant of the 650-year-old country, which was still recovering from the ...
King of Portugal r. 1248–1279: Matilda II 1202–1260 Countess of Boulogne: Mécia Lopes de Haro c. 1215 –1270: Sancho II 1209–1248 King of Portugal r. 1223–1247: Fernando 1217–1246 Lord of Serpa: Sancha Fernández de Lara: Eleanor c. 1211 –1231: Valdemar the Young King of Denmark c. 1209 –1231: Sancho IV 1258–1295 King of ...
João Maria José Francisco Xavier de Paula Luís António Domingos Rafael was born 13 May 1767 during the reign of his maternal grandfather, King Dom Joseph I of Portugal. He was the second son of the King's eldest daughter and heir, Dona Maria, Princess of Brazil (later Queen Dona Maria I) and Infante Peter of Portugal (later King Dom Peter ...
Owing to the absence of the King and the economic independence of Brazil, Portugal entered a severe political crisis that obliged John VI and the royal family to return to Portugal on 25 April 1821; otherwise he risked loss of his Portuguese throne. [3] The heir of John VI, Pedro I, remained in Brazil.
The history of Portugal can be traced from circa 400,000 years ago, when the region of present-day Portugal was inhabited by Homo heidelbergensis.. The Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, which lasted almost two centuries, led to the establishment of the provinces of Lusitania in the south and Gallaecia in the north of what is now Portugal.