Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The War of the Portuguese Succession, a result of the extinction of the Portuguese royal line after the Battle of Alcácer Quibir and the ensuing Portuguese succession crisis of 1580, was fought from 1580 to 1583 between the two main claimants to the Portuguese throne: António, Prior of Crato, proclaimed in several towns as King of Portugal, and his first cousin Philip II of Spain, who ...
Articles relating to the War of the Portuguese Succession (1580–1583). It was fought from 1580 to 1583 between the two main claimants to the Portuguese throne: António, Prior of Crato, proclaimed in several towns as King of Portugal, and his first cousin Philip II of Spain, who eventually succeeded in claiming the crown, reigning as Philip I of Portugal.
Maratha–Portuguese War (1683–1684) Location: Indian subcontinent. Portuguese Empire. Portuguese India; Maratha Confederacy: Victory. Portuguese territory in India defended. Beckman Revolt (1684) Location: Brazil. Portuguese Empire. State of Brazil; Maranhão Rebels Victory: Mughal–Portuguese War (1692–1693) Part of Mughal-Portuguese ...
He was the grandson of Catherine, Duchess of Braganza, who had in 1580 claimed the Portuguese crown, and son of Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza (who died insane in 1630). John was raised to the throne of Portugal (of which he was then held to be the legitimate heir) during the Portuguese Restoration War against King Philip IV of Spain. [34]
The Capture of Porto took place in October 1580 by the Spanish forces commanded by Don Sancho d'Avila during the War of the Portuguese Succession. The city was captured easily by the Spanish troops, thereby finishing off the Prior of Crato 's army and its final defeat in Mainland Portugal, thus assuring the personal union of Portugal and Spain ...
War of the Portuguese Succession (1580–1583), after the death of king-cardinal Henry of Portugal. [83] (António, Prior of Crato attempted to seize Lisbon again in 1589). [83] Struggles for the kingship of France in the late French Wars of Religion (1585–1598), as the House of Valois was set to die out
Battle of Lisbon (1373), part of the Second Fernandine War; Siege of Lisbon (1384), during the 1383–1385 Portuguese interregnum; Battle of Alfarrobeira (1449), between the forces of King Afonso V and the rebellious Duke of Coimbra; Battle of Alcântara (1580) part of the War of the Portuguese Succession; Battle of Vimeiro (1808), part of the ...
The naval Battle of Vila Franca do Campo, also known as Battle of Ponta Delgada and Naval Battle of Terceira Island, took place on 26 July 1582, off the coast of the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, during the War of the Portuguese Succession.