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	JOHN V., KING OF PORTUGAL - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN V., KING OF PORTUGAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		(1603-1656), the Fortunate, king of Portugal, was born at Villaviciosa in March 1603, succeeded to the dukedom of Braganza in 1630, and married Luisa de Guzman, eldest daughter of the duke of Medina Sidonia, in 1633.
		JOHN V. (1689-1750), king of Portugal, was born at Lisbon on the 22nd of October 1689, and succeeded his father Pedro II.
		(1769-1826), king of Portugal, was born at Lisbon on the I3th of May 1769, and received the title of prince of Brazil in 1788.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /J/JO/JOHN_V_KING_OF_PORTUGAL.htm (1359 words)

	Sebastian of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He was the grandson of João III and became heir to the throne due to the death of his father, prince João of Portugal in 1554 (two weeks before his birth) and succeeded to the throne three years later.
		At Alcazarquivir (Field of the Three Kings) the Portuguese were routed by, and Sebastian was almost certainly killed in battle or subsequently executed.
		King Sebastian was a fragile boy, a result of marriages within the same family for many generations.
	www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Sebasti%E3o_of_Portugal (540 words)

	Portugal
		(1863-1908), king of Portugal (1889- 1908), born in Lisbon, the son and successor of King Louis (1838-89), of the royal house of Braganza.
		John III (of Portugal), in Portuguese, João III (1502-1557), king of Portugal from 1521 to 1557.
		(1578-1621), king of Spain, Naples, and Sicily (1598-1621), and, as Philip II, king of Portugal (1598-1621), the son of Philip II, king of Spain, born in Madrid.
	website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/portugal.htm (7374 words)

	AllRefer.com - Manuel I, 1469–1521, king of Portugal (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Manuel I, 1469–1521, king of Portugal, Spanish And Portuguese History, Biographies
		Manuel I 1469–1521, king of Portugal (1495–1521), successor of John II.
		Portugal became the leading commercial nation of the West.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Manuel1Por.html (430 words)

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		Portugal had still to be recognized by the neighbouring countries and, most important, by the Catholic church and the pope.
		Meanwhile, king Alfonso VII of Castile (Afonso's direct cousin) was not pleased with the independence of Portugal that, in his view, was nothing more than a rebellion.
		Portugal was obliged to surrender as his ransom almost all the conquests Afonso had made in Galicia in the previous years.
	www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/a/af/afonso_i_of_portugal.html (934 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Portugal
		Portugal is situated on the west of the Iberian Peninsula, being bounded on the north and east by Spain and on the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean.
		The lifework of Alfonso Henriques first King of Portugal (1128-85) consisted in his assertion, by fighting and diplomacy, of the political independence of the country, and in his enlargement of its boundaries by conquests from the Moors who occupied more than half the present kingdom when he began to rule.
		King Emanuel and his son, John III, were great builders; the former erected the Hieronymite church and monastery at Belem, to commemorate Vasco da Gama's discovery, and the later made great additions to the superb convent of Christ at Tomar.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12297a.htm (9976 words)

	European Voyages of Exploration: The Portuguese Empire
		Portugal was born from this struggle to reconquer Iberia from the Moors.
		Portugal desperately needed strong leadership to continue to fight off the ambitious Castilian king, and in 1385 the Portuguese Cortes proclaimed the 28-year-old Master of Avis as King João I. With the support of his kingdom and his English allies, the young king soundly defeated the Castilians at Aljubarrota, thereby securing Portugal's independence.
		King João I then applied himself to the task of reinvigorating his kingdom, paramount to this was the rebuilding and expansion of the royal navy and maritime commerce.
	www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/portuguese.html (1090 words)

	Afonso IV of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The first-born of this union, princess Maria of Portugal, married King Alfonso XI of Castile in 1328, at the same time that Afonso IV's heir, Peter, was promised to another Castilian princess, Constance of Penafiel.
		As king, Afonso IV is remembered as a soldier and a valiant general, hence the nickname the Brave.
		Maria, princess of Portugal (1313-1357), married to king Alfonso XI of Castile
	www.leessummit.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Afonso_IV_of_Portugal (775 words)

	Timeline Portugal
		1064 Jun 9, Coimbra, Portugal, fell to Ferdinand, the King of Castile.
		1261 Oct 9, Dionysius, the Justified, king of Portugal (1279-1325), was born.
		Spain’s Philip II was proclaimed King Philip I of Portugal and united the colonial empires of Spain and Portugal.
	timelines.ws /countries/PORTUGAL.HTML (5316 words)

	Afonso III of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was the second son of King Afonso II of Portugal and his wife, Urraca of Castile; he succeeded his brother, King Sancho II of Portugal in 1247.
		As the second son of King Afonso II of Portugal, Afonso was not expected to inherit the throne, which was destined to go to his brother Sancho.
		Since Sancho was not a popular king, the order was not hard to enforce; he was exiled to Castile and Afonso III became king in 1247.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Afonso_III_of_Portugal (577 words)

	Peter I of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Pedro I of Portugal, eighth king of Portugal (in English, Peter I), known as the Cruel (not to be confused with Pedro I of Castile, also known as Pedro the Cruel) or as the Just (Port.
		He was the son of Afonso IV of Portugal by his wife, princess Beatrice of Castile.
		Once he was king he announced that he had married Inês de Castro in secret and that she, despite dead, was Queen of Portugal.
	www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Peter_I_of_Portugal (272 words)

	End of Europe's Middle Ages - New Monarchies: Portugal
		The continual disputation of succession was exacerbated by the policy of intermarriage between the royal houses of Portugal and Castile that was initiated by Diniz of Portugal (1261-1325) and Ferdinand IV of Castile and León (1286?-1312) to end the wars between their two kingdoms.
		John I of Portugal reinforced the Portuguese-English alliance by signing another treaty and marrying one of John of Gaunt's daughters.
		Portuguese navigators explored the west coast of Africa during John II's reign and the importance of Iberian explorations is evidenced in the Treaty of Tordesillas.
	www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/endmiddle/monarchies5.html (634 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Sir Jean Froissart: John of Gaunt in Portugal, 1385
		The King of Portugal, hearing that the duke was set out from St. Jago, left Oporto with six hundred spears, and went to a town called in that country Monçao, the last town of Portugal on that side.
		The King of Portugal was that day clothed in white lined with crimson, with a red cross of St. George, being the dress of the Order of Avis, of which he was grand master.
		When the king and the duke met, they embraced each other most kindly, and entered the town together, where their lodgings were as well prepared as they could be in such a place, though they were not so magnificent as if they had been in Paris.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/1385gaunt-portugal.html (2535 words)

	John I of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		João I, tenth king of Portugal (in English, John I) (the Good or sometimes, the Great or even the One With Good Memory), was born in Lisbon on April 11, 1357 and died in the same city on August 14, 1433.
		In 1430, his only surviving daughter, Isabella, married the Philip III, duke of Burgundy and enjoyed an extremely refined court in his lands; she was the mother of Charles the Bold.
		João I, acclaimed King of Portugal on 6 April 1385, born in Lisbon on 11 April 1357, and died in Lisbon on 14 August 1433, illegitimate son of Pedro I, King of Portugal, by Teresa Lourenço,
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_I_of_Portugal (646 words)

	INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE OF OLIVENZA
		1926, June 29th - Portugal and Spain celebrated an agreement for the demarcation of the border from the estuary of the River Cuncos to the estuary of the River Guadiana.
		This former Prime-Minister of Portugal conceived a plan to occupy Olivenza in a pacific way, which did not materialize due to lack of cooperation of the organs of government and to the indifference of the Portuguese public opinion.
		As Portugal did not recognize Spanish sovereignty on Olivenza, information on this legally Portuguese territory was not included in the 13 volumes of the study sent to the Spanish authorities.
	www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/2382/brevhisi.htm (1731 words)

	PORTUGAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Duke of Burgundy (died 1071), a member of the Royal House of France, established himself as ruler of a substantial portion of modern Portugal, with the title Count, circa 1093, and was father of Alfonso I (died 1185), who assumed the title King of Portugal ca 1139.
		King John’s yr son, (2) Infante Miguel, Duke of Bragança (born 26 Oct 1802; died 14 Nov 1866), was King of Portugal as Miguel I from 30 Jun 1828 to 26 May 1834, but he and his descendants were deprived of their rights and expelled from the throne 19 Dec 1834.
		The King or Queen Regnant bears the title His Very Faithful Majesty (title accorded by Pope Benedict XIV, 21 Apr 1749), King of Portugal and the Algarves, King of Ceuta, above and below the seas in Africa, Lord of Guinea, of the Conquest, Navigation and Commerce of Ethiopia, of Arabia, Persia and the Indies.
	www.chivalricorders.org /royalty/gotha/porthist.htm (342 words)

	Henry the Navigator
		In 997 the territory between the Douro and Minho rivers (now northern Portugal) was retaken from the Moors by Bermudo II, king of León, and in 1064 the reconquest was completed as far south as presentday Coimbra by Ferdinand I, king of Castile and León.
		His son Diniz, called the Farmer King because of his encouragement of agriculture, founded the nation's first university at Coimbra and was responsible for the development of the Portuguese navy.
		In Portugal, meanwhile, Pedro's brother, Dom Miguel, appealed to the supporters of absolute monarchy to overthrow the constitutionalists, and an insurrection led by the prince almost succeeded on April 30, 1824.
	www.blackstudies.ucsb.edu /antillians/henry.html (1893 words)

	Flag of Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The flag of Portugal is a 2:3 green and red rectangle divided vertically into green at the hoist (2/5 of the flag’s length) and red at the fly (3/5).
		King Afonso won the battle and, in gratitude, incorporated Christ's five wounds into his flag.
		The castles, originally nine, are a symbol of the Portuguese victories under King Afonso III command over their enemies, relating to the nine mourish castles defeated by Portugal in 1249; it was also the symbol of the Kingdom of Algarve, the last one conquered by the portuguese, when the definitive borders have been settled.
	www.magicaljourneys.com /Portugal/portugal-interest-flag.html (330 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - King Pedro of Portugal
		Amongst the courtiers who travelled with her to escape the tyranny of the Castilian monarch was Inêz de Castro, the illegitimate daughter of the Spanish nobleman Pedro Fernandes de Castro who was himself a descendant of Sancho IV of Castile.
		The Portugese King, Dom Afonso IV, did not want to be involved in the Castilian squabble at all, and was very derogatory in his attitude to Inêz (whom he regarded as little better than a spy) and her brothers, who were also exerting their influence over Prince Pedro.
		In this Gothic monument the embellished tombs of Pedro and Inêz are still positioned strictly in accordance with his wishes, and against custom; the King lies in the South transept with his feet to the North, and Inêz in the North, with her feet to the South.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/collective/A2458325 (1112 words)

	John VI, king of Portugal. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		1769–1826, king of Portugal (1816–26), son of Maria I and Peter III.
		He joined the coalition against revolutionary France, adopted a repressive policy in Portugal, and sought the alliance of England, thus bringing on the invasion of French and Spanish forces in 1801, which quickly defeated Portugal and forced on John the humiliating Treaty of Badajoz (1801).
		It was only after the overthrow of the regency in Portugal by revolution (1820) and the proclamation of a liberal constitution that John was persuaded by the British to return (1821) to Portugal.
	www.bartleby.com /65/jo/John6Por.html (305 words)

	Froissart: The king of Portugal marches to meet the king of Castile
		The king of Portugal had these new-corners to dine in the palace of Lisbon, and ordered them to be well lodged in the city, and their pay to be advanced them for three months.
		When the king of Portugal found his summons was so little attended to, and disobeyed by those on whose services he had counted, he was very pensive.
		The king of Portugal had also sent three scouts to observe the countenance and order of the Spaniards, two of whom were English squires and expert men at arms, whose names were James d'Hartleberry and Philip Bradeston, and with them a Portuguese called Fernando de la Gresse.
	www.nipissingu.ca /department/history/MUHLBERGER/FROISSART/PREALJU1.HTM (1160 words)

	(Robert S PORTER - Sancho I King of PORTUGAL ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Duarte I King of PORTUGAL (31 Oct 1391 - 9 Sep 1438)
		Leonor Princess of PORTUGAL (ABT 1395 - ____)
		Sancho I King of PORTUGAL (11 Nov 1154 - 27 Mar 1211)
	www.genpc.com /gen/files/index/ind0602.html (223 words)

	FactsOfIsrael.com: Portugal, 1497, racist king kicks the Jews out
		The son of King João II, Crown Prince Affanso, was married to Princess Isabel, the daughter of the Catholic Kings of Spain.
		The new king recognized that the Jewish slaves were guiltless and he restored them their liberty.
		The status of the Jews of Portugal appeared to be improving and they must have felt secure to be ruled by such a seemingly merciful king.
	www.factsofisrael.com /blog/archives/000445.html (1874 words)

	Ø Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine \| Dom Sebastian and Sebastianism \| Sebastião I King of Portugal Don Dom ...
		Abu Marwan Abdalmalik I, ruler of Morocco, King Sebastian, and the Moroccan pretender, Muhammad, all died in the fighting.
		Portuguese towns in which they were born as the King of Penamacor and the King of
		The Don Sebastian legend has a touch of the myth motif of the Sleeping King, or King in the Mountain, which finds echoes in Rip Van Winkle and also the Christian myth of the Seven Sleepers as discussed in the Wilson's Almanac Scriptorium.
	www.wilsonsalmanac.com /sebastianism.html (1265 words)

	KING PEDRO V - LETTER SIGNED 05/22/1858
		The 20-year-old King of Portugal notifies the King of Wurttemberg of his marriage to 20-year-old Princess Stéphanie; she dies at 22, he at 24.
		This letter was written by the 20-year-old King to announce his marriage to 20-year-old Princess Stéphanie of Hohenzollern (1837-1859) on May 18, 1858 in Lisbon.
		King Pedro V died of typhoid fever on November 11, 1861 at the age of 24.
	www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/5_2002/leaders/KING_PEDRO_V.htm (234 words)

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