Early life. John was born in Lisbon as the natural son of King Peter I of Portugal by a woman named Teresa, who, according to the royal chronicler Fernão Lopes in the Chronicle of the King D. Pedro I, was a noble Galician.In the 18th century, António Caetano de Sousa found a 16th-century document in the archives of the Torre do Tombo in which she was named as Teresa …

Early life. Third son of King John IV and Queen Luisa, Peter was created Duke of Beja and Lord of the House of the Infantado.. Following his father's death, his mother became regent for the new king Afonso VI, Peter's elder, partially paralysed, and mentally unstable brother.In 1662 Afonso put his mother away in a convent and assumed control of the state.

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 seventh child and third son of King John VI and his queen, Carlota Joaquina of Spain.

Dom Luís I (31 October 1838, in Lisbon – 19 October 1889, in Cascais), known as The Popular (Portuguese: O Popular) was a member of the ruling House of Braganza, and King of Portugal from 1861 to 1889. The second son of Queen Maria II and her consort, King Ferdinand, he acceded to the throne upon the death of his elder brother King Pedro V

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Afonso VI (Portuguese pronunciation: ; 21 August 1643 – 12 September 1683), known as "the Victorious" (o Vitorioso), was the second king of Portugal of the House of Braganza from 1656 until his death. He was initially under the regency of his mother, Luisa de Guzmán, until 1662, when he removed her to a convent and took power with the help of his favourite, the Luís de …

Fátima (Portuguese pronunciation: ()) is a city in the municipality of Ourém and district of Santarém in the Central Region of Portugal, with 71.29 km 2 of area and 13,212 inhabitants (2021). The homonymous civil parish encompasses several villages and localities of which the city of Fátima is the largest.. The civil parish has been permanently associated with Our Lady of …

João IV (Vila Viçosa, 19 de março de 1604 - Lisboa, 6 de novembro de 1656), apelidado de O Restaurador, foi Rei de Portugal e Algarves de 1640 até à sua morte, e Duque de Bragança entre 1630 e 1645. Foi o líder da Guerra da Restauração pela reconquista e reconhecimento da independência de Portugal do controlo de Espanha.. Ao 1.º de dezembro de 1640 deu-se o …

Alexandre VI Portrait peint par Pedro Berruguete . Vers 1492. Musées du Vatican . Biographie Nom de naissance Roderic Llançol i de Borja Naissance 1 er janvier 1431 Xàtiva , Royaume de Valence Ordination sacerdotale 1468 Décès 18 août 1503 (à 72 ans) Rome , États pontificaux Pape de l'Église catholique Élection au pontificat 11 août 1492 (61 ans) Intronisation 26 août …

John II (Portuguese: João II; [ʒuˈɐ̃w̃]; 3 March 1455 – 25 October 1495), called the Perfect Prince (Portuguese: o Príncipe Perfeito), was King of Portugal from 1481 until his death in 1495, and also for a brief time in 1477. He is known for re-establishing the power of the Portuguese monarchy, reinvigorating the Portuguese economy, and renewing his country's exploration of …