The House of the Infantado was an appanage for the second eldest son of the Portuguese monarch.
The Palace of Queluz was part of the Infantado prior to becoming a royal palace.
John IV, nicknamed John the Restorer, was the King of Portugal whose reign, lasting from 1640 until his death, began the Portuguese restoration of independence from Habsburg Spanish rule. His accession established the House of Braganza on the Portuguese throne, and marked the end of the 60-year-old Iberian Union by which Portugal and Spain shared the same monarch.
Portrait of D. John IV as an Infant; Pedro Américo, 1879.
Acclamation of John IV as King of Portugal (1908), painting by Veloso Salgado in the Military Museum, Lisbon.
Panel of glazed tiles by Jorge Colaço (1940), representing the acclamation of King John IV of Portugal, in 1640. Ponte de Lima, Portugal.