John III of Portugal
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John III, nicknamed The Pious, was the King of Portugal and the Algarve from 1521 until he died in 1557. He was the son of King Manuel I and Maria of Aragon, the third daughter of the Catholic Monarch
Detail of Prince John from the Triptych of the Infantes; Master of Lourinhã, 1516
King John III portrayed as the patron of the University of Coimbra
Portrait of the King D. João III of Portugal; Cristóvão Lopes, 1552
An auto-da-fé of the Portuguese Inquisition, in the Terreiro do Paço in front of Ribeira Palace in Lisbon.
Sebastian, King of Portugal
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Sebastian was King of Portugal from 11 June 1557 to 4 August 1578 and the penultimate Portuguese monarch of the House of Aviz.
John III of Portugal
…in the town of Crato. John and Catherine had nine children who all unfortunately died at young ages. By the time of John's death, only his grandson Sebastian was alive to inherit his crown. The large and far-flung Portuguese Empire was difficult and expensive to administer and was burdened with huge external…
Portrait, c. 1571–1574
Portrait of Sebastian of Portugal; Alonso Sanches Coelho, 1562.
Sebastian by Cristóvão de Morais, 1572.
Portrait by Alonso Sanches Coelho, c. 1574–78