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John IV
Reign
Successor
Afonso VI
Tenure
Predecessor Teodsio II
Successor
Spouse
Luisa de Guzmn
among others...
Issue
Teodsio, Prince of Brazil Joana, Princess of Beira Catherine, Queen of England Afonso VI of Portugal Peter II of Portugal
House
House of Braganza
Father
Teodsio II of Braganza
Mother
Born
19 March 1604 The Ducal Palace of Vila Viosa, Vila Viosa, Kingdom of Portugal
Died
Burial
Religion
Roman Catholicism
; 19 March 1604 6 November 1656)
was the King of Portugal and the Algarves from 1640 to his death. He was the grandson of Catherine, Duchess of Braganza,[1] who had in 1580 claimed the Portuguese crown and sparked the struggle for the throne of Portugal. John IV was nicknamed John the Restorer (Joo o Restaurador). On the eve of his death in 1656, the Portuguese Empire reached its zenith, spanning almost 3,000,000,000 acres (12,000,000 km2).
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1 Early life
2 Reign
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3 Death and legacy 4 Marriages and descendants 5 Ancestry 6 References 7 Bibliography 8 External links
Early life[edit]
John was born at Vila Viosa and succeeded his father Teodosio II as Duke of Braganza[2] when the latter died insane in 1630. He married Luisa de Guzman (16131666), eldest daughter of Juan Manuel Prez de Guzmn, 8th Duke of Medina Sidonia, in 1633.
Portrait of John, when Duke of Braganza (c.1628), Rubens' workshop. Royal Castle,Warsaw
John had blond hair, blue eyes and an average height.[3]
Reign[edit]
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Succession[edit]
Restoration War[edit]
His accession led to a protracted war (the Portuguese Restoration War) with Spain, which only ended with the recognition of Portuguese independence in a subsequent reign (1668). Portugal signed alliances with France (1 June 1641) and Sweden (August 1641) but by necessity its only contributions in the Thirty Years' War were in the field against Spain and against Dutch encroachments on thePortuguese colonies. In Spain, a Portuguese invasion force defeated the Spanish at Montijo, near Badajoz, in 1644.
Imperial Recovery[edit]
Abroad, the Dutch took Portuguese Malacca (Jan 1641) and the Sultan of Oman captured Muscat (1650). Nevertheless the Portuguese, despite having to divide their forces among Europe, Brazil and Africa, managed to retake Luanda, inPortuguese Angola, from the Dutch in 1648 and, by 1654, had recovered most of Brazil, effectively ceasing to be a viable Dutch colony. This was countered by the loss of Portuguese Ceylon (present day Sri Lanka) to the Dutch who tookColombo in 1656.
him is a setting of the Crux fidelis, a work that remains highly popular during Lent amongst church choirs.[6] However, no known manuscript of the work exists, and it was first published only in 1869, in France. On stylistic grounds, it is generally recognized that the work was written in the 19th century.[7]
Name
Birth
Death
Notes
Infante Teodsio
Ana de Bragana
31 December 1705
Commonly known as Catherine of Braganza. Queen consort through marriage to Charles II of England.
Infante Afonso
21 August 1643
12 Prince of Brazil and 10th Duke of September Braganza. Succeeded him as Afonso 1683 VI, King of Portugal.
Infante Peter(Pedro)
26 April 1648
9 December 1706
Duke of Beja, Constable of the Kingdom, Lord of the Casa do Infantado and Regent of the Kingdom before succeeding his brother Afonso as Peter II, King of Portugal.
Illegitimate offspring
Maria de Bragana
30 April 1644
Ancestry