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Also Known As João, 8o duque de Bragança • João o Afortunado • John the Fortunate
Born March 18, 1604 or March 19, 1604 • Portugal
Died November 6, 1656 • Lisbon • Portugal
Title / Office king (1640-1656), Portugal
House / Dynasty House of Bragança
Notable Family Members daughter Catherine of Braganza • son Peter II • son Afonso VI
Ferdinand I
king of Portugal
Luiz de Vasconcelos e Sousa, 3 count de Castelo Melhor
Portuguese statesman
Antonio Ramalho Eanes
president of Portugal
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese navigator
John II of Portugal
John II
king of Portugal
Manuel I
king of Portugal
Afonso de Albuquerque
Afonso de Albuquerque
Portuguese conqueror
Pombal, Sebastião de Carvalho, marquês de
Marquis de Pombal
Portuguese ruler
John I and John of Gaunt
John I
king of Portugal
Guterres, António
António Guterres
Portuguese statesman and secretary-general of the United Nations
John VI.
John VI
king of Portugal
António de Oliveira Salazar
António de Oliveira Salazar
prime minister of Portugal
Pedro I
Pedro I
emperor of Brazil
Cavaco Silva, Aníbal
Aníbal Cavaco Silva
president of Portugal
St. Nuno Álvares Pereira
St. Nuno Álvares Pereira
Portuguese military leader
Michael
king of Portugal
José Manuel Barroso
José Manuel Barroso
prime minister of Portugal
João Carlos de Saldanha, duke de Saldanha
Portuguese statesman
John III
king of Portugal
João de Barros
João de Barros
Portuguese historian

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