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Also Known As Sebastião
Born January 20, 1554 • Lisbon • Portugal
Died August 4, 1578 (aged 24) • Ksar el-Kebir • Morocco
Title / Office king (1557-1578), Portugal
Role In Battle of the Three Kings
Pombal, Sebastião de Carvalho, marquês de
Marquis de Pombal
Portuguese ruler
St. Nuno Álvares Pereira
St. Nuno Álvares Pereira
Portuguese military leader
João Carlos de Saldanha, duke de Saldanha
Portuguese statesman
António Oscar de Fragoso Carmona.
António Oscar de Fragoso Carmona
Portuguese statesman
Afonso IV
king of Portugal
Frederick Herman, duke of Schomberg
German soldier
Beresford, William Carr Beresford, Viscount, Baron Beresford of Albuera and Dungarvan, duke de Elvas
William Carr Beresford, Viscount Beresford
British general
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
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
Michael
king of Portugal
Ferdinand I
king of Portugal

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