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- John succeeded his father in 1521 at the age of nineteen. During his rule, Portuguese possessions were extended in Asia and in the New World through the Portuguese colonization of Brazil.
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John III was the king of Portugal from 1521 to 1557. His long reign saw the development of Portuguese seapower in the Indian Ocean, the occupation of the Brazilian coast, and the establishment of the Portuguese Inquisition and of the Society of Jesus.
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John III (Portuguese: João III Portuguese pronunciation:; 7 June 1502 – 11 June 1557), nicknamed The Pious (Portuguese: o Piedoso), was the King of Portugal and the Algarves from 1521 until his death in 1557.
John III, nicknamed The Pious, was the King of Portugal and the Algarves from 1521 until his death in 1557. He was the son of King Manuel I and Maria of Aragon, the third daughter of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile.
John succeeded his father in 1521, at the age of nineteen. During his rule, Portuguese possessions were extended in Asia and in the New World through the Portuguese colonization of Brazil.
John III, nicknamed The Pious, was the King of Portugal and the Algarves from 1521 until his death in 1557. He was the son of King Manuel I and Maria of Aragon, the third daughter of King...
John III was King of Portugal for 36 years in the 16th Century, guiding his country further down the road of global preeminence in the Age of Exploration. He was born on June 6, 1502, in Lisbon, the capital city. His father was the reigning monarch, King Manuel I, and his mother was Maria of Castile.
HUMANISM IN PORTUGAL UNDER JOHN III (1521-1557) Damiao de Gois landed on the shores of Lisbon in August 1545, probably with strongly stirred emotions. 1 Having left Portugal as a young man, he now returned as a recognized scholar, with a wife and three sons. How proudly he must have introduced Johanna to the bustling harbor
