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Sebastian (Portuguese: Sebastião I [sɨβɐʃˈti.ɐ̃w]; 20 January 1554 – 4 August 1578) was King of Portugal from 11 June 1557 to 4 August 1578 and the penultimate Portuguese monarch of the House of Aviz. He was the son of João Manuel, Prince of Portugal, and his wife, Joanna of Austria.
Apr 8, 2024 · Sebastian was the king of Portugal from 1557, a fanatically religious ruler who lost his life in a crusade against the Muslims in Morocco. After his death, many of his subjects believed that he would return to deliver them from Spanish rule, a messianic faith known as Sebastianism (Sebastianismo).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
This is a list of Portuguese monarchs who ruled from the establishment of the Kingdom of Portugal, in 1139, to the deposition of the Portuguese monarchy and creation of the Portuguese Republic with the 5 October 1910 revolution.
NameLifespanReign StartReign EndAfonso I The Conqueror; The Great; The ...1106/09/11 – 6 December 1185 (aged ...25 July 11396 December 1185Sancho I The Populator11 November 1154 – 26 March 1211 (aged ...6 December 118526 March 1211Afonso II The Fat; The Leprous; The ...23 April 1185 – 25 March 1223 (aged ...27 March 121125 March 1223Sancho II The Caped; The Hooded ...8 September 1209 – 4 January 1248 (aged ...26 March 12234 December 1247- 25 July 1139
- Manuel II
Sebastianism (Portuguese: Sebastianismo) is a Portuguese messianic myth, based on the belief that King Sebastian of Portugal, who disappeared in the battle of Alcácer Quibir, would reappear and return to Portugal at some critical point in the future.
Sebastian ( Portuguese: Sebastião I [ sɨβɐʃˈti.ɐ̃w]; 20 January 1554 – 4 August 1578) was King of Portugal from 11 June 1557 to 4 August 1578 and the penultimate Portuguese monarch of the House of Aviz.
Sebastian (Sebastião) of Portugal (b. 20 January 1554; d. 4 August 1578), king of Portugal. Camões called him "the well-born hope" of the Portuguese; his nation remembers him as "O Desejado," the Desired One; yet Sebastian also became a symbol of the disgrace the Portuguese dreaded most: loss of their independence.
SebastianismoSebastianismo, the popular beliefs surrounding the figure of the Portuguese king Sebastian (1557–1578). Even before his birth, Sebastian was heralded as O Encoberto, "the hidden-one," the mythical ruler who was to establish a powerful Portuguese empire.
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