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Summarize this article for a 10 year old. SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. 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.
For almost two hundred years, the Avis dynasty ruled Portugal and helped drive its transition from a small agricultural kingdom on the periphery of Christendom to a pioneer in global exploration, colonization, and trade.
Sebastian, King of Portugal, had appeared as a character in Peele's The Battle of Alcazar (1594), which dramatized his assistance of the deposed Muly Mahamet to regain the throne of Barbary in exchange for the crown of Morocco. Peele's play depicted the death of Sebastian during the eponymous 1578 battle, and his body is carried on stage during ...
individual; ruler; Portuguese; Male. Life dates. 1554-1578. Biography. Called "the Desired", son of Prince John of Portugal and his wife, Joan of Austria. Sebastian did not marry and died young, presumably at the Battle of Alcácer Quibir. This led to Sebastianism: the belief that Sebastian could return at any moment.
Don Sebastian, King of Portugal. Date. Ca. 1580. Technique. Oil. Support. Canvas. Dimension. Height: 114 cm; Width: 91 cm. Provenance. Royal Collection (Palacio Real Nuevo, Madrid, pinturas que quedaron sin colgar en la última pieza de la Furriera, 1747, nº 718; Palacio del Buen Retiro, Madrid, 1794, nº 389) Bibliography +. Other inventories +.
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