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Dom John V ( Portuguese: João Francisco António José Bento Bernardo; 22 October 1689 – 31 July 1750), known as the Magnanimous ( o Magnânimo) and the Portuguese Sun King ( o Rei-Sol Português ), [a] was King of Portugal from 9 December 1706 until his death in 1750. His reign saw the rise of Portugal and its monarchy to new levels of ...
- 9 December 1706 – 31 July 1750
- Maria Sophia of Neuburg
The Treaty of Tordesillas, [a] signed in Tordesillas, Spain, on 7 June 1494, and ratified in Setúbal, Portugal, divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and the Crown of Castile, along a meridian 370 leagues [b] west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa. That line of demarcation was about halfway ...
- To resolve the conflict that arose from the 1481 papal bull Aeterni regis which affirmed Portuguese claims to all non-Christian lands south of the Canary Islands after Columbus claimed the Antilles for Castile, and to divide trading and colonising rights for all lands located west of the Canary Islands between Portugal and Castile (later applied between the Spanish Crown and Portugal) to the exclusion of any other Christian empires.
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Dom John V ( Portuguese: João Francisco António José Bento Bernardo; 22 October 1689 – 31 July 1750), known as the Magnanimous ( o Magnânimo) and the Portuguese Sun King ( o Rei-Sol Português ), was King of Portugal from 9 December 1706 until his death in 1750. His reign saw the rise of Portugal and its monarchy to new levels of ...
Mar 15, 2024 · John V (born Oct. 22, 1689, Lisbon—died July 31, 1750, Lisbon) was the king of Portugal from 1706 to 1750, whose relatively peaceful reign saw an increase in the wealth and power of the crown and a generous patronage of learning, culture, and the church. John inherited Portugal’s involvement in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14 ...
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Portugal did not lose its formal independence, forming a union of kingdoms. But the joining of the two crowns deprived Portugal of an independent foreign policy, and led to its involvement in the Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands. Palace of Mafra built by John V, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Aug 24, 2016 · John V (king of Portugal) John V (John the Magnanimous), 1689–1750, king of Portugal (1706–50), son and successor of Peter II. Before his accession the Methuen Treaty (1703) with England had brought Portugal into the War of the Spanish Succession, but after a major defeat at Almansa (1707), the Portuguese played little part in the fighting.
Peter II of Portugal. Mother. Maria Sophia of Neuburg. Religion. Roman Catholicism. Signature. Dom John V ( Portuguese: João Francisco António José Bento Bernardo; 22 October 1689 – 31 July 1750) was King of Portugal from 9 December 1706 until his death in 1750. Categories: 1689 births.
