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Portugal
AD 1093 - 1910
Portugal began life as a march (border) county of the kingdom of León. |
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County of Portugal
AD 1093 - 1193 |
1093 - 1112 |
Henry |
First Count. Brother
of Odo I of Burgundy. |
1112 - 1139 |
Afonso I |
Established
the kingdom. |
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Kingdom of Portugal
AD 1139 - 1385 |
1139 - 1185 |
Afonso I |
First King. |
1185 - 1211 |
Sancho I |
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1211 - 1223 |
Afonso II |
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1223 - 1245 |
Sancho II |
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1245 - 1279 |
Afonso III |
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1279 - 1325 |
Diniz |
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1325 - 1357 |
Afonso IV |
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1357 - 1367 |
Peter I |
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1367 - 1383 |
Ferdinand I |
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Aviz Kingdom of Portugal
AD 1385 - 1580 |
1385 - 1433 |
John / Joćo I of Avis |
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1415 |
King John I seizes
Merinid Ceuta, marking the beginning of European expansion into Africa. |
1433 - 1438 |
Edward I |
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1438 - 1481 |
Afonso V |
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1481 - 1495 |
John / Joćo II |
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1495 - 1521 |
Manuel I |
Tried to halt the exploitation of
Congo Kingdom. |
1503 |
Portugal
adds the island of Zanzibar to its empire. |
1511 |
A Portuguese
embassy
is established in the Thai kingdom of
Ayuddhya. |
1521 - 1557 |
John / Joćo III |
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1557 - 1578 |
Sebastian I |
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1576 |
The
Congo Kingdom
becomes a Portuguese colony. |
1578 - 1580 |
Cardinal Henry |
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1580 - 1640 |
Portugal is ruled by
Spain. |
1640 |
Portugal revolts against Spanish rule and reasserts its independence. |
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Kingdom of Portugal
AD 1640 - 1910 |
1640 - 1656 |
John / Joćo IV |
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1656 - 1667 |
Afonso VI |
(d.1683) |
1667 - 1706 |
Peter II |
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1698 |
Portugal
is expelled from the island of Zanzibar, losing its slave
trade to the Sultans of Oman. |
1706 - 1750 |
John / Joćo V |
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1750 - 1777 |
Joseph Emanuel |
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1777 - 1816 |
Maria I |
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1777 - 1786 |
Peter III |
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1799 - 1816 |
John / Joćo VI |
Regent. |
1807 - 1811 |
Portugal is occupied by Napoleonic
France. |
1816 - 1826 |
John / Joćo VI |
In Brazil 1807-1821. |
1826 |
Peter IV |
Peter I Emperor of Brazil. |
1826 - 1828 |
Maria II |
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1831 - 1889 |
Peter II |
Peter II Emperor of Brazil. |
1828 - 1834 |
Miguel |
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1834 - 1853 |
Maria II |
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1853 - 1861 |
Peter V |
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1861 - 1889 |
Louis |
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1889 - 1908 |
Charles |
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1908 - 1910 |
Manuel II |
(d.1932). |
1910 - 1933 |
A republic is declared. |
1932 - 1970 |
The Salazar fascist dictatorship rules the country. |
1970 - 1974 |
The Caetano fascist dictatorship rules the country. |
1974 |
There is a military coup, due to
the spiralling cost of fighting in Africa for Portugal's colonial possessions. |
1975 |
Portugal loses its colonial possessions in Angola (the former
Kingdom of Kongo). |
1974 - Present |
A republic is declared. |
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