Henry of Portugal

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For the Count of Portugal see: Henry, Count of Portugal

Portuguese royalty
House of Aviz

John I

*Children*
Infante Duarte
Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra
Henry the Navigator (Infante Henrique, Duke of Viseu)
Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy
Infante João
Infante Fernando, the Saint Prince
Afonso, Duke of Braganza (illegitimate)
Beatriz, Countess of Arundel (illegitimate)
*Grandchildren include*
Infanta Isabel of Coimbra, Queen of Portugal
Edward
*Children*
Infante Afonso
Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu
Infanta Leonor, Holy Roman Empress
Infanta Catarina
Infanta Joana, Queen of Castile
*Grandchildren include*
Infante Manuel, Duke of Beja
Infanta Leonor of Viseu, Queen of Portugal
Afonso V
*Children include*
Blessed Infanta Joana
Infante João
John II
Afonso, Crown Prince of Portugal
Jorge, Duke of Coimbra (illegitimate)
Manuel I
*Children include*
Miguel da Paz, Crown Prince of Spain and Portugal
Infante João
Infanta Isabel, Holy Roman Empress
Infanta Beatriz, Duchess of Savoy
Infante Luís, Duke of Beja
Infante Fernando, Duke of Guarda and Trancoso
Infante Cardinal Afonso
Infante Cardinal Henrique
Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães
Infanta Maria
*Grandchildren include*
Philip I of Portugal (II of Spain)
António, Prior of Crato (illegitimate)
Infanta Maria of Guimarães, Duchess of Parma and Piacenza
Infanta Catarina of Guimarães, Duchess of Braganza
*Great-Grandchildren include*
Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza
Rannuccio Farnense of Parma
*Great-Great-Grandchildren include*
John II, Duke of Braganza
John III
*Children include*
Infanta Maria Manuela, Princess of Asturias
João, Crown Prince of Portugal
*Grandchildren include*
Infante Sebastião
Carlos, Prince of Asturias
Sebastian
Henry
Anthony (disputed king)

Henry, the cardinal-king or Henrique (in Portuguese, pron. IPA /ẽ'ʁik(ɨ)/) the Chaste (Port. o Casto) (January 31 1512 - January 31 1580), the seventeenth King of Portugal and Algarves, rule between 1578 and 1580.

Henry was the younger brother of King John III and, as a younger son, Henry was not expected to succeed to the Portuguese throne. Early in his life, Henry took Holy Orders to promote Portuguese interests within the Catholic Church, then dominated by Spain. He rose fast through the Church hierarchy, becoming in quick succession Archbishop of Braga, Archbishop of Evora and Grand Inquisitor before receiving a Cardinal's hat, receiving the Titulus Ss. Quattuor Coronatorum. Henry, more than anyone, endeavoured to bring the Jesuits to Portugal and employed them in the colonial empire.

He served as regent for his grand-nephew, Sebastião, after 1557, and then succeeded him as king after the disastrous Battle of Alcácer-Quibir in 1578. Henry renounced his clerical offices and sought to take a bride for the continuation of the Aviz dynasty, but Pope Gregory XIII, affiliated with the Habsburgs did not release him from his vows. The Cardinal-King died without having appointed a Council of Regency to choose a successor. One of the closest dynastic claimants was King Philip II of Spain who, in November 1580, sent the Duke of Alba to claim Portugal by force. Lisbon soon fell, and Philip was elected King of Portugal on condition that the kingdom and its overseas territories would not become Spanish provinces. See struggle for the throne of Portugal.

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