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Cardinal Rey Henrique I de Portugal

Cardinal Rey Henrique I de Portugal

Male 1512 - 1580  (68 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Henrique I de Portugal 
    Prefix Cardinal Rey 
    Birth 31 Jan 1512  Lisboa, Estradamura, Portugal Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 31 Jan 1580  Almeirim Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 5 Siblings 
    Person ID I681512  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 16 Sep 2010 

    Father Rey Manoel I de Guimarães, 'the Fortunate',   b. 31 May 1469, Alcochete Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 1521, Lisboa, Estradamura, Portugal Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Mary d' Aragón,   b. 29 Jun 1482, Cordoba Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 1517, Lisboa, Estradamura, Portugal Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years) 
    Marriage 30 Oct 1500  Alcazar de Sal Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F13954  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • seventeenth King of Portugal and the Algarves. He ruled between 1578 and 1580. He was known as Henry the Chaste (Portuguese Henrique o Casto).

      Henry was the younger brother of King John III and, as a younger son, he 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 Évora 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, king Sebastian I of Portugal, after 1557, and then succeeded him as king after the disastrous Battle of Alcácer-Quibir in 1578 in which Sebastian died. Henry renounced his clerical offices and sought to take a bride for the continuation of the Avis 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



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