John III of Portugal, King of Portugal and Algarve^[1]

- 1557

• Name	John III of Portugal
  Suffix	King of Portugal and Algarve
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1521
  Death	1557
  Notes	http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal10156 «b»John III«/b» King of Portugal and the Algarves, of either side of the sea in Africa, Lord of Guinea, & of the Conquest, Navigation, & Commerce of Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia, & India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_III_of_Portugal
  Person ID	I15859	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2007

  
  

  Father	Manuel I the Fortunate of Portugal, King of Portugal,   b. 1 Jun 1469, Alcocheta d. 13 Dec 1521, Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Mary,   b. 29 Jun 1482, Cordoba d. 7 Mar 1517, Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	30 Oct 1500	Alcazar de Sal
  Family ID	F7591	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Katherina Habsburg,   b. 14 Jan 1507, Torquemada d. 12 Feb 1578, Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	1525
  Children	1. Alfonso,   b. 24 Feb 1526, Almeria d. 1526   2. Princess Maria of Portugal,   b. 15 Oct 1527, Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal d. 12 Jul 1545, Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain (Age 17 years)   3. Isabella,   b. 28 Apr 1529   d. 1530 (Age 0 years)   4. Beatriz,   b. 15 Feb 1530, Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves d. 1530   5. Manoel,   b. 1 Nov 1531, Alvito d. 14 Apr 1537, Evora (Age 5 years)   6. Filippe,   b. 25 May 1533, Evora d. 29 Apr 1539, Evora (Age 5 years)   7. Diniz,   b. 26 Apr 1535, Evora d. 1 Jan 1539, Evora (Age 3 years)   8. Joao of Portugal,   b. 3 Jun 1537, Evora d. 2 Jan 1554, Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves (Age 16 years)   9. Antonio,   b. 9 Mar 1539, Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves d. 20 Jan 1540, Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F7594	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

  Family 2	Isabel Muniz   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Duarte de Portugal, Archbishop of Braga&Evora,   b. 1521   d. 11 Nov 1543, Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves (Age 22 years)
  Family ID	F8158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		John III of Portugal
  		John III, the figure of both height and decline of Portugal.
  		The Inquisition was introduced in Portugal by John III in 1536, after hesitations from Rome.
  		John III of_Portugal Joao_III_of_Portugal-John used the style-El-rei-the king-followed by Dom-abbreviated to D.--El-rei D. João III

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).