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John IV of Portugal
1604 – 1656 · aged 52
King of Portugal from 1640 to 1656 (lived 1604-1656)
- Born
- 19 Mar 1604 · Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa
- Died
- 6 Nov 1656 · Ribeira Palace
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- 19 Mar 1604BornBorn in Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa
- 1640 – 1656RoleMonarch of Portugal
- 6 Nov 1656DiedDied in Ribeira Palace
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- 1642 – 1651English Civil War
Biography
Dom John IV (19 March 1604 – 6 November 1656), was King of Portugal from 1640 until his death in 1656. The grandson of Catherine, Duchess of Braganza, a claimant to the crown during the Portuguese succession crisis of 1580, he was proclaimed king in 1640 following the outbreak of the Portuguese Restoration War.
This ended the 60-year-old Iberian Union with Spain, and put the House of Braganza on the Portuguese throne. By the time of his death in 1656, the Portuguese Empire had reached its maximum territorial extent.
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