John II of Portugal

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House of Aviz King of Portugal human monarch

John II of Portugal was the 15th-century king who consolidated royal power at home and advanced Portuguese maritime exploration, helping to lay the foundations of Portugal’s overseas empire.

Aliases (3)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	House of Aviz → King of Portugal → human → monarch →
birthDate	1455-03-03 →
birthPlace	Kingdom of Portugal → Lisbon →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Portugal →
deathDate	1495-10-25 →
deathPlace	Algarve → Alvor → Kingdom of Portugal →
era	Age of Discovery →
father	Afonso V of Portugal →
fullName	John II of Portugal →
givenName	John →
house	House of Aviz →
knownFor	advancing Portuguese maritime exploration → centralization of royal power in Portugal → laying foundations of the Portuguese overseas empire → policies in the Age of Discovery → promoting the search for a sea route to India → strengthening the Portuguese monarchy → supporting exploration along the west coast of Africa →
language	Portuguese →
monarchOf	Kingdom of Portugal →
mother	Isabella of Coimbra →
nativeName	João II de Portugal →
nickname	the Perfect Prince →
notableAchievement	extension of Portuguese exploration to the Congo region → sponsorship of Bartolomeu Dias’s rounding of the Cape of Good Hope →
notableEvent	Treaty of Alcáçovas → Treaty of Tordesillas →
policy	confiscation of noble estates → limiting power of the high nobility → strengthening royal finances →
positionHeld	King of Portugal and the Algarves →
predecessor	Afonso V of Portugal →
regnalName	João II →
reignEnd	1495 →
reignStart	1481 →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
roleIn	negotiation of the Treaty of Tordesillas →
sexOrGender	male →
sibling	Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu →
spouse	Eleanor of Viseu →
successor	Manuel I of Portugal →
supportedExplorer	Afonso de Paiva → Bartolomeu Dias → Diogo Cão → Pêro da Covilhã →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bartolomeu Dias ("King John II of Portugal") →	commissionedBy
Bartolomeu Dias ("King John II of Portugal") →	employer
John II of Portugal →	fullName
Portuguese Empire →	monarch
John II of Portugal ("João II de Portugal") →	nativeName
Portuguese Crown →	notableMonarch
King Manuel I of Portugal →	predecessor
John II of Portugal ("João II") →	regnalName
Cape of Good Hope →	renamedBy
Treaty of Tordesillas →	signatory