Aviz dynasty

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The Aviz dynasty was a Portuguese royal house that ruled Portugal during its Age of Discoveries, overseeing the country's rise as a major maritime and colonial power from the late 14th to the late 16th century.

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Aviz dynasty canonical 15

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Portuguese royal house
dynasty
alsoKnownAs House of Aviz
Joanine dynasty
capital Lisbon
coatOfArms Coat of arms of the House of Aviz
country Kingdom of Portugal
endTime 1580
era Age of Exploration
surface form: Age of Discoveries
founder John I of Portugal
governmentForm hereditary monarchy
inceptionEvent 1383–1385 Portuguese interregnum
Battle of Aljubarrota
language Portuguese
namedAfter Aviz
notableColony Azores
Madeira
Angola
surface form: Portuguese Angola

Portuguese America
surface form: Portuguese Brazil

Guinea-Bissau
surface form: Portuguese Guinea

Portuguese India
Portuguese East Africa
surface form: Portuguese Mozambique
notableEvent Pedro Álvares Cabral’s discovery of Brazil
Portuguese discoveries
Treaty of Tordesillas
Vasco da Gama’s voyage to India
beginning of Portuguese Empire
conquest of Ceuta
union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain
notableFigure Infante Ferdinand the Holy Prince
Infante Peter, Duke of Coimbra
Henry the Navigator
surface form: Prince Henry the Navigator
notableRuler Afonso V of Portugal
Edward of Portugal
Henry of Portugal
John I of Portugal
John II of Portugal
King John III of Portugal
surface form: John III of Portugal

King Manuel I of Portugal
surface form: Manuel I of Portugal

Sebastian of Portugal
parentHouse Portuguese House of Burgundy
predecessor House of Valois-Burgundy
surface form: Burgundian dynasty
reasonForEnd death of King Henry of Portugal without heirs
dynastic crisis of 1580
religion Roman Catholicism
startTime 1385
successor Iberian Union
Philippine dynasty
territorialExpansion Africa
Asia
Atlantic islands
South America

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Sebastian of Portugal dynasty Aviz dynasty
House of Aviz alsoKnownAs Aviz dynasty
the Perfect Prince nobleFamily Aviz dynasty
subject surface form: John II of Portugal
Afonso V of Portugal nobleFamily Aviz dynasty
John nobleFamily Aviz dynasty
subject surface form: John II of Portugal
Eleanor of Viseu nobleFamily Aviz dynasty
Luis, Duke of Beja royalHouse Aviz dynasty
Branca of Portugal royalHouse Aviz dynasty
Catherine of Coimbra dynasty Aviz dynasty
Aviz relatedTo Aviz dynasty
Order of Aviz associatedWithDynasty Aviz dynasty