Portuguese Crown

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The Portuguese Crown was the monarchy of Portugal that oversaw its Age of Discovery and global maritime empire from the 15th to the 19th centuries.


Statements (59)
Predicate Object
instanceOf monarchy
alsoKnownAs Crown of Portugal
Portuguese Monarchy
capital Lisbon
continent Europe
country Kingdom of Portugal
currency escudo
real
dissolved 5 October 1910
dynasty House of Aviz
House of Braganza
House of Burgundy
House of Habsburg
endTime 1910
engagedIn Atlantic slave trade
expandedTo Angola
Azores
Brazil
Cape Verde
Goa
Guinea-Bissau
Macau
Madeira
Mozambique
São Tomé and Príncipe
Timor
governmentForm hereditary monarchy
headedBy King of Portugal
inception proclamation of Afonso I as King of Portugal
lastMonarch Manuel II of Portugal
legalSystem Portuguese customary and Roman law traditions
maritimePower Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
notableExplorerSponsored Bartolomeu Dias
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Vasco da Gama
notableMonarch Afonso I of Portugal
John I of Portugal
John II of Portugal
John III of Portugal
John IV of Portugal
Manuel I of Portugal
Maria II of Portugal
Peter II of Portugal
Sebastian I of Portugal
notablePeriod Age of Discovery
Portuguese Empire
officialLanguage Portuguese
patronOf Henry the Navigator
religion Roman Catholicism
replacedBy Portuguese First Republic
significantEvent 5 October 1910 Revolution
Iberian Union
Liberal Wars
Restoration War
Treaty of Tordesillas
startTime 1139
symbol Coat of arms of Portugal
Royal Crown of Portugal


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