House of Avis

E942737

Portuguese dynasty royal house

The House of Avis was a Portuguese royal dynasty that ruled Portugal from the late 14th to the late 16th century, overseeing the beginning and height of the Portuguese Age of Discoveries.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
House of Aviz	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Portuguese dynasty ⓘ royal house ⓘ
alliedWith	Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Aviz dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Joanine dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
cadetBranch	House of Aviz-Beja NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Aviz-Beja-Duchy of Viseu NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalDuringRule	Lisbon NERFINISHED ⓘ
coatOfArms	Arms of the House of Avis NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolution	1580 ⓘ
dynasticUnionWith	House of Habsburg (through marriages) NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	Early modern period ⓘ Late Middle Ages ⓘ
established	Aviz-Beja line through Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstMonarch	John I of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Iberian Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippine Dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	John I of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMonarch	Afonso V of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ John I of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ John II of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ John III of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ Manuel I of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ Sebastian of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1385 ⓘ
language	Portuguese ⓘ
lastMonarch	Henry of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Avis, Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableMember	Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ Infante Ferdinand the Holy Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ Infante Henry the Navigator NERFINISHED ⓘ Infante Peter, Duke of Coimbra NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversaw	exploration of the African coast ⓘ exploration of the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ formation of Portuguese Empire ⓘ voyages to Brazil ⓘ voyages to India ⓘ
partOf	Portuguese monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalSystem	hereditary monarchy ⓘ
precededBy	House of Burgundy NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantEvent	1383–1385 Portuguese interregnum NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Aljubarrota NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese Age of Discoveries NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Windsor (1386) NERFINISHED ⓘ Union crisis of 1580 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beatrice of Portugal → memberOfDynasty → House of Avis ⓘ

Beatrice of Portugal → nobleFamily → House of Avis ⓘ

Dom Vasco da Gama, 2nd Count of Vidigueira → associatedWith → House of Avis ⓘ

John the Good → dynasty → House of Avis ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Aviz

John → memberOfDynasty → House of Avis ⓘ

subject surface form: John, Constable of Portugal