Ruler · 1455 – 1495

John II of Portugal

Lived 1455 – 1495. Monarch of Portugal of Kingdom of Portugal, 1477 and 1 more term.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1455 – 1495; 40 years
In office: 14 years; 2 reigns
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Portugal
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Monarch of Portugal

Kingdom of Portugal · the 13th and 14th of 37 dated reigns · 1139 – 1910

9 before

John I of Portugal1385 – 1433

Edward, King of Portugal1433 – 1438

Afonso V of Portugal1438 – 1481

John II of Portugal1477

John II of Portugal1481 – 1495

Manuel I of Portugal1495 – 1521

John III of Portugal1521 – 1557

Sebastian, King of Portugal1557 – 1578

20 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1477 · under a year · came to it aged 22 · term 1 of 2

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1477; they died in 1495

Reigned 1481 – 1495 · 14 years · came to it aged 26 · term 2 of 2

Left it: natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

the term records: death of subject

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