Ruler · 1502 – 1557
John III of Portugal
Lived 1502 – 1557; politician. Monarch of Portugal of Kingdom of Portugal, 1521 – 1557; also in the line of Portuguese Macau.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.
- Lived
- 1502 – 1557
- 55 years
- In office
- 36 years
- one reign
- Lines
- 2
- states
- Left it
- natural death
- Kokkonen & Sundell
Monarch of Portugal
Kingdom of Portugal · the 16th of 37 dated reigns · 1139 – 1910
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John III of Portugal1521 – 155718 after
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Reigned 1521 – 1557 · 36 years · came to it aged 19
- Came to it
- inheritedthe child of the ruler before, on record
- Left it
- natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
John succeeded his father in 1521 at the age of nineteen.
Also in the line of Portuguese Macau (1st of 2).
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