Ruler · 1604 – 1656

John IV of Portugal

Lived 1604 – 1656; monarch, composer. Monarch of Portugal of Kingdom of Portugal, 1640 – 1656; also in the line of Portuguese Malacca.

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Lived: 1604 – 1656; 52 years
In office: 16 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: natural death; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Portugal

Kingdom of Portugal · the 23rd of 37 dated reigns · 1139 – 1910

19 before

Philip II of Spain1580 – 1598

Philip III of Spain1598 – 1621

Philip IV of Spain1621 – 1640

John IV of Portugal1640 – 1656

Afonso VI of Portugal1656 – 1683

Peter II of Portugal1683 – 1706

John V of Portugal1706 – 1750

11 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 1640 – 1656 · 16 years · came to it aged 36

Left it: natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

Also in the line of Portuguese Malacca (2nd of 2).

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