Ruler · 1554 – 1578

Sebastian, King of Portugal

Lived 1554 – 1578; politician. Monarch of Portugal of Kingdom of Portugal, 1557 – 1578.

Wikidata's English label: Sebastian of Portugal.

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

Lived: 1554 – 1578; 24 years
In office: 21 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Portugal
Left it: ended otherwise; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Portugal

Kingdom of Portugal · the 17th of 37 dated reigns · 1139 – 1910

13 before

John II of Portugal1481 – 1495

Manuel I of Portugal1495 – 1521

John III of Portugal1521 – 1557

Sebastian, King of Portugal1557 – 1578

Henry, King of Portugal1578 – 1580

António, Prior of Crato1580

Philip II of Spain1580 – 1598

17 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 1557 – 1578 · 21 years · came to it aged 3

Came to it: the grandchild of the ruler before, on record
Left it: ended otherwisecoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

then died in battle within a year of leaving

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