State · 1139 – 1910
Kingdom of Portugal
A state of 1139 – 1910 — 771 years in Europe. It replaced Almohad Caliphate, United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves and County of Portugal and 1 more. It was replaced by Portugal and First Portuguese Republic. The atlas records 121 things within it — wars and battles 38 · unrest and atrocity 3 · natural disasters 1 · treaties 5 · people 74. Its line of rulers holds 35 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 771 years
- 1139 – 1910
- Rulers
- 35
- the Monarch of Portugal
- Most ground
- 1.95 million km²
- in 1895
- Within it
- 121
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 16
- on record, with years
1147 · first mapped · 61,800 km²
1895 · at its largest · 1.95 million km²
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- County of Portugal · replaces · 868 – 1139
- Almohad Caliphate · replaces · 1121 – 1269
- United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves · replaces · 1815 – 1825
- Couto Misto · replaces · 1000 – 1868
After it
- First Portuguese Republic · replaced by · 1910 – 1926
- Portugal · replaced by · 1910 – present
Rulers
The line of Monarch of Portugal - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afonso I of Portugal | 1139 – 1185 | 46 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | |
| Sancho I of Portugal | 1185 – 1211 | 26 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Afonso II of Portugal | 1211 – 1223 | 12 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Sancho II of Portugal | 1223 – 1247 | 24 years | deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Afonso III of Portugal | 1248 – 1279 | 31 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | sibling |
| Denis of Portugal | 1279 – 1325 | 46 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Afonso IV of Portugal | 1325 – 1357 | 32 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Peter I of Portugal | 1357 – 1367 | 10 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Ferdinand I of Portugal | 1367 – 1383 | 16 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| John I of Portugal | 1385 – 1433 | 48 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | sibling |
| Edward, King of Portugal | 1433 – 1438 | 5 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Afonso V of Portugal | 1438 – 1481 | 43 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| John II of Portugal | 1477 – 1477 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | child |
| John II of Portugal | 1481 – 1495 | 14 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | |
| Manuel I of Portugal | 1495 – 1521 | 26 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | |
| John III of Portugal | 1521 – 1557 | 36 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Sebastian, King of Portugal | 1557 – 1578 | 21 years | ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | grandchild |
| Henry, King of Portugal | 1578 – 1580 | 2 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | |
| António, Prior of Crato | 1580 – 1580 | under a year | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | nephew or niece |
| Philip II of Spain | 1580 – 1598 | 18 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| Philip III of Spain | 1598 – 1621 | 23 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Philip IV of Spain | 1621 – 1640 | 19 years | deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| John IV of Portugal | 1640 – 1656 | 16 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | |
| Afonso VI of Portugal | 1656 – 1683 | 27 years | deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Peter II of Portugal | 1683 – 1706 | 23 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | sibling |
| John V of Portugal | 1706 – 1750 | 44 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Joseph I of Portugal | 1750 – 1777 | 27 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Maria I of Portugal | 1777 – 1816 | 39 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| John VI of Portugal | 1816 – 1826 | 10 years | killedWikidata's manner of death | child |
| Pedro I of Brazil | 1826 – 1826 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | child |
| Maria II of Portugal | 1826 – 1828 | 2 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | child |
| Miguel I of Portugal | 1828 – 1834 | 6 years | deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Maria II of Portugal | 1834 – 1853 | 19 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | nephew or niece |
| Pedro V of Portugal | 1853 – 1861 | 8 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | child |
| Luís I of Portugal | 1861 – 1889 | 28 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | sibling |
| Carlos I of Portugal | 1889 – 1908 | 19 years | killedWikidata's manner of death | child |
| Manuel II of Portugal | 1908 – 1910 | 2 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | child |
35 rulers, 35 with terms dated as terms, covering 1139 – 1910. Median reign 19 years. 7 of 36 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of Portugal, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Pedro de Castilho | lived 1501 – 1615 |
| Afonso de Castelo Branco | lived 1522 – 1615 |
| Aleixo de Menezes | lived 1559 – 1617 |
| Nuno de Mendonça | lived 1560 – … |
| Diego de Silva y Mendoza, 3rd Duke of Francavilla | lived 1564 – 1630 |
| António de Ataíde | lived 1564 – 1647 |
| João Manuel de Ataíde | lived 1570 – 1633 |
| Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba | 1580 – 1582 |
| Albert VII of Austria | 1583 – 1593 |
| Francisco de Sandoval y Rojas, 1st Duke of Lerma | 1598 – 1600 |
| Cristóvão de Moura | 1600 – 1603 |
| Cristóvão de Moura | 1608 – 1612 |
| Miguel de Castro | 1615 – 1617 |
| Diogo de Castro | 1633 – 1634 |
| Margaret of Savoy | 1634 – 1640 |
| José Lúcio Travassos Valdez | lived 1787 – 1862 |
| Nuno José Severo de Mendonça Rolim de Moura Barreto | lived 1804 – 1875 |
| Anselmo José Braamcamp | lived 1817 – 1885 |
| Fontes Pereira de Melo | lived 1819 – 1887 |
| Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela | 1834 – 1835 |
| João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun | 1835 – 1835 |
| Francisco da Veiga Beirão | lived 1841 – 1916 |
| João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun | 1846 – 1849 |
| João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun | 1851 – 1856 |
| António José de Ávila | 1868 – 1868 |
| João Carlos de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun | 1870 – 1870 |
| António José de Ávila | 1870 – 1871 |
| António José de Ávila | 1877 – 1878 |
| António Rodrigues Sampaio | 1881 – 1881 |
| João Crisóstomo de Abreu e Sousa | 1890 – 1892 |
| Teófilo Braga | 1910 – 1911 |
| João Pinheiro Chagas | 1911 – 1911 |
| Augusto de Vasconcelos | 1911 – 1912 |
| Duarte Leite | 1912 – 1913 |
| Afonso Costa | 1913 – 1914 |
| Victor Hugo de Azevedo Coutinho | 1914 – 1915 |
| Joaquim Pimenta de Castro | 1915 – 1915 |
| Afonso Costa | 1915 – 1916 |
| José de Castro | 1915 – 1915 |
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
61,800 km² in 1164, 1.95 million km² in 1910; at its largest 1.95 million km² in 1910. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
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coat of arms, undatedCoats of arms of the Kingdom of Portugal and Algarves (1834 to 1910) - Lesser · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Portugal1908 
flag, 1139 – 1143PortugueseFlag1095 · Public domain 
flag, 1143 – 1185PortugueseFlag1143 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Nuno Tavares 
flag, 1185 – 1248PortugueseFlag1185 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Nuno Tavares .svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Portugal_(1248%E2%80%931385).svg.png)
flag, 1248 – 1385Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (1248–1385) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · FDRMRZUSA ( talk · contribs ). See sourced file for original author . .svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Portugal_(1385%E2%80%931485).svg.png)
flag, 1385 – 1485Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (1385–1485) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · FDRMRZUSA ( talk · contribs ). See sourced file for original author . .svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Kingdom_of_Portugal_(1485%E2%80%93mid-16th_century).svg.png)
flag, 1485 – 1521Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal (1485–mid-16th century) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Giro720 .svg/120px-Flag_of_Portugal_(1495).svg.png)
flag, 1495 – 1521Flag of Portugal (1495) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Portugal_(1521).svg.png)
flag, 1521 – 1578Flag of Portugal (1521) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Portugal_(1578).svg.png)
flag, 1578 – 1640Flag of Portugal (1578) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Portugal_(1640).svg.png)
flag, 1640 – 1667Flag of Portugal (1640) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Portugal_(1667).svg.png)
flag, 1667 – 1707Flag of Portugal (1667) · Public domain
4 more in the atlas.
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1100 – 11997 rows · 2 wars and battles
- Afonso I of Portugal · ruler · 1109 – 1185
- Sancho I of Portugal · ruler · 1154 – 1211
- Afonso II of Portugal · ruler · 1185 – 1223
- Siege of Lisbon · battle · 1147
- Ferdinand, Count of Flanders · politician · 1188 – 1233
- Pelagio Galvani · religious leader · 1165 – 1230
- Conquest of Santarém · battle · 1147
1200 – 12994 rows
- Afonso III of Portugal · ruler · 1210 – 1279
- Denis of Portugal · ruler · 1261 – 1325
- Afonso IV of Portugal · ruler · 1291 – 1357
- Sancho II of Portugal · ruler · 1207 – 1248
1300 – 139915 rows · 5 wars and battles
- Prince Henry the Navigator · commander · 1394 – 1460
- John I of Portugal · ruler · 1357 – 1433
- Edward, King of Portugal · ruler · 1391 – 1438
- Peter I of Portugal · ruler · 1320 – 1367
- Ferdinand I of Portugal · ruler · 1345 – 1383
- Beatrice of Portugal · ruler · 1373 – 1409
- Battle of Aljubarrota · battle · 1385
- Nuno Álvares Pereira · politician · 1360 – 1431
and 7 more in the atlas.
1400 – 149923 rows · 1 wars and battles
- Ferdinand Magellan · explorer · 1480 – 1521
- Vasco da Gama · explorer · 1469 – 1525
- Bartolomeu Dias · explorer · 1467 – 1500
- Pedro Álvares Cabral · explorer · 1467 – 1520
- Afonso de Albuquerque · explorer · 1453 – 1515
- Manuel I of Portugal · ruler · 1469 – 1521
- John II of Portugal · ruler · 1455 – 1495
- Afonso V of Portugal · ruler · 1432 – 1481
and 15 more in the atlas.
1500 – 159919 rows · 5 wars and battles · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Luís de Camões · writer · 1525 – 1580
- Philip II of Spain · ruler · 1527 – 1598
- Philip III of Spain · ruler · 1578 – 1621
- Sebastian, King of Portugal · ruler · 1554 – 1578
- John III of Portugal · ruler · 1502 – 1557
- Isabella of Portugal · politician · 1503 – 1539
- Henry, King of Portugal · ruler · 1512 – 1580
- António, Prior of Crato · ruler · 1531 – 1595
and 11 more in the atlas.
1600 – 169914 rows · 7 wars and battles
- John IV of Portugal · ruler · 1604 – 1656
- Afonso VI of Portugal · ruler · 1643 – 1683
- Peter II of Portugal · ruler · 1648 – 1706
- John V of Portugal · ruler · 1689 – 1750
- Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal · politician · 1699 – 1782
- Anglo-Persian capture of Hormuz · battle · 1622
- Treaty of Lisbon · treaty · 1668
- Bartolomeu Português · commander · 1601 – 1669
and 6 more in the atlas.
1700 – 179913 rows · 6 wars and battles
- 1755 Lisbon earthquake · disaster · 1755
- Maria I of Portugal · ruler · 1734 – 1816
- John VI of Portugal · ruler · 1767 – 1826
- Joseph I of Portugal · ruler · 1714 – 1777
- Battle of Cape St. Vincent · battle · 1797
- William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe · commander · 1724 – 1777
- Methuen Treaty · treaty · 1703
- Battle of Cape St. Vincent · battle · 1780
and 5 more in the atlas.
1800 – 189924 rows · 11 wars and battles · 2 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Fernando Pessoa · philosopher · 1888 – 1935
- António de Oliveira Salazar · politician · 1889 – 1970
- Carlos I of Portugal · ruler · 1863 – 1908
- Manuel II of Portugal · ruler · 1889 – 1932
- Maria II of Portugal · ruler · 1819 – 1853
- Luís I of Portugal · ruler · 1838 – 1889
- Pedro V of Portugal · ruler · 1837 – 1861
- Miguel I of Portugal · ruler · 1802 – 1866
and 16 more in the atlas.
1900 – 19992 rows · 1 wars and battles
- Marcello Caetano · politician · 1906 – 1980
- Battle of the Cunene · battle · 1904
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood771 years
stood longer than 94% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held1,948,000 km²
held more ground at its peak than 91% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per century0.6
had more wars on record per century than 91% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median19 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 59% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record35
has more rulers on record than 96% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 36 causes the record names and 2 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1062 – 1987, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1895, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q45670 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.