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Encyclopedia > Portuguese House of Habsburg

The Philippine House or House of Habsburg is the third dynasty of Kings of Portugal named after the three Spanish kings who ruled over Portugal from Madrid between 1580 and 1640. The three kings, all named Philip (Spanish: Felipe; Portuguese: Filipe) were from the House of Habsburg. This is a List of Portuguese monarchs from the independence of Portugal from Leon in 1128-29 to the proclamation of the Republic in October 5, 1910. ... Coat of arms Plaza de España (Spain square) Madrid, the capital of Spain, is located in the center of the country at 40°25′ N 3°45′ W. Population of the city of Madrid proper was 3,093,000 (Madrilenes, madrileños) as of 2003 estimates. ... Events March 1 - Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. ... Events December 1 - Portugal regains its independence from Spain and João IV of Portugal becomes king. ... Habsburg (sometimes spelled Hapsburg, but never so in official use) was one of the major ruling houses of Europe. ...


Kings of the Philippine House

Philip II of Spain (Spanish: Felipe II) - (May 21, 1527 – September 13, 1598), the first King of Spain understood as the whole peninsula of Hispania (r. ... Philip III of Spain Philip III (Spanish: Felipe III) (April 14, 1578 – March 31, 1621) was the king of Spain and Portugal (as Philip II Portuguese: Filipe II), from 1598 until his death. ... Philip IV of Spain Philip IV (Spanish: Felipe IV) (April 8, 1605 – September 17, 1665) was the king of Spain, from 1621 until his death, and king of Portugal as Philip III (Portuguese: Filipe III) until 1640. ...

See also

The history of Portugal is that of the rise of a nation to great world power, followed by a decline in fortune, then a resurgence. ... This is a List of Portuguese monarchs from the independence of Portugal from Leon in 1128-29 to the proclamation of the Republic in October 5, 1910. ... This is a collection of family trees concerning the Portuguese Royal family. ... This is a historical timeline of Portugal. ... In the era of decline of the Portugiese empire, 1578 the young king Sebastian died in battle without an heir (the body was not found), leading to a dynastic crisis. ... Iberian Union - modern day term that refers to the historical political unit that governed all of the Iberian peninsula south of the Pyrenees from 1580-1640. ...

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List of Portuguese monarchs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1706 words)
Portuguese House of Habsburg, or Philippine Dynasty, (1580-1640), and
5 House of Braganza, or Brigantine Dynasty, (1640-1910)
The House of Braganza traced its origins to 1442 when the Duchy of Braganza was created by Alphonzo V and offered to his uncle Alphonzo, son of John I. The royal lineage of Dukes that followed intercrossed with the House of Aviz and became one of the most important noble families of the country.
Habsburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2933 words)
However, the heiress of the last Austrian Habsburg (Maria Theresa) had married Francis Stephan, Duke of Lorraine, (both of them were great-grandchildren of Habsburg Emperor Ferdinand III, but from different empresses) and their descendants carried on the Habsburg tradition from Vienna under the dynastic name Habsburg-Lorraine.
Maria Theresa of Austria, Habsburg heiress and wife of emperor Francis I Stephen, reigned as Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia 1740 - 1780.
Brewer-Ward, Daniel A. The House of Habsburg: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Empress Maria Theresia.
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