Country | Portugal |
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Ancestral house | Portuguese House of Burgundy |
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Founder | John I |
Final sovereign | Anthony I |
Founding | 1385 |
Dissolution | 1580 |
Cadet branches | House of Braganza |
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The House of Aviz (in the current spelling Avis; Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈviʃ]) is a dynasty of kings of Portugal. In 1385, the Interregnum of the 1383-1385 crisis ended with the acclamation of the Master of the Order of Aviz, John, natural son of king Peter I and Dona Teresa Lourenço as king. The descendants of king John I were still nominal masters of Aviz, though they were often replaced by other priests. With the death of John II, some claimed that a new branch of the House is inaugurated, with his cousin Manuel, Duke of Beja - hence, the branch of Aviz-Beja.
The House of Aviz was a branch of Portuguese House of Burgundy. The house of Aviz ended with the death of king Henry I in 1580. After a short struggle for the throne of Portugal the Crown of Portugal was taken by Philippine Royal House, though only in a personal union that did not formally end Portuguese independence. The Crown would return to a Portuguese dynasty in 1640 with the House of Braganza, itself a branch of the House of Aviz.
Royal Houses of Portugal |
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Houses |
of Burgundy House of Aviz House of Aviz-Beja Portugueuse House of Habsburg House of Braganza House of Braganza-Saxe -Coburg and Gotha |
King Anthony I was succeeded by half-Portuguese king Philip I of Portugal, also Philip II of Spain. Portugal and Spain would share a common monarch until 1640, upon the acclamation of the Duke of Bragança as John IV of Portugal.
House of Aviz
Cadet branch of the Portuguese House of Burgundy
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Vacant
Title last held by
Portuguese House of BurgundySee Portuguese Interregnum |
Ruling House of the Kingdom of Portugal 1385 – 1580 |
Succeeded by Philippine Royal House |
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