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See also:JOHN II . (145 1495), the Perfect, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Portugal, succeeded his See also:father, See also:Alphonso V., in See also:August 1481. His first business was to curtail the overgrown See also:power of his See also:aristocracy; See also:note-worthy incidents in the contest were the See also:execution (1483) of the See also:duke of See also:Braganza for See also:correspondence with See also:Castile, and the See also:murder, by the king's own See also:hand, of the youthful duke of Viseu for See also:conspiracy. This reign was signalized by Bartholomeu See also:Diaz's See also:discovery of the Cape of See also:Good See also:Hope in 1488. Maritime rivalry led to disputes between Portugal and Castile until their claims were adjusted by the famous treaty of Tordesillas (See also:June 7, 1494). John II. died, without leaving male issue, in See also:October 1495, and was succeeded by his See also:brother-in-See also:law See also:Emmanuel (Manoel) I.
See J. P. Oliveira Martins, 0 principe perfeilo (See also:Lisbon, 1895). JOHN III. (1502-1557), king of Portugal, was See also:born at Lisbon, on the 6th of June 1502, and ascended the See also:throne as successor of his father Emmanuel I. in See also:December 1521. In 1524 he married See also:Catherine, See also:sister to the See also:Emperor See also:Charles V., who shortly after-wards married the infanta See also:Isabella, John's sister. Succeeding to the See also:crown at a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time when Portugal was at the height of its See also:political power, and Lisbon in a position of commercial importance previously unknown, John III., unfortunately for his dominions, became subservient to the clerical party among his subjects, with disastrous consequences to the commercial and social prosperity of his See also:kingdom. He died of See also:apoplexy on the 6th of June 1557, and was succeeded by his See also:grandson See also:Sebastian, then a See also:child of only three years.
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