1385-1433: Dom João I (b.1357; d.1433)

Illegitimate son of Dom Pedro I

1387: m. Philippa of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt

1433-38: Dom Duarte (Edward) (b.1391; d.1438)

son of Dom João I

1428: m. Leonor of Aragón

1438-81: Dom Afonso V (b.1432; d.1481)

eldest son of Dom Duarte but still a minor on succession and his uncle became Dom Pedro
until 1448

1441: m. Isabel of Portugal

1481-95: Dom João II (b.1455; d.1495)

son of Dom Afonso V

1471: m. Leonor of Portugal

1495-1521: Dom Manuel I (b.1469; d.1521) 

as no natural heir existed succeeded by  first cousin Dom João II

1497: m. Isobel of Castile (d. in childbirth)
1500: m. Maria of Castile (d. 1517)
1518: m. Leonor of Spain

1521-57: Dom João III (b. 1502; d.1557)

son of Manuel I

1525: m. Catarina of Austria

1557-78: Dom Sebastião (b.1554;  d.1578. ) 

grandson of Dom João III

(his father predeceased him by a few weeks) still a minor on succession,

his grandmother Catarina of Austria, acted as Regent until he was fourteen

1578-80: Dom Henry, The Cardinal King

(b.1512; d. 1580)

brother of Dom João III

1580: Dom António, Prior of Crato  (1531; d.1595)

illegitimate son of Prince Luis

1580-98:Philip I (Felipe II of Spain) (b. 1527; d. 1598)

m. 1543: Maria of Portugal (d. 1545)
m.1554: Mary I of England (d. 1558)
m. 1559: Elisabeth of Valois (d. 1568)
m. 1578: Anna of Austria

1598-1621: Philip II (Felipe III, Spain) (b. 1578: d. 1621)

son of Philip I

m. 1599: Margaret of Austria

1621-40: Philip III (Felipe IV of Spain) (b. 1605: d. 1665)

son of Philip II

m. 1615: Elisabeth of Bourbon

1640-56: Dom João IV (b.1604; 1656)

son of Teodósio II, seventh Duke of Braganza, on Portugal's

independence frpm Spain again. 

m. 1633: Dona Ana de Velasco

1656-83 Dom Afonso VI (b. 1643; d. 1683)

youngest son of Dom João IV

(Dom Pedro II, took over as Regent from 1668 for his insane brother)

m. 1661: Maria-Francisca-Isabel d'Aumale

1683-1706: Dom Pedro II (b. 1648; d. 1706)
(Regent from 1668)

youngest son of Dom João IV)

1668: m. Maria-Francisca-Isabel d'Aumale; d. 1683

1687: m. Maria-Sofia-Isabel of Neuberg

1706-50: Dom João V (b. 1689 d. 1750)

son of Dom Pedro II        

1708: m. Maria-Ana of Austria

1750-77: Dom José I (b. 1714; d. 1777)

son of Dom João V

1729: m. Mariana-Victoria of Spain

1777-1816: Dona Maria (Francisca) (b.1734; d. 1816)

daughter of  Dom José I

1760: m. Pedro III (her uncle)

1816-26: Dom João VI (b. 1767; d. 1826)

son of Dona Maria

(due to mother's ill health. Took over as Regent in 1792)

1784: m. Carlota-Joaquina of Spain

1826: Dom Pedro IV (b. 1798; d. 1834)

eldest son of Dom João VI  

(abdicated and left throne to daughter Dona Maria II da Gloria)

I818: m. Maria Leopoldina of Austria
1829: m. Maria Amelia of Leuchtenberg

1828-34; Dom Miguel I (b.1802; d. 1866 in exile)

second son of Dom João VI

usurpation 1828; abdication 1834

1851: m. Adelaide-Sofia of Loewenstein-Rosenberg

1834-53: Dona Maria II da Gloria (b. 1819; d. 1853)

daughter of Pedro II

1834: m. August of Leuchtenberg
1836: m. Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

1853-61: Dom Pedro V (b. 1837; d. 1861)

eldest son of Dona Maria II da Gloria

1858: m. Stéphanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

1861-89: Dom Luís I (b. 1838; d. 1889)

second son of Dona Maria II da Gloria.

As Dom Pedro V had no heirs, his brother Dom Luís I was made King

1862: m. Maria-Pia of Savoy

1889-1908: Dom Carlos I (b. 1863; d. 1908)

son of Dom Luís I.

Assassinated 1908 along with son infant Dom Luís II

1886: m. Marie-Amelie of Orléans

1908-10: Dom Manuel II (b. 1889; d. 1932)

son of Dom Carlos I

1913: m. Augusta-Victoria of Sigmaringen

1910-11: Teófilo Braga Republican

Chairman of Provisional Government

1911-15: Manuel de Arriaga 

First Elected President of Portugal.

Republican later turned Democratic

1915: Teófilo Braga

Initially stood as Republican but changed to Democratic Party

Took over as Second President for the period May-Oct 1915, following 

Manuel de Arriaga's resignation

1915-18: Bernardino Machado

Democratic

Third President

1918: Sidónio Pais

National Republican or ‘Sidonist'

Fourth President

1918-19: Admiral João de Canto e Castro 

National Republican or ‘Sidonist'

Fifth President

1919-23: António José de Almeida

Evolutionist Republican later Liberal Republican

Sixth President

1923-25: Manuel Teixeira Gomes

Democratic

Seventh President

1925-26: Bernardino Machado

Democratic

Eighth President

1926: Commander Mendes Cabeçadas

Military Officer

31st May-17th June 1926

Ninth President

1926: General Gomes da Costa

Military Officer

17th June-9th July 1926

Tenth President

1926-51: Gen. António Óscar Fragoso Carmona

Military Officer

Since 1932, National Union

Eleventh President

1951: António de Oliveira Salazar

National Union

18th Apri-21st July 1951

Twelfth President

1951-58: Gen. Francisco Higino Craveiro Lopes

National Union

Thirteenth President

1958-74: Ad. Américo de Deus Rodrigues Tomás

National Union

Since 1968, Popular National Action

Fourteenth President

1974: Gen. António Sebastião Ribeiro de Spinola

Military Officer

Fifteenth President

1974-76: General Francisco da Costa Gomes

Military Officer

Sixteenth President

1976-86: Gen. António dos Santos Ramalho Eanes

Military officer

Later Democratic Renovator

Seventeenth President

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