Portugal
Portugal was a kingdom on the Atlantic coast of Iberia, with its capital at Lisbon. In 1337 Afonso IV of the Portuguese dynasty ruled beside its powerful neighbour Castile.
After the succession crisis of 1383, John of Aviz won the throne at Aljubarrota and allied with England in 1386. Overseas expansion brought Ceuta in 1415, da Gama to India in 1498 and Cabral's claim to Brazil in 1500. Sebastian's death in 1578 led to union with Spain in 1580; John IV of Braganza restored independence in 1640, and war ended in 1668.
Characters
- Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne
- Afonso I of Portugal
- Afonso II of Portugal
- Afonso III of Portugal
- Afonso IV of Portugal
- Beatrice of Castile
- Beatrice of Castile
- Denis of Portugal
- Eleanor of Portugal
- Estêvão Gonçalves Leitão
- Elizabeth of Portugal
- Pedro Afonso, Count of Barcelos
- Peter I of Portugal
- Sancho I of Portugal
- Sancho II of Portugal