Historical Figure

King John II of Portugal

King of Portugal from 1521 to 1557

About King John II of Portugal

John III, nicknamed The Pious, was the King of Portugal and the Algarve from 1521 until he died in 1557. He was the son of King Manuel I and Maria of Aragon, the third daughter of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. John succeeded his father in 1521 at the age of nineteen.Wikipedia ↗

Associated Events

Treaty1494 CE – 1494 CE

Treaty of Tordesillas

A treaty between Spain and Portugal dividing newly discovered and yet-to-be-discovered lands outside Europe between the two powers along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands.