House of Aviz

House of Aviz

Country	Portugal
Ancestral house	House of Burgundy
Titles	King of Portugal and the Algarve (1385-1415); Lord of Ceuta (1415-1458), Lord of Alcácer in Africa (1458-1471); King of Portugal and the Algarves of either side of the sea in Africa (1471-1580)
Founder	John I
Final sovereign	Henry I or Anthony I (disputed)
Founding	1385
Dissolution	1580
Ethnicity	Portuguese, English, originally French
Cadet branches	House of Braganza

Portuguese royalty
House of Avis

John I Children    Edward I    Peter, Duke of Coimbra    Henry the Navigator    Isabella, Duchess of Burgundy    John, Lord of Reguengos de Monsaraz    Ferdinand the Saint Prince Grandchildren include    Isabella, Queen of Portugal Edward Children    Afonso V    Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu    Eleanor, Holy Roman Empress    Catherine    Joan, Queen of Castile Grandchildren include    Manuel I    Eleanor, Queen of Portugal    Isabella, Duchess of Braganza Great-Grandchildren include    James, Duke of Braganza, Prince of Portugal Afonso V Children include    John, Prince of Portugal    Joan, Princess of Portugal    John II John II    Afonso, Prince of Portugal

Portuguese royalty
House of Aviz-Beja

Manuel I Children include    Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal and of Asturias    John III    Isabella, Holy Roman Empress    Beatrice, Duchess of Savoy    Louis, Duke of Beja    Ferdinand, Duke of Guarda and Trancoso    Cardinal-Infante Afonso    Henry    Edward, Duke of Guimarães    Maria, Lady of Viseu Grandchildren include    Anthony (illegitimate)    Maria, Duchess of Parma and Piacenza    Catherine, Duchess of Braganza Great-Great-Grandchildren include    John IV John III Children include    Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal and of Asturias    John Manuel, Prince of Portugal Grandchildren include    Sebastian Sebastian Henry Anthony

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 the Capetian House of Burgundy, which originated in France. 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 the Spanish branch of the Habsburgs, 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.

Kings of the House of Aviz

• John I, The Good or The One of Happy Memory 1385 - 1433
• Edward, The Philosopher or The Eloquent 1433 - 1438
• Afonso V, The African 1438 - 1481
• John II, The Perfect Prince 1481 - 1495
• Manuel I, The Fortunate 1495 - 1521
• John III, the Pious 1521 - 1557
• Sebastian, the Desired 1557 - 1578
• Henry, The Chaste 1578 - 1580
• Anthony, Prior of Crato 1580 (disputed)

Cardinal Henry (or 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.

See also

• List of Portuguese monarchs
• Kings of Portugal family tree
• Portugal in the period of discoveries
• House of Burgundy
• Philippine Dynasty
• House of Braganza
• Timeline of Portuguese history

*Royal House* House of Aviz Cadet branch of the House of Burgundy
Vacant Title last held by House of Burgundy See Portuguese Interregnum	Ruling House of the Kingdom of Portugal 1385 – 1580	Succeeded by House of Habsburg