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House of Aviz
The
House of Aviz
(modern Portuguese:
Avis
; ) was the second dynasty of the
kings of Portugal
. In 1385, the
Interregnum
of the
1383-1385 crisis
ended when the Cortes of Coimbra proclaimed the Master of the
monastic military
Order of Aviz
as King
John I
. John was the natural (illegitimate) son of King
Peter I
and Dona Teresa Lourenço, and so was half-brother to the last king of the
Portuguese House of Burgundy
or
Afonsine Dynasty
,
Ferdinand I of Portugal
. The House of Aviz continued to rule Portugal until
Philip II of Spain
inherited the Portuguese crown with the
Portuguese succession crisis of 1580
.
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