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Order of Prince Henry
The
Order of Prince Henry
the Navigator is a
Portuguese
National Order of Knighthood
created on 2 June 1960, to commemorate the
quincentenary
of the death of the Infante
Henry the Navigator
(known in Portuguese as
Henrique
), fifth son of King
John I of Portugal
and his queen,
Philippa of Lancaster
. Minor reforms of the constitution of the Order occurred in 1962 and 1980.
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