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ť For the Count of Portugal see: Henry, Count of Portugal; for the Prince see Henry the Navigator

Henry, Cardinal-King of Portugal or Henrique (in Portuguese, ) the Chaste (Portuguese o Casto) (Lisbon, January 31, 1512 — Almeirim, January 31, 1580) was the seventeenth King of Portugal and the Algarves. He ruled between 1578 and 1580.
Henry was the younger brother of King John III and, as a younger son, he wasn't expected to succeed to the Portuguese throne. Early in his life, Henry took Holy Orders to promote Portuguese interests within the Catholic Church, then dominated by Spain. He rose fast through the Church hierarchy, becoming in quick succession Archbishop of Braga, Archbishop of Évora and Grand Inquisitor before receiving a Cardinal's hat, receiving the Titulus Ss. Quattuor Coronatorum. Henry, more than anyone, endeavoured to bring the Jesuits to Portugal and employed them in the colonial empire.
He served as regent for his grand-nephew, Sebastião, after 1557, and then succeeded him as king after the disastrous Battle of Alcácer-Quibir in 1578. Henry renounced his clerical offices and sought to take a bride for the continuation of the Avis dynasty, but Pope Gregory XIII, affiliated with the Habsburgs, didn't release him from his vows. The Cardinal-King died without having appointed a Council of Regency to choose a successor. One of the closest dynastic claimants was King Philip II of Spain who, in November 1580, sent the Duke of Alba to claim Portugal by force. Lisbon soon fell, and Philip was elected King of Portugal on condition that the kingdom and its overseas territories wouldn't become Spanish provinces. See struggle for the throne of Portugal.

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Henry of Portugal	Father: Manuel I of Portugal	Father's father: Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu	Father's father's father: Edward of Portugal
			Father's father's mother: Leonor of Aragon
		Father's mother: Beatrice of Portugal	Father's mother's father: Infante João of Portugal
			Father's mother's mother: Isabel of Braganza
	Mother: Maria of Aragon	Mother's father: Ferdinand II of Aragon	Mother's father's father: John II of Aragon
			Mother's father's mother: Juana Enriquez
		Mother's mother: Isabella of Castile	Mother's mother's father: John II of Castile
			Mother's mother's mother: Infanta Isabel of Portugal

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