António, Prior of Crato (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔniu]; 1531 – 26 August 1595), sometimes called "The Determined", "The Fighter", "The Independentist"...

that the term Prior do Crato began being commonly used. The most famous person to hold this position was probably António, Prior of Crato, a royal prince...

succession crisis of 1580, was fought from 1580 to 1583 between the two main claimants to the Portuguese throne: António, Prior of Crato, proclaimed in several...

rule any portion of continental Portugal; António, Prior of Crato held out in the Azores into 1582 as António I of Portugal; the last of his allies in the...

pretender to the Portuguese throne, Dom António, Prior of Crato. In Portugal, the death of King Sebastian of Portugal in 1578, with only an elderly childless...

Manuel of Portugal (c. 1568–22 June 1638) was the illegitimate son of António, Prior of Crato, pretender to the Portuguese throne during the 1580 Portuguese...

Manuela of Portugal. Luís had a natural son by Violante Gomes, nicknamed Pelicana, a New Christian. Their son António, Prior of Crato, would be one of the...

grandchildren of Manuel I claiming the throne: Infanta Catarina, Duchess of Braganza (married to John, 6th Duke of Braganza), António, Prior of Crato, and King...

naval force made up of Portuguese and Castilian ships, to preserve control of the Azores under the pretender António, Prior of Crato and to defend the islands...

Manuel I of Portugal. When Portugal was threatened to come under Spanish rule, claimant António, Prior of Crato fled the country with the bulk of the Portuguese...

in the name of António, Prior of Crato, successfully defended the island against the personal union with the Spanish crown during the War of the Portuguese...

Franca against a French squadron that supported the claims of the pretender António, Prior of Crato. With the Portuguese Restoration War (1640), the island...

António, Prior of Crato, Catherine, Duchess of Braganza and Philip II of Spain. From a military perspective, in order to limit support for António's claim...

1583, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, between forces loyal to the claimant D. António, Prior of Crato, supported by the French and English...

Soon after the Portuguese succession crisis of 1580, English support was provided to António, Prior of Crato who then fought in his struggle with Philip...

of Santa Catarina das Mós Fort of Santo António Fort of Santo António do Monte Brasil (Portuguese: Forte de Santo António do Monte Brasil), the small fort...

Francisco de Portugal, 3rd Count of Vimioso (1550–1582), Portuguese nobleman, Constable of António, Prior of Crato, during the War of the Portuguese Succession...

clergy of Portugal in 1581 at the Cortes of Tomar. The pretender to the throne, António, Prior of Crato, the last surviving heir of the House of Aviz,...

One of the claimants to the throne, António, Prior of Crato, a bastard son of Infante Louis, Duke of Beja, and only grandson through the male line of king...

Portugal). He was one of the few high-ranking Portuguese nobles to support the claims of António, Prior of Crato, during the War of the Portuguese Succession...

mercenary fleet from France, England, supporters of the Portuguese claimant António, Prior of Crato, and the Dutch Republic, under Filippo di Piero Strozzi...

Manuel I of Portugal. Following his proclamation in Santarém, António, Prior of Crato was acclaimed in the Azores in 1580 (through his envoy António da Costa)...

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died, a succession crisis occurred and António, Prior of Crato, was proclaimed António of Portugal. The House of Habsburg, known as the Philippine Dynasty...

grandchildren of King Manuel I of Portugal claimed the throne: Infanta Catarina, Duchess of Braganza António, Prior of Crato Philip II of Spain, uncle of former...

rival claimant to the throne, António, Prior of Crato, who had been acclaimed, by his supporters, as King António I of Portugal. In recognition for his...

Antoninus of Florence, archbishop of Florence Anthony I of Portugal, (known commonly as António, Prior of Crato, 1531–1595), disputed King of Portugal...

Habsburgs as a member of the court of Margaret of Parma, governor of the Spanish Netherlands. Unhappy with the centralisation of political power away from...

the pretender António, Prior of Crato, thereby preventing Spanish control (it was the largest French force sent overseas before the age of Louis XIV). During...

of Manuel I claimed the throne: Infanta Catarina, Duchess of Braganza; António, Prior of Crato; and Philip II of Spain. António was acclaimed King of...