Henry, king of Portugal (born 1512)

Henry, King of Portugal

Cardinal; King of Portugal from 1578 to 1580

Henry, dubbed the Chaste and the Cardinal-King, was King of Portugal and an inquisitor and cardinal of the Catholic Church, who ruled Portugal between 1578 and 1580. As a clergyman, he was bound to celibacy, and as such, had no children to succeed him, and thus put an end to the…