John IV
D. João IV
king of Portugal
King of Portugal after the Restoration, acclaimed in Funchal on 11 January 1641. He gave Madeira representation in the Cortes and legislated on levadas, customs and Madeira wine. In 1656 he granted the archipelago to his daughter Catarina.
1Mentioned in
- Representation in the Cortes — King of Portugal who granted Madeira a seat in the Cortes in 1645, reportedly because it first acclaimed him.
- Misericórdias — Issued a 1654 provision ordering estimates for a new hospital.
- Levadas — King of Portugal whose charter of 12 January 1641 condemned tree-felling harmful to rainfall and levadas.
- Customs houses — King who barred governors from customs affairs and ordered the redoubt in 1644.
- Wine industry — King who in 1643 ordered fleets to be supplied with Madeira wine.
- Historical dates — King acclaimed in Madeira in 1641; granted the archipelago to his daughter Catarina in 1656.
- Elections — King of Portugal who by decree of 6 July 1654 gave Funchal representation in the Cortes.
- Funeral rites — King whose death was announced to Funchal by the queen's letter of 1656.
- Meneses (Dom João de) — King of Portugal whom Meneses served after escaping.
- Popular riots — King whose 1641 proclamation in Madeira was followed by riots he ordered investigated.
- Acclamations of monarchs — King of Portugal after the Restoration, acclaimed in Funchal on 11 January 1641.
- Santo António (parish) — King who presented Francisco de Gouveia as curate in 1648.
- Taxes — King under whom stamped-paper and tobacco taxes began and the meia anata was temporarily abolished.
- Grants — King who, five days before his death, made an illegal and unrealised grant of Madeira to his daughter Catarina.
- Henriques Pinto (Luiz de Miranda) — King of Portugal after the 1640 Restoration, proclaimed in Madeira in January 1641.
- Sarmiento (Dom Tomás Velazques) — Duke of Bragança raised to the Portuguese throne by the revolution of 1640 and acclaimed in Madeira.
- Militia — King whose 1641 militia reform created paid and auxiliary troops.
- Porto Santo (captaincy) — King who regranted the captaincy to Vitorino Bettencourt Perestrelo in 1653.
- Fortaleza do Pico — King of Portugal who created the post of lieutenant of the Pico fortress.
- Lira (António Veloso de) — Duke of Bragança placed on the Portuguese throne by the 1640 revolution.
- Grant of the Island of Madeira to Catherine of Braganza — King of Portugal in whose name the posthumous grant of Madeira to his daughter was drawn up.
- Fernandes Vieira (João) — King of Portugal who opposed Vieira's plan to free Pernambuco.
- Restoration of Portugal — Duke of Bragança proclaimed King João IV in 1640, acclaimed in Funchal on 11 January 1641.
- Agrela (João Agostinho Pereira de) — King who in 1645 granted the family the office of clerk of Funchal council.
- Furtado (Diogo de Mendonça) — King of Portugal who granted the Madeira archipelago to his daughter D. Catarina.
2Chronology
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The revolution of 1 December 1640 in Lisbon ended Castilian rule and gave the throne to the Duke of Bragança as D. João IV; Madeira and Porto Santo joined it with enthusiasm, and António Veloso de Lira led Portuguese students home from Salamanca.
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D. João IV reformed the militia.
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News of the Restoration reached Madeira and D. João IV was acclaimed king in the Funchal town hall, ending Castilian rule; the bishop helped calm the people.
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A charter of D. João IV condemned the continued felling of mountain forests, harmful to rainfall and levadas.
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D. João IV ordered fleets to be supplied with Madeira wine.
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D. João IV granted the Agrela family the office of clerk of the Funchal council.
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A decree gave Madeira a seat in the Cortes on the first bench.
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D. João IV granted the captaincy of Porto Santo to Vitorino Bettencourt Perestrelo.
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D. João IV granted Funchal representation in the Cortes.
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A letter from Queen Luísa de Gusmão announced the death of D. João IV to Funchal.
3Places mentioned
Abroad