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Joseph I of Portugal

1714 - 1777

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Dom Joseph I (Portuguese: José Francisco António Inácio Norberto Agostinho, Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ]; 6 June 1714 – 24 February 1777), known as the Reformer (Portuguese: o Reformador), was King of Portugal from 31 July 1750 until his death in 1777. Among other activities, Joseph was devoted to hunting and the opera. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph I of Portugal has received more than 531,219 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Joseph I of Portugal is the 1,357th most popular politician (up from 1,577th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 35th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Portuguese Politician.

Joseph I of Portugal is most famous for his role in the War of Spanish Succession. He was a member of the House of Braganza, which was a branch of the House of Aviz.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joseph I of Portugal ranks 1,357 out of 19,576Before him are Giulio Andreotti, Catherine Jagiellon, Seonjo of Joseon, Emperor Wu of Jin, Christine Lagarde, and Ptolemy IX Lathyros. After him are Makarios III, Jovian, Sali Berisha, Polycrates, Ahaz, and Scipio Aemilianus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1714, Joseph I of Portugal ranks 5Before him are Christoph Willibald Gluck, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, and Étienne Bonnot de Condillac. After him are Claude Joseph Vernet, Alaungpaya, Niccolò Jommelli, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, Pontiac, and Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick. Among people deceased in 1777, Joseph I of Portugal ranks 1After him are Johann Heinrich Lambert, Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, Albrecht von Haller, Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin, Maxim Berezovsky, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Charles de Brosses, Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria, Johann Andreas Segner, Charles-Joseph Natoire, and Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Joseph I of Portugal ranks 28 out of 633Before him are António Egas Moniz (1874), Manuel II of Portugal (1889), John III of Portugal (1502), Afonso V of Portugal (1432), John IV of Portugal (1604), and John VI of Portugal (1767). After him are Amália Rodrigues (1920), Peter I of Portugal (1320), John II of Portugal (1455), Carlos I of Portugal (1863), Fernando Santos (1954), and Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (1948).

Among POLITICIANS In Portugal

Among politicians born in Portugal, Joseph I of Portugal ranks 13Before him are John I of Portugal (1358), Manuel II of Portugal (1889), John III of Portugal (1502), Afonso V of Portugal (1432), John IV of Portugal (1604), and John VI of Portugal (1767). After him are Peter I of Portugal (1320), John II of Portugal (1455), Carlos I of Portugal (1863), Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (1948), Maria I of Portugal (1734), and Henry, King of Portugal (1512).