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On 19 March 1604 King John IV of Portugal was born at Vila Viçosa. John IV of Portugal - own picture taken in 2017 in Lisbon Family His parents were Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza and Ana de Valesco y Girón. John was thus a grandson of Catherine, Duchess of Braganza. He belonged to the noble house of Braganza. Love and marriage In 1633, John married Luisa de Guzmán. She was a daughter of the 8th. Duke of Medina Sidonia. The royal couple would have had 7 children. Some of them died in childhood. One of their children Catherine would marry King Charles II of England and she became Queen Consort of England. John also had a natural daughter. Duty Around the time of his birth Portugal was ruled by the Spanish branch of the House of Habsburg. King Philip II of Portugal (Philip III of Spain) and later King Philip III of Portugal (Philip IV of Spain) ruled the Portuguese issues. However in 1640 there was a huge revolution organized by the nobles and the bourgeo

On 18 March 1555 the youngest son of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici was born. Youth Francis was an attractive child but at the age of 8 he was scarred by smallpox. In 1574 after the death of his brother King Charles IX of France, his other brother Henry III was crowned King of France. Francis became heir to the throne. Following titles were granted to him: 1560-1584: Duke of Évreux; 1566-1584: Duke of Alençon, Duke of Châteaux-Thierry, Count of Perche,                    Count of Meulan, Count of Mantes 1576-1584: Duke of Anjou, Duke of Berry, Duke of Touraine. Duty On the night of 15 September 1575, Francis fled from the French Court after a difference with his brother King Henry III. Both Henry III and his mother feared that he would join the Protestant rebels. These fears were right. He joined the Prince of Condé and his forces in the south. In 1578 there were arrangements for marrying him to Queen  Elizabeth I of England. He w