Joseph I of Portugal
King of Portugal from 1750 to 1777 (lived 1714-1777)
- Fame55.5
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- Portugal rank#207
- Fame55.5
- Momentum1.0
- Portugal rank#207
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A king who ruled from tents. Joseph I inherited Portugal's throne in 1750, watched Lisbon collapse in the 1755 earthquake, then refused to sleep inside walls again. His actual power belonged to the Marquis of Pombal, who used the rubble to remake the country.
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Joseph became heir as an infant in 1714 when his older brother died, married a Spanish infanta in 1729, and took the crown in 1750 with outdated tools of governance and an empty treasury from his father's excesses. He handed control to Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo — the Marquis of Pombal — who used the king's name to force through laws and economic reforms while Joseph hunted and attended opera. The 1755 Lisbon earthquake killed thousands and shattered the capital, but it also let Pombal tighten his grip; the trauma left Joseph claustrophobic, and he moved his court into tents, never slee…
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