Joao V.—­Born at Lisbon, Oct. 22, 1689; son of Pedro II.  Married Maria Anna of Austria, July 9, 1708.  Reigned from Jan. 1, 1707 until his death, July 31, 1750.

Jose I.—­Born June 6, 1714; son of Joao V. Married Mariana Victoria, Dec. 27, 1727.  Reigned from his father’s death until his own, Feb. 24, 1777.

Maria I.—­Born in 1734; daughter of Jose I. Married Pedro, younger brother of Jose (and her uncle), in 1760.  Died at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1816.  Reigned jointly with her husband, Feb. 24, 1777 until his death (1786); but as she became insane, her son Joao VI acted as regent until her death.

Pedro III.—­Reigned jointly with his wife, Maria I, until his death (1786).

Joao VI.—­Born at Lisbon, May 13, 1769; son of Maria I and Pedro III.  Married Carlotta of Spain.  Reigned from Mar. 16, 1816 to March 10, 1826; but had been regent for Maria since 1799, and had been in charge of the government from March 10, 1792.

NOTES

[1] Documents marked with an asterisk are printed in both the original language and English translation.

[2] The Philippine Islands, Moluccas, Siam, Cambodia, Japan, and China at the close of the Sixteenth Century, by Antonio de Morga, Hakluyt Society, London, 1868, p. 265.  This will be cited usually as Morga.

[3] “The crown and sceptre of Spain has come to extend itself over all that the sun looks on, from its rising to its setting.”  Morga, p 6.  Down to the end of the year 1844 the Manilan calendar was reckoned after that of Spain, that is, Manila time was about sixteen hours slower than Madrid time.  Finally, with the approval of the Archbishop in 1844, the thirty-first of December was dropped and the Philippines transferred, so to speak, into the Eastern Hemisphere.  Thenceforward Manila time was about eight hours ahead of Madrid time.  Jagor:  Reisen in den Philippinen, pp. 1-2.

[4] For a fuller account of the negotiations relating to these bulls and the Treaty of Tordesillas see Harrisse:  Diplomatic History of America, 1452-1494, S.E.  Dawson:  The Lines of Demarcation of Pope Alexander VI and the Treaty of Tordesillas, or E.G.  Bourne:  Essays in Historical Criticism.  The texts are printed in this volume.

[5] The names used by Columbus in his interview with the King of Portugal.  Ruy de Pina:  Chronica d’el rey Joao II, Collecao de Livros Ineditos de Historia Portugueze, ii, p. 177.

[6] This is also Harrisse’s view, Diplomatic History of America, p. 74.

[7] “Sabese la concession del Papa Alexandro; la division del mundo como una naranja.”  Letter of Alonso de Zuazo to Charles V, January 22, 1518. Docs.  Ined. de Indias, i, p. 296 (From Harrisse, p. 174).  Cf. also Maximilianus Transylvanus in First Voyage Round the World by Magellan.  Hakluyt Society, p. 185.