José of Braganza, High Inquisitor of Portugal (
Lisbon
Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...
, 8 September 1720 – Lisbon, 31 July 1801) was a
Portuguese clergyman, and the illegitimate son of
John V of Portugal
''Dom (title), Dom'' John V (; 22 October 1689 – 31 July 1750), known as the Magnanimous (''o Magnânimo'') and the Portuguese Sun King (''o Rei-Sol Português''), was King of Portugal from 9 December 1706 until his death in 1750. His reig ...
and
Paula de Odivelas. He was High Inquisitor of the
Portuguese Inquisition
The Portuguese Inquisition (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Inquisição Portuguesa''), officially known as the General Council of the Holy Office of the Inquisition in Portugal, was formally established in Kingdom of Portugal, Portugal in 15 ...
. He was one of the three
Children of Palhavã The ''children of Palhavã'' (Portuguese language, Portuguese ''Meninos de Palhavã'') were three male natural sons of King John V of Portugal (who reigned from 1706 to 1750), which were recognised by the monarch in a document issued in 1742, which ...
.
1720 births
1801 deaths
18th-century Portuguese people
19th-century Portuguese people
Clergy from Lisbon
Illegitimate children of John V of Portugal
Burials at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora
Sons of kings
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