Prince Henry the Navigator

✶March 12, 1394

†November 13, 1460

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About their life

Prince Henry the Navigator, was a Portuguese prince, a central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and often credited as one of the main initiators of the Age of Discovery. Henry was the third child of King John I of Portugal, who founded the House of Aviz.

Portuguese prince and governor (1394–1460)

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