Born:

1502, Lisbon

Died:

1557, Lisbon

John III (Portuguese: João III) nicknamed "o Colonizador" (English: "The Colonizer") was the King of Portugal and the Algarves from 13 December 1521 to 11 June 1557.

Mentioned in

• The Portuguese-Jewish Community in Hamburg through the Lens of the Inquisition (Jorun Poettering)