Chapter X- D. João V

D. João V Cognome "The Magnanimous"

The Magnanimous because he tries to affirm Portugal as a World Power and because he was considered the Portuguese King-Sol (title that was used in Louis XIV of France), D. João V became the richest king of Europe and Portugal in a great International Power, All thanks to the wealth that came mainly by the gold extracted in Brazil and in which the king lavishes mainly in the construction of several celebrated works that we will know throughout this chapter

Picture 1- D. João V

In his reign, notable progress has been made in Brazil and India
However, its governance was strongly criticized, as it can be said that it was not a king given to the savings, instead it performed sumptuous expenses, as it is verified in the expedition that brings the queen to the Portuguese court.
Another example of the exaggeration of the style of king D. João V was verified when this one tried to improve the relation with king Louis XIV of France, for such it sent the Count of Ribeira Grande (son of a French princess and godson of the king of France) To Paris on August 18, 1715 accompanied by a cortege which had five magnificent cars, each pulled by 6 horses of different colors, while lackeys threw gold coins to the population with the king's effigy

The construction of the Mafra Convent
The Franciscan monks convinced King John V to build a monastery promising him the heir to the throne he so desired, even when a girl was born, Princess Maria Barbara in 1711, to fulfill the promise the king orders to build from Of 1717 the Convent-Palace of Mafra, a work of great magnitude and of extreme beauty that demonstrates the Portuguese real power was built thanks to 45 thousand workers, 7000 soldiers and gold from Brazil

Picture 2- Maria Bárbara de Bragança-Princess of Portugal and First Daughter of D. João V and Maria Ana de Austria

Picture 3- Mafra Palace 


Picture 4- Mafra Palace 

Thanks to Gold, D. João V, he orders the following works to be built:

In 1717 he ordered the construction of the Joanina Library of the University of Coimbra, in the same year that he ordered the construction of the Mafra Palace

Picture 5-Joanina Library of the University of Coimbra 

In 1725 is built the modern facade of the Monastery of Alcobaça


Picture 6- Monastery of Alcobaça 


Order the construction of the Águas Livres Aqueduct in 1731- the aqueduct solves the problem of water supply in Lisbon

Picture 7- Aqueduct , Lisbon 


He was also the main responsible for the collection of the National Museum of Cars, one of the most important collections in the world terms

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