His Most Faithful Majesty

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His Most Faithful Majesty is the traditional regal style historically used by the kings of Portugal, emphasizing their role as especially loyal defenders of the Catholic faith.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
His Most Faithful Majesty canonical 17
His Most Catholic Majesty 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf regnal style ⓘ
royal title ⓘ
appliesTo reigning king of Portugal ⓘ
associatedDynasty House of Braganza ⓘ
associatedWith Catholic faith ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
distinguishesFrom Catholic Majesty ⓘ
Most Christian Majesty ⓘ
emphasizesRoleAs defender of the Catholic faith ⓘ
equivalentTitleInPortuguese Sua Majestade Fidelíssima ⓘ
grantedBy Pope Benedict XIV ⓘ
papacy ⓘ
grantedInCentury 18th century ⓘ
grantedTo King John V of Portugal ⓘ
historicalUsage Ancien Régime ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
ideologicalFunction expresses special fidelity to the Catholic Church ⓘ
legitimizes Portuguese monarchy through religion ⓘ
language English ⓘ
region Europe ⓘ
religiousContext Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousTitleClass papal granted royal epithet ⓘ
status historical title ⓘ
stylisticCategory honorific style ⓘ
titleType Catholic monarch style ⓘ
usedBy kings of Portugal ⓘ
usedForMonarchOf Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
usedInDiplomacy European courts ⓘ
papal documents ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kings of Portugal → style → His Most Faithful Majesty ⓘ
His Most Christian Majesty → contrastedWith → His Most Catholic Majesty ⓘ
linked to: His Most Faithful Majesty
His Most Christian Majesty → contrastedWith → His Most Faithful Majesty ⓘ
John II of Portugal → styleOfAddress → His Most Faithful Majesty ⓘ
subject linked to: John
Sebastian I of Portugal → title → His Most Faithful Majesty ⓘ
Miguel I of Portugal → style → His Most Faithful Majesty ⓘ
Joseph the Reformer → style → His Most Faithful Majesty ⓘ
Edward of Portugal → style → His Most Faithful Majesty ⓘ
Joseph I of Portugal → styleOfAddress → His Most Faithful Majesty ⓘ
subject linked to: Joseph I
Peter III of Portugal → style → His Most Faithful Majesty ⓘ
King of Brazil → monarchicStyle → His Most Faithful Majesty ⓘ
Pedro V of Portugal → title → His Most Faithful Majesty ⓘ
Afonso V of Portugal → style → His Most Faithful Majesty ⓘ
subject linked to: the African
João V of Portugal → honorificPrefix → His Most Faithful Majesty ⓘ
John VI of Portugal → style → His Most Faithful Majesty ⓘ
subject linked to: John
Henry I of Portugal → style → His Most Faithful Majesty ⓘ