the portuguese inquisition (portuguese: "inquisição portuguesa"), officially known as the general council of the holy office of the inquisition in portugal, was formally established in portugal in 1536 at the request of its king, john iii. manuel i had asked for the installation of the inquisition in 1515 to fulfill the commitment of marriage with maria of aragon, but it was only after his death that pope paul iii acquiesced. in the period after the medieval inquisition, it was one of three different manifestations of the wider christian inquisition along with the spanish inquisition and roman inquisition.