Portuguese monarchs: The House of Aviz.

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So the San Diego Museum of Art is showcasing the Pastrana Tapestries in a gallery called "The Invention of Glory." If it's possible for you to go, I highly suggest you do. It's there until September 9th.  There are four tapestries shown, all of which depict Portuguese King Afonso V leading an expeditionary army into Morocco. Three show the siege of Alisah, and the last shows the capture of Tangier. These battles took place in 1471.  The tapestries are absolutely stunning and fantastic in person, unbelievably massive and detailed. Individual soldiers' gear is different, everything from weapons, helmets, even the ties in their armor is varied. Apparently, the visuals are authentic, and can be assumed as accurate. This is what interested me the most - I wanted to see what equipment was available to the Portuguese in the 15th Century. Plenty of spears were shown, with some swords being used after the walls had been breached/scaled. Melee troops generally all had some sort of shield. The variety was astounding. Crossbows were aplenty, no regular bows were fielded. The crossbows used definitely had foot loops at the end, however, no loading mechanisms were shown, so I'm not sure what type of crossbow they had. No pavise shields were present.  Guns were used on both sides, with the Portugese uniformly using a more primitive version of the matchlock. Some of the Muslims had a similar type of matchlock, though the older handcannon was also present in the Muslim ranks.  King Afonso V used a really decorative and badass glaive polearm. I spotted a couple of non-adorned glaives in the common ranks. In the pictures above, Afonso is the figure on the far left with the badass armor, looking right. His son, João, is next to him, with similarly badass armor, his face pointed towards the viewer and his eyes looking at his father. João has a rather youthful and pleasant look about his face. Afonso's glaive is being carried by another soldier, out of frame. His son seems to be using a very long pike weapon, with a hook at the end. This weapon is only showed in João's hands. Some Portugese soldiers were equipped with padded armor, some had only colorful tunics and pants, others had full plate. However, metal helmets seemed to be standard issue.  Anyways, no photos were allowed in the main gallery, though there was a section at the end where you could try on a period-correct embroidered tunic and plumed helmet. Then take a picture with King Afonso V and his son in the background. I wanted to run out of the museum with both items.