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Afonso I [a] (Portuguese pronunciation:; 1106/1109/1111 – 1185), also called Afonso Henriques, nicknamed the Conqueror (Portuguese: O Conquistador) and the Founder (Portuguese: O Fundador) [2] [3] by the Portuguese, was the first king of Portugal.
Dom Afonso I of Braganza (Portuguese pronunciation:; 10 August 1377 – 15 December 1461) was the first duke of Braganza and the eighth count of Barcelos.He founded the House of Braganza, the most powerful and wealthy dynasty in Portugal.
King of Portugal r. 1367–1383: Philippa of Lancaster 1360–1415: John I 1357–1433 King of Portugal r. 1385–1433: Inês Peres c. 1350 – c. 1400: Ferdinand I 1380–1416 King of Aragon: Beatrice c. 1386 –1439 Countess of Arundel: Afonso 1377–1461 1st Duke of Braganza: Eleanor of Aragon 1402–1445: Edward 1391–1438 King of Portugal ...
Velasco (or Blasco) Sánchez (floruit 1153–1181) was an Iberian nobleman who held various political and military offices in three different kingdoms, serving under Afonso I of Portugal, Alfonso VIII of Castile, and Ferdinand II of León. He held the rank of count from at least May 1159. [1] Velasco's family was from Galicia. He was a son of ...
The History of Portugal: From the Commencement of the Monarchy to the Reign of Alfonso III, S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. Selvagem, Carlos (1931). Portugal militar: Compêndio de história militar e naval de Portugal : desde as origens do estado portucalense até o fim da Dinastia de Bragança , Imprensa Nacional de Lisboa.
It is the first true history of Portugal. [3] Earlier historiography produced in Portugal is more general and lacks a distinctly Portuguese focus, but in the Chronicle of 1419 "for the first time, the kingdom [of Portugal] is the field of observation." [4] The work is anonymous. [4] It has sometimes been attributed to Fernão Lopes, but this is ...
Alfonso I of Asturias (739–757), king of Asturias; Afonso I of Portugal (1094–1185), king of Portugal; Alfonso Jordan (1103–1148), count of Toulouse; Alfonso I of Aragon (1104–1134), known as Alfonso the Battler, king of Aragon and Navarre; Alfonso I, Duke of Gandia (1332–1412) Alfonso V of Aragon (1396–1458), king of Naples as ...
The Portuguese had participated in the Reconquista practically ever since the foundation of the County of Portugal in 868.. King Sancho I had captured Silves in Algarve in 1189, however the great Muslim city was retaken by the Almohads in 1191 and all Portuguese conquests south of the Tagus river lost, with the exception of Évora, which remained in the hands of the Order of Aviz.