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  2. Afonso I of Portugal - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Alfonso I - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal - Wikipedia

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    The pope finally agreed to the request of the Portuguese monarch and created a cardinal Alfonso on July 1, 1517, with the title of cardinal-deacon of Santa Lucia in Septisolio. The title was granted on the condition that the cardinal's chapel would not be given to the young infante until the age of eighteen; however, in Portugal he was always ...

  5. Portugal in the Reconquista - Wikipedia

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    During the reign of Alfonso III of Asturias, 157 years after the invasion of the Iberian peninsula by Muslims, the nobleman Vímara Peres seized Porto and its territory, then called Portucale, or Portugal, at a time when the head of royal guard of the Emir of Cordoba had revolted. Vímara Peres was granted broad privileges and the territory ...

  6. Family tree of Portuguese monarchs - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Chronicle of 1419 - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Portuguese conquest of the Algarve - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Afonso I, Duke of Braganza - Wikipedia

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    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.