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Meanwhile, King Alfonso VII of León regarded the independent ruler of Portugal as nothing but a rebel. Conflict between the two was constant and bitter in the following years. Afonso became involved in a war, taking the side of the Aragonese king, an enemy of Castile. To ensure the alliance, his son Sancho was engaged to Dulce of Aragon.
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.
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 ...
Portuguese participation in the Reconquista occurred from when the County of Portugal was founded in 868 and continued for 381 years until the last cities still in Muslim control in the Algarve were captured in 1249. Portugal was created during this prolonged process and largely owes its geographic form to it.
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 ...
Portugal and the Iberian Peninsula in 1157. Afonso had already won many victories over the Moors. At the beginning of his reign the religious fervor which had sustained the Almoravid dynasty was rapidly subsiding; in Portugal independent Moorish chiefs ruled over cities and petty taifa states, ignoring the central government; in Africa the Almohades were destroying the remnants of the ...
When King Sebastian of Portugal died, the throne passed to his Grand-uncle, Henry of Portugal (he might be called Henry II because Henry, Count of Portugal, father of Alphonso I of Portugal, was the first of that name to rule Portugal). When Henry died, a succession crisis occurred and António, Prior of Crato, was proclaimed António of Portugal.
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 ...