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A treaty of 10 articles was signed between the Pope and Sancho II, but the king paid little attention to its fulfillment. His priority was the Reconquista, the reconquest of the southern Iberian Peninsula from the Moors. From 1236 onwards, Sancho II conquered several cities in the Algarve and Alentejo, securing the Portuguese position in the ...
With Manuel II's death, the Miguelist branch of the house of Braganza became the pretenders to the throne of Portugal. They have all been acclaimed king of Portugal by their monarchist groups. The monarchs of Portugal all came from a single ancestor, Afonso I of Portugal, but direct lines have sometimes ended. This has led to a variety of royal ...
In the same year, king Afonso II signed a truce with the Muslims. In the spring of 1226, king Sancho II sieged Elvas at the same time as the Leonese attacked Badajoz. The archbishop of Braga and the royal ensign Martim Anes commanded the royal host. The surrounding fields were pillaged and the city was captured, with the king risking his life ...
Portrait of King Philip II of Spain, c. 1568. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. In 1552, the painter went to Lisbon with Anthonis Mor when Charles V commissioned Mor to paint the Portuguese royal family. For a few years, Sánchez Coello remained in Portugal working for the court of the heir to the throne, João Manuel, Prince of Portugal.
Sancho II of Portugal (1207–1248), King of Portugal (1223–1248) Sancho II of Gascony This page was last edited on 20 February 2017, at 12:30 (UTC). Text is ...
Mécia Lopes de Haro or Mencía López de Haro (c. 1215–c. 1270) was a Castilian noblewoman, the wife successively of count Álvaro Pérez de Castro and of King Sancho II of Portugal. The subsequent annulment of her marriage by Pope Innocent IV has led to disagreement over whether she should be counted among the queens consort of Portugal ...
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.
The Chronicle of 1419 [1] is a vernacular Portuguese chronicle of the reigns of the first seven kings of Portugal from 1139 to 1357: Afonso I, Sancho I, Afonso II, Sancho II, Afonso III, Denis and Afonso IV. [2] It is the first true history of Portugal. [3]