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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.
Count of Portugal: Hugh II 1084–c. 1143 Duke of Burgundy: Amadeus III 1095–1148 Count of Savoy: Odo II 1118–1162 Duke of Burgundy: Alfonso VII the Emperor 1105–1157 King of León: Urraca c. 1095 – after 1169: Sancha c. 1097 –1163: Afonso I 1109–1185 King of Portugal r. 1139–1185: Matilda of Savoy 1125–1158: Pedro d.1165: Ramon ...
This son, Afonso de Portugal, was required to join the clergy by King John II of Portugal. Afonso de Portugal was appointed Bishop of Évora. He had a natural son named Francisco de Portugal (Francis of Portugal) who was later appointed as Francis I, 1st Count of Vimioso, from whom Counts of Vimioso descend.
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 ...
Afonso, Duke of Braganza (1377–1461), natural son of John I of Portugal; Afonso (1390–1390), son of John I of Portugal; Afonso, Prince of Portugal (1475–1491), son of John II of Portugal; Infante Cardinal Afonso of Portugal (1509–1540), son of Manuel I of Portugal; Afonso, Prince of Portugal (1526) (1526–1526), son of John III of Portugal
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 ...
Urraca's son, Alfonso VII, became king of León and Castile and demanded that Theresa become his vassal, which she refused to do. In response, Alfonso attacked Portugal in the spring of 1127. This increased the power of Theresa's son, Afonso Henriques, because she had lost the trust of the Leonese king, and Afonso became the count of Portugal ...