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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.
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 houses coming to rule Portugal, though all having Portuguese royal lineage. These houses are: House of Burgundy (1139 ...
Afonso II (IPA:; English: Alphonse; Archaic Portuguese: Affonso; Portuguese-Galician: Alfonso or Alphonso; Latin: Alphonsus; 23 April 1185 [4] – 25 March 1223), nicknamed the Fat (o Gordo) or the Leper (o Gafo), was the third king of Portugal and the second but eldest surviving son of Sancho I of Portugal and Dulce of Aragon. Afonso succeeded ...
July 25, Independence of Portugal from the Kingdom of León declared after the Battle of Ourique against the Almoravids led by Ali ibn Yusuf: Prince Afonso Henriques becomes Afonso I, King of Portugal. King Afonso I of Portugal retakes Leiria from the Moors. 1140 The Knights Hospitaller receive lands and privileges from King Afonso I of Portugal.
King Afonso VI imprisoned in the Palace of Sintra, by Alfredo Roque Gameiro. Also in 1667, Pedro managed to gain enough support to force Afonso to relinquish control of the government to him, [38] and he became prince regent in 1668. [37] [6] [36] While Pedro never formally usurped the throne, Afonso was king in name only for the rest of his life.
Madragana Bat Aloandro, later Maior or Mór Afonso (born c. 1230, Faro, Algarve, Portugal), was a woman from the Algarve known as a mistress to king Afonso III of Portugal, in the 13th century, when he ended the Reconquista in Portugal by taking Faro in 1249.
Afonso III [a] (Portuguese pronunciation:; 5 May 1210 – 16 February 1279), called the Boulonnais (Port. o Bolonhês), was King of Portugal and the first to use the title King of Portugal and the Algarve, from 1249.
Afonso I Henriques (1109–1185), King of Portugal from 1139 to 1185; Afonso II of Portugal (1185–1223), King of Portugal from 1212 to 1223; Afonso III of Portugal (1210–1279), King of Portugal from 1248 to 1279; Afonso IV of Portugal (1291–1357), King of Portugal from 1325 to 1357; Afonso V of Portugal (1432–1481), King of Portugal ...