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Afonso I[a] (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈfõsu]; 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. He achieved the independence of the County of Portugal, establishing a new kingdom and ...
On December 6, 1185, king Afonso Henriques passed away and his heir succeeded him on the throne as Sancho I. [58] His first four years were peaceful. [59] Sancho was faced with the problem of large stretches of half-abandoned territory, ruined settlements and untilled fields due to war. [ 59 ]
Battle of Ourique. The Battle of Ourique (Arabic: معركة أوريكه) took place on 25 July 1139, in which the forces of Portuguese count Afonso Henriques (of the House of Burgundy) defeated those led by the Almoravid governor of Córdoba, Muhammad Az-Zubayr Ibn Umar, identified as "King Ismar" in Christian chronicles.
Henry, Count of Portugal. Henry (Portuguese: Henrique, French: Henri; c. 1066 – 22 May 1112), Count of Portugal, was the first member of the Capetian House of Burgundy to rule Portugal and the father of the country's first king, Afonso Henriques.
His son, Afonso Henriques, was proclaimed King of Portugal following his victory at the Battle of Ourique in 1139. Burgundian monarchs would rule Portugal through much of its early formation, including the formalization of the Portuguese language under King Dinis I , the first Portuguese parliament , under King Afonso II , and the conquest of ...
They depict Afonso Henriques, first King of Portugal that ruled from 1139 to 1185, and John I. Both of them are wearing plated armour, robes, crowns, and capes. Additionally Afonso Henriques rest his hands on a shield in front of him, placed vertically on the ground, and has a sword attached to his belt, while John I, restst his right hand on a ...
Theotonius was a trusted advisor of Portugal's first king, Afonso Henriques (ruled 1139–85). The king attributed his success at the Battle of Ourique to the prayers of Theotonius, who was thus able to persuade the king to release Mozarabic Christians captured during forays into land held by the Moors.
Manifestis Probatum is a papal bull dated 23 May 1179, [1] in which Pope Alexander III officially recognised the ruler and self-proclaimed king Afonso Henriques as the first sovereign King of Portugal . The Papacy did not at first recognize the legitimacy of Afonso's adoption of the royal title in 1139, instead continuing to regard him as a ...