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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 ]
The first 10 years of activity of the Afonso Henriques Theatre were very busy, with over 220 theatrical performances by national theatre companies. [6] Compared with other two big cities at the time, Coimbra and Aveiro , [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Guimarães was the city, between these three, which welcomed the most professional theatre companies to its ...
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 ...
The two stone statues were made by sculptor Leopoldo de Almeida between 1946 and 1950, and dedicated to Afonso Henriques, first King of Portugal that ruled from 1139 to 1185, and John I, King of Portugal from to 1385 to 1433, and founder of the House of Aviz. They were originally placed in the atrium of the Lisbon City Hall.
The Battle of São Mamede (Portuguese: Batalha de São Mamede, pronounced [ˈsɐ̃w mɐˈmɛðɨ]) took place on 24 June 1128 near Guimarães and is considered the seminal event for the foundation of the Kingdom of Portugal and the battle that ensured Portugal 's independence. [1][2][3][4] Portuguese forces led by Afonso Henriques defeated ...
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.
By the terms of the treaty, Alfonso VII agreed that the County of Portugal would become a kingdom, and that D. Afonso Henriques would be its king. The Portuguese sovereignty, recognized by Alfonso VII in Zamora, [2] was only confirmed by Pope Alexander III in 1179, but the title of rex, which D. Afonso Henriques used since 1140, was confirmed at Zamora, when the Portuguese monarch committed ...