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The Kingdom of Portugal[3] was a monarchy in the western Iberian Peninsula and the predecessor of the modern Portuguese Republic. Existing to various extents between 1139 and 1910, it was also known as the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves after 1415, and as the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves between 1815 and ...
Jul 26, 1999 · Portugal, country lying along the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. Once continental Europe’s greatest power, Portugal shares commonalities, geographic and cultural, with the countries of both northern Europe and the Mediterranean.
The Kingdom of Portugal (Latin: Regnum Portugalliae, Portuguese: Reino de Portugal) was a monarchy on the western part of Iberian Peninsula and the predecessor of the modern Portuguese Republic.
Portugal traces its national origin to 24 June 1128, the date of the Battle of São Mamede. Afonso proclaimed himself Prince of Portugal after this battle and in 1139, he assumed the title King of Portugal. In 1143, the Kingdom of León recognised him as King of Portugal by the Treaty of Zamora.
Mar 22, 2024 · Some key dates in Portugal's history: 1139 - Afonso Henriques, Count of Portugal defeats the Moors at the Battle of Ourique and is proclaimed independent Portugal's first king.
Sep 29, 2024 · Portugal - Reconquista, Iberian Peninsula, Atlantic: Although Afonso I granted charters to new settlements, it was his son Sancho I (reigned 1185–1211) who enfranchised many municipalities (concelhos), especially in eastern and central Portugal.
6 days ago · The county and kingdom of Portugal to 1383. By the 10th century the county of Portugal (north of the Douro) was held by Mumadona Dias and her husband Hermenegildo Gonçalves and their descendants, one of whom was tutor and father-in-law to the Leonese ruler Alfonso V.
The history of the kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves, from the First Treaty of San Ildefonso and the beginning of the reign of Queen Maria I in 1777, to the end of the Liberal Wars in 1834, spans a complex historical period in which several important political and military events led to the end of the absolutist regime and to the ...
The Kingdom of Portugal was created as a by-product of the Christian Reconquest of Hispania. With no geographical raison d’eˆtre and no obvious roots in its Roman, Germanic, or Islamic pasts, it long remained a small, struggling realm on Europe’s outer fringe.
Kings of Portugal. ABOUT HISTORY. HOUSE OF BURGUNDY (also Afonsine Dinasty) After the wars for independence, which end with the signing of the Peace Treaty, in Zamora (1143), carried out between D. Afonso I of Portugal and D. Afonso VII de Leão, the King of Léon recognizes to D. Afonso Henriques the title of Rei.
