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Afonso I
Depiction in the Castilian manuscript Compendium of Chronicles of Kings, c. 1312-1325
King of Portugal
Reign
26 July 1139 – 6 December 1185
Acclamation
25 July 1139
Successor
Sancho I
Count of Portugal
Reign
1112 – 25 July 1139
Predecessor
Henry
Co-count
Theresa (1112–1128)[1]
Regent
Theresa (1112–1128)
Born
Alphonso Henryquez[citation needed] 1106, 25 July 1109, August 1109 or 1111 Guimarães (some argue Viseu)
Died
6 December 1185 (aged c. 73–79) Coimbra, Portugal
Burial
Santa Cruz Monastery, Coimbra
Spouse
Matilda of Savoy
(m. 1146; died 1157)
Issue Detail
Urraca, Queen of León Teresa, Countess of Flanders Mafalda Sancho I, King of Portugal
House
Burgundy
Father
Henry, Count of Portugal
Mother
Theresa, Countess of Portugal
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 doubling its area with the Reconquista, an objective that he pursued until his death.
Afonso was the son of Theresa of León and Henry of Burgundy, rulers of the County of Portugal. Henry died in 1112, leaving Teresa to rule alone. Unhappy with Teresa's romantic relationship with Galician Fernando Pérez de Traba and his political influence, the Portuguese nobility rallied around Afonso, who revolted and defeated his mother at the Battle of São Mamede in 1128 and became Count of Portugal soon afterwards. In 1139, Afonso renounced the suzerainty of the Kingdom of León and established the independent Kingdom of Portugal.
Afonso actively campaigned against the Moors in the south. In 1139 he won a decisive victory at the Battle of Ourique, and in 1147 he conquered Santarém and Lisbon from the Moors, with help from men on their way to the Holy Land for the Second Crusade. He secured the independence of Portugal following a victory over León at Valdevez and received papal approval through Manifestis Probatum. Afonso died in 1185 and was succeeded by his son, Sancho I.
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^Congress, Library of. "Afonso I, King of Portugal, 1109?–1185". id.loc.gov. LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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