Coat of Arms of the Counts of Penela (1st creation).
Count of Penela (Portuguese: Conde de Penela) was a Portuguese title of nobility. It was created on 10 October 1471 by King Afonso V of Portugal and granted to his 4th cousin, Dom Afonso de Vasconcelos e Menezes, 1st Count of Penela.
Dom Afonso was close related to the Portuguese royal family, once his great-grandfather was Infante John of Portugal (son of Peter I of Portugal and Inês de Castro).
CountofPenela (Portuguese: Conde de Penela) was a Portuguese title of nobility. It was created on 10 October 1471 by King Afonso V of Portugal and granted...
Castle ofPenela (Portuguese: Castelo de Penela, Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐʃˌtɛlu ðɨ pɨˈnɛlɐ]) is located in a Penela town in Penela Municipality in...
LXXXIII. "... and with him [Prince John] the countofPenela... and few more people because the majority of the men stayed at Toro with the King." in Pina...
the Battle of São Mamede in 1128 and became Countof Portugal soon afterwards. In 1139, Afonso renounced the suzerainty of the Kingdom of León and established...
the fortress, consisting of a portal with a pointed arch, still remains today. Walls of the Samnite era (4th century BC) Penela, Portugal "Superficie di...
of Burgundy, who became Countof Portugal in 1096. His son, Afonso Henriques, was proclaimed King of Portugal following his victory at the Battle of Ourique...
mostly in France, where he married Countess Matilda II of Boulogne in 1238, thereby becoming countof Boulogne, Mortain, Aumale and Dammartin-en-Goële jure...
Henry, Countof Portugal, father of the first Portuguese King Afonso Henriques Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy Margaret of Burgundy...
of Aragon, daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV, Countof Barcelona and Petronilla, Queen of Aragon. Eleven children were born from this marriage, eight of...
had been in possession of the throne since the days ofCount Henry (about 1112), became extinct. The stipulations of the Treaty of Salvaterra were set aside...
The Castle of the Moors (Portuguese: Castelo dos Mouros) is a hilltop medieval castle located in the central Portuguese civil parish of Santa Maria e São...
Poeta), was King of Portugal. The eldest son of Afonso III of Portugal by his second wife, Beatrice of Castile, and grandson of Afonso II of Portugal, Denis...
heretic. In 1246, recalcitrant nobles invited Sancho's brother Afonso, Countof Boulogne, to take the throne. Afonso immediately abdicated from his French...
King of Portugal from 1357 until his death. Born on 8 April 1320 in Coimbra, Peter was the fifth child of Afonso of Portugal and his wife, Beatrice of Castile...
Pillory of Moreira de Rei (Moreira de Rei, Trancoso) Pillory ofPenela (Santa Eufémia, Penela) Pillory of Pinhel (Pinhel), Pinhel) Pillory of Ranhados...
Bravo), was King of Portugal from 1325 until his death in 1357. He was the only legitimate son of King Denis of Portugal and Elizabeth of Aragon. Afonso...
the toponymy of Penegate came in 1064, substituting the former name of Penela. Regardless, the area continued to pertain to a dominant hilltop, where...
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