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Afonso I
King of Portugal
Seventeenth century painting of Afonso Henriques.
ReignApril 24, 1112 (succeeds his father)
June 24, 1128 (defeats his mother)
July 26, 1139 (proclaims himself king)
October 5, 1143 (recognized by León)

December 6, 1185
CoronationJuly 26, 1139
Full nameAfonso Henriques of Burgundy
TitlesCount of Portugal, Dux of Portugal, Prince of Portugal
BornJuly 25, 1109
Castle of Guimarães, Guimarães, County of Portugal, Kingdom of León
DiedDecember 6, 1185
Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal
BuriedSanta Cruz Monastery, Coimbra, District of Coimbra, Portugal
PredecessorHenry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (de jure)
Teresa of León, Countess of Portugal (de facto)
Heirs
sister
son
sister
daughter
son

Urraca Henriques (1139–1147)
Infante Henrique (1147)
Urraca Henriques (1147–1148)
Infanta Mafalda (1148–1154)
Infante Sancho (future Sancho I)(1154–1185)
SuccessorSancho I of Portugal
ConsortMaud of Savoy
ConsortQueen
Issue

Afonso I of Portugal

King of Portugal from 1139 to 1185

"Afonso I" redirects here. For the African ruler, see Afonso I of Kongo.

Afonso I

Depiction in the Castilian manuscript Compendium of Chronicles of Kings, c. 1312–1325

Reign26 July 1139 – 6 December 1185
Acclamation25 July 1139
SuccessorSancho I
Reign22 May 1112 – 25 July 1139
PredecessorHenry
Co-countTheresa (1112–1128)[1]
RegentTheresa (1112–1128)
BornAlphonso Henryquez[citation needed]
1106, 25 July 1109, August 1109 or 1111
Guimarães (some argue Viseu)
Died6 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
HouseBurgundy
FatherHenry, Count of Portugal
MotherTheresa, Countess of Portugal

Afonso I[a] (Portuguese pronunciation:[ɐˈfõsu]; 1106/110

Henry, Count of Portugal

Count of Portugal from 1096 to 1112

Henry (Portuguese: Henrique, French: Henri; c. 1066 – 22 May 1112), Count of Portugal, was the first member of the CapetianHouse of Burgundy to rule Portugal and the father of the country's first king, Afonso Henriques.

Biographical sketch

Family relations

Born in about 1066 in Dijon, Duchy of Burgundy, Count Henry was the youngest son of Henry, the second son of Robert I, Duke of Burgundy. His two older brothers, Hugh I and Odo I, inherited the duchy. No contemporary record of his mother has survived. She was once thought to have been named Sibylla based on an undated obituary reporting the death of "Sibilla, mater ducus Burgundie" (Sibylla, mother of the Duke of Burgundy), under the reasoning that she was not called duchess herself and hence must have been the wife of Henry, the only father of a duke who never himself held the ducal title, yet this was probably a reference to her daughter-in-law, Sibylla, mother of the then-reigning Hugh II. Historian Jean Richard suggested that she migh

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