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	Sancho II of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sancho became king in 1223 and was succeeded by his brother, king Afonso III in 1247.
		Afonso II, his father, had been excommunicated by Pope Honorius III, for his attempts of reducing the Church power within the country.
		Sancho II was removed from the throne in 1247 and fled to exile in Toledo where he died in January 4, 1248.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sancho_II_of_Portugal (388 words)

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		Afonso II of Portugal, known as the Fat, third king of Portugal, was born in Coimbra in April 23 1185 and died in March 25 1233 in the same city.
		Hitherto, Sancho I his father and Afonso I his grandfather, were mostly concerned with military issues either against the neighbouring Castile or against the Moors in the South.
		With Portugal position as a country firmly established, Afonso II endeavoured to weaken the power of the clergy and to apply a portion of the enormous revenues of the Catholic church to purposes of national utility.
	www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/a/af/afonso_ii_of_portugal.html (409 words)

	Afonso II de Portugal - Wikipédia
		Afonso II (cognominado O Gordo, O Crasso ou O Gafo, em virtude da doença que o teria afectado) terceiro rei de Portugal, nasceu em Coimbra a 23 de Abril 1185 e morreu na mesma cidade a 25 de Março 1223.
		Afonso II era filho do rei Sancho I de Portugal e da sua mulher, Dulce de Barcelona, infanta de Aragão.
		Depois de ter sido excomungado pelo Papa Honório III, Afonso II prometeu rectificar os seus erros contra a Igreja, mas morreu em 1223 excomungado, sem fazer nenhum esforço sério para mudar a sua política.
	pt.wikipedia.org /wiki/Afonso_II_de_Portugal (361 words)

	Afonso II of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Afonso II of Portugal (English Alphonzo), or Affonso (Archaic Portuguese), Alfonso or Alphonso (Portuguese-Galician) or Alphonsus (Latin version), known as the Fat (Port.
		Afonso also sent ambassadors to European kingdoms outside the Iberian Peninsula and began amiable commercial relations with most of them.
		Afonso married Urraca, princess of Castile, daughter of Alfonso VIII, King of Castile, and Eleanor of England, in 1208.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Afonso_II_of_Portugal (464 words)

	Afonso III of Portugal Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Afonso III of Portugal (the Burgundian), fifth king of Portugal, was born in Coimbra in May 5, 1210 and died in February 16, 1279, in the same city.
		As the second son of Afonso II of Portugal, Afonso was not expected to heir throne, destined to his brother Sancho.
		Afonso, prince of Portugal (1263-1312), married to princess Violante of Castile
	www.biographylibrary.com /biography/Afonso_III_of_Portugal.html (454 words)

	Sancho I of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He was the son of Afonso I Henriques of Portugal by his wife, Mafalda of Savoy.
		In 1170, Sancho was knighted by his father, King Afonso I, and from that time he became his second in command, both administratively and military.
		With the death of Afonso I in 1185, Sancho I became the second king of Portugal.
	www.sevenhills.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Sancho_I_of_Portugal (565 words)

	Articles - Afonso I of Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Afonso was the son of Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal and Teresa of LeÃ³n, the illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso VI of Castile and LeÃ³n.
		In 1169, Afonso was disabled in an engagement near Badajoz by a fall from his horse, and made prisoner by the soldiers of the king of LeÃ³n.
		Afonso married in 1146 Mafalda or Maud of Savoy (1125-1158), daughter of Amadeo III, Count of Savoy, and Mafalda of Albon.
	www.lastring.com /articles/Afonso_I_of_Portugal?mySession=c2869064fb63dd14ac6d39990d79fa01 (1143 words)

	Encyclopedia: Afonso-II-of-Portugal
		BerengÃ¡ria, princess of Portugal was Queen consort of Denmark, fifth daughter of Portuguese King Sancho I, wife of Danish King Valdemar II and mother of Danish Kings Eric IV, Abel and Christopher I. She was born c.
		Ferdinand of Portugal or Fernando in Portuguese as a Portuguese Prince son of Afonso II, King of Portugal and his wife Urraca of Castile, daughter of Alfonso VII of Castile.
		Afonso of Portugal (English: Alphonzo), Lord of Portalegre was a Portuguese Prince son of List of Portuguese monarchs Afonso III and his second wife Beatrice of Castile.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Afonso_II_of_Portugal (2073 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The Portuguese Monarchy - Part I
		Born in 1185, Afonso II was married to Urraca of Castile, a granddaughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
		Born in Coimbra in 1209, Sancho married Marcia (or Mécia) Lopes of Haro, a grand-daughter of Afonso IX of Leon.
		In 1309 Afonso married Beatrice, daughter of Sancho IV of Castile, and their children were Maria, Afonso (died young), Dinis (died young), Pedro, Isabel (died young), João (died young) and Leonor.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A2851427 (2100 words)

	AFRICAN POLITICAL ETHICS AND THE SLAVE TRADE
		Afonso's letter is a letter of complaint, yet his grief is not about the purchasing or disposing of slaves, it is that he was cheated, work was paid for but not done, or priests neglected their vows.
		It reveals, as Afonso's correspondence also does, that she was accustomed to a slave trade, that it was licit under her laws, as under Kongo's, and she both held and sold slaves as a matter of course.
		Afonso complained that this was their regular practice, his complaint against them was that they worked slow, not that they bought slaves--they had done very little, he thought in the past five years (i.e.
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	Afonso II de Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Afonso II de Portugal, conocido como la grasa, del tercer rey de Portugal, fue llevado en Coimbra en de abril el 23 de 1185 y murió en de marcha la 25 de 1233 en la misma ciudad.
		Afonso tuvo éxito a su padre en 1212.
		Afonso II no persiguió políticas de la ampliación del territorio y manejado asegurar paz con el castile durante su reinado.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/af/Afonso%20II%20de%20Portugal.htm (475 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Afonso II (of Portugal)
		Afonso II (of Portugal), called The Fat (1185-1223), king of Portugal (1211-23), the son of Sancho I, whom he succeeded.
		John II (of Portugal), in Portuguese, João II, called The Perfect (1455-1495), the son of King Afonso V, born in Lisbon.
		Afonso III (1210-79), king of Portugal (1248-79), who seized the throne after a two-year civil war with his brother Sancho II, who had ruled since...
	encarta.msn.com /Afonso_II_(of_Portugal).html (180 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sancho II of Portugal, the Pious, fourth king of Portugal, born in September 8, 1207 in Coimbra, was the oldest son of Afonso II of Portugal by his wife, princess Urraca of Castile.
		Sancho became king in 1233 and was succeeded his brother, king Afonso III in 1247.
		By the time of his accession to the throne, in 1233, Portugal was embroiled in a difficult diplomatic conflict with the Catholic church.
	www.hostingciamca.com /index.php?title=Sancho_II_of_Portugal (363 words)

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	Afonso II of Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Afonso II of Portugal - ''Alfonso'', ''Alphonso'' - known as ''the Fat'' (Portuguese languagePort.
		Hitherto, Sancho I his father and Afonso I of PortugalAfonso I his grandfather, were mostly concerned with military issues either against the neighbouring Castile or against the Moors in the South.
		Afonso III of PortugalAfonso III, king of Portugal/ (1210-1279)
	www.infothis.com /find/Afonso_II_of_Portugal (428 words)

	Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg1320 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Afonso II the Fat of PORTUGAL [Parents] was born 23 Apr 1185 in Coimbra.
		Sancho II of Portugal CAPÊLO was born 8 Nov 1207 and died 3 Jan 1248.
		William II the Middle of HESSE [Parents] was born 29 Mar 1469.
	www.peterwestern.f9.co.uk /maximilia/pafg1320.htm (337 words)

	European Voyages of Exploration - Portugal Overview
		John II (1481-1495) showed great energy in the work of exploration, which had been somewhat neglected since the death of Prince Henry, and under his auspices Bartolomeu Dias passed the Cape of Good Hope in 1486, and in 1498 Vasco da Gama reached India.
		John maintained good relations with Castile and, in 1494, made the Treaty of Tordesillas, confirmed by the Bull of Pope Alexander VI, by which the limits of the possessions of Spain and Portugal in the regions discovered by their seamen were fixed by an imaginary line drawn at 360 leagues west of Cape Verde.
		If Philip I and II (1598-1621) ruled well, the period was none the less a disastrous one from a religious, as from a political point of view, and Portugal suffered heavily in the duel between the Protestant Powers and Spain.
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	Musaul Sobmun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Afonso Henriques's self-proclamation as king was finally recognized in 1143 at the Conference of Samora when Alfonso VII recognized him as such, although, because he was an emperor, Alfonso VII still considered Afonso Henriques his vassal.
		Afonso sent a fleet commanded by Manuel Peçanha to Cádiz and marched overland himself to meet the Muslim army, which was destroyed at the Battle of Salado.
		This was opposed by Afonso, duke of Bragança, the eldest illegitimate son of João I. Both men aspired to gain influence over the young king by marrying him to their daughters.
	silvermarches.7.forumer.com /a/musaul-sobmun_post1423-15.html (6408 words)

	Portugal Territorial Enlargement - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
		Afonso Henriques was a brilliant military commander and during his reign reconquered more Muslim territory than any other of the Christian kings on the peninsula.
		Sancho II (r.1223-48) conquered additional territory in the Alentejo and carried the reconquest into the Algarve, where Muslim armies were defeated at Tavira and Cacela in 1238.
		The reconquest was completed by Afonso III (r.1248-79) in 1249 when he attacked and defeated an isolated enclave of Muslims ensconced at Faro in the Algarve.
	workmall.com /wfb2001/portugal/portugal_history_territorial_enlargement.html (382 words)

	Afonso II of Portugal -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Afonso II of Portugal - Alfonso, Alphonso - known as the Fat ((Click link for more info and facts about Port.) Port.
		He was the son of (Click link for more info and facts about Sancho I of Portugal) Sancho I of Portugal by his wife, Dulce of Barcelona, princess of Aragon.
		With Portugal position as a country firmly established, Afonso II endeavoured to weaken the power of the clergy and to apply a portion of the enormous revenues of the (Any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church) Catholic church to purposes of national utility.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/Af/Afonso_II_of_Portugal1.htm (572 words)

	O Portal da História - D. Afonso II
		Afonso II Afonso II Terceiro rei de Portugal.
		O desejo de firmar a soberania da coroa manifestou-se ainda nas «confirmações», raras até D. Afonso II a que, de 1216 a 1221, se generalizam como medida de administração pública, a nas «inquirições» que a partir de 1220 representam também uma tentativa de reprimir abusos.
		Afonso II, nasceu em Coimbra em 12 de Abril de 1185, tendo morrido na mesma cidade a 25 de Março de 1223.
	www.arqnet.pt /portal/portugal/temashistoria/afonso2.html (338 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Alfonso III of Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Marriage (1): Matilda II of Boulogne in 1238
		As the second son of Afonso II of Portugal, Afonso was not expected to inherit the throne, which was thought destined to his brother Sancho.
		Alfonso married Matilda II of Boulogne, daughter of Renaud de Dammartin and Ida of Boulogne, in 1238.
	nygaard.howards.net /files/200.htm (530 words)

	Europe's 13th-Century Progress by Sanderson Beck
		Philip II died in 1223 and was succeeded by Louis VIII.
		Sverker II, son of the Goth Charles, was king of Sweden from 1196 to 1210 according to a compact made between the Swedes and the Goths.
		Friedrich II was succeeded by his son Conrad IV, who left Germany under his father-in-law Otto II of Bavaria and carried on the campaign in Italy; but he died in 1254.
	www.san.beck.org /AB21-Europe13thCentury.html (23862 words)

	Namnlöst dokument
		Joao IV was a descendant of Afonso, Duke of Bragança, who was an illegitimate son of Joao I.
		Head of the absolutist cause he married Maria II and was recognized as regent during her childhood.
		Son of Maria II and Fernando II, brother of Pedro V.
	www.warholm.nu /Kingport.html (1861 words)

	Kings of Portugal
		Afonso the brave conquered the Algarve from the Moors and introduced a period of cultural advance.
		The most powerful was Philip II, king of Spain, who in 1580 became Philip I of Portugal.
		Afonso VI The son of King João IV, Afonso was paralyzed and unsound in mind, and was deposed in 1667 and exiled to the Azores by his brother Pedro, who acted as regent until Afonso's death.
	www.thornr.demon.co.uk /kchrist/kings.html (531 words)

	SFAAC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Neste contexto, pode-se afirmar que durante o reinado de D.Afonso II esta reorganização foi sempre o ponto primordial, deixando assim de comandar as tropas.
		Afonso II foi um rei legislador, assistindo-se também à luta entre a realeza e as classes privilegiadas, podendo-se apontar a este alguns atropelos aos direitos universais até então consagrados.
		D Afonso II morreu no dia 25 de Março do ano de 1223 em Coimbra, deixando como herdeiro do trono o seu filho D. Sancho II.
	www.aac.uc.pt /~sfaac/dafonsoII.php (149 words)

	Afonso III -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The younger son of Afonso II and Urraeca, daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile, Afonso emigrated and became, by marriage, count of Boulogne.
		fourth king of Portugal, son of Afonso II and of Urraca, who was the daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile.
		Held by the Moors from early in the 8th century until 1249, when it was recaptured by Afonso III, the city was the last Moorish stronghold in Portugal.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9003929?tocId=9003929 (822 words)

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