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	Afonso VI of Portugal - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Afonso VI (Alfonso, Alphonso) - (August 12,1643 - September 12,1683) was the twenty-second (or twenty-third according to some historians) King of Portugal, the second of the House of Braganza, known as the Victorious (Port.
		Colonial affairs saw the Dutch conquest of Jaffnapatam, Portugal's last colony in Sri Lanka (1658) and the cession of Bombay and Tangier to England (June 23 1661) as dowry for Afonso's sister, Catherine of Braganza who had married King Charles II of England.
		In 1667 Afonso was compelled by his estranged French wife and his brother, Pedro to abdicate the throne and was banished to the island of Terceira.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Afonso_VI (212 words)

	Afonso VI - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Afonso VI (1643-1683), king of Portugal (1656-1667), son of King John IV, founder of the house of Braganza, whom he succeeded.
		Afonso VI, King of Portugal, or Affonso (Old Portuguese), (August 21,1643 September 12, 1683) was the twenty-second (or twenty-third according to some historians) King of Portugal and Algarves, the...
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	EH.Net Encyclopedia: Economic History of Portugal
		Serfdom was not exceptionally widespread in early Portugal – and tended to disappear from the thirteenth century onwards.
		Portugal was the pioneer of transoceanic navigation, discovering lands and sea routes formerly unknown to Europeans, and starting trades and commercial routes that linked Europe to other continents in a totally unprecedented fashion.
		Portugal kept most of its positions both in Africa and America, and this part of the world was to acquire extreme importance in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
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	Afonso VI of Portugal
		Afonso VI (August 21,1643 - September 12,1675) was king of Portugal, the second king of the House of Braganza.
		Colonial affairs saw the Dutch conquest of Jaffnapatam, Portugal's last colony in Sri Lanka (1658) and the cession of Bombay and Tangier to England (June 23 1661) as dowry for Afonso's sister, Catherine of Braganza who had married King Charles II of England.
		In 1667 Afonso was compelled by his estranged French wife and his brother, Pedro to abdicate the throne and was banished to the island of Terceira.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/a/af/afonso_vi_of_portugal.html (191 words)

	Chapter 6: History of Spain and Portugal
		Afonso's son and heir, Sancho I (1185-1211), continued the military struggle, but devoted himself especially to institutional development, repopulation and the founding of towns, and the patronage of letters.
		Thus the idea of crusade became as firmly entrenched in Portugal as in Castile, and was intrinsic in the motivations of the subsequent overseas expansion, contributing to the ultimate doom of the monarchy in Morocco in 1578.
		Afonso IV's most famous act was his execution of Ines de Castro, Castilian mistress of his heir Pedro, for involving the Portuguese throne in the internal conflicts of Castile.
	libro.uca.edu /payne1/payne6.htm (7159 words)

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		IPA [1]; English Alphonzo or Alphonse), or Affonso (Old Portuguese), (August 21, 1643 – September 12, 1683) was the twenty-second (or twenty-third according to some historians) king of Portugal and the Algarves, the second of the House of Braganza, known as "the Victorious" (Portuguese o Vitorioso).
		After the 1653 death of his eldest brother Teodosio, Prince of Brazil, Afonso became the heir-apparent to the throne of the kingdom.
		Afonso was exiled to the island of Terceira in the Azores for seven years, returning to mainland Portugal shortly before he died at Sintra in 1683.
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	The Periphery of Francia: Spain, Britain, Eastern Europe, & Scandinavia
		Portugal, which began as a county of León, was the only kingdom to ultimately maintain its independence of the rest of Spain.
		Revolt of Portugal, 1640; Revolt of Catalonia, 1640-1659
		When James VI of Scotland inherited the Throne of England, there didn't seem to be any reason to return it, but the sense has faded that it is the Monarchs of Scotland who rule England, and in 1996 the Stone was sent home.
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	Afonso VI of Portugal Biography
		Afonso VI (August 21, 1643 - September 12, 1675) was king of Portugal, the second king of the House of Braganza.
		Colonial affairs saw the Dutch conquest of Jaffnapatam, Portugal's last colony in Sri Lanka (1658) and the cession of Bombay and Tangier to England (June 23 1661) as dowry for Afonso's sister, Catherine of Braganza who had married King Charles II of England.
		In 1667 Afonso was compelled by his estranged French wife and his brother, Pedro to abdicate the throne and was banished to the island of Terceira.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Afonso_VI_of_Portugal.html (191 words)

	Portugal. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Portugal is bordered by Spain on the east and north and by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and south.
		Estremadura, in W Portugal, has broad, alluvial plains, rising to cool and rocky uplands; along the Atlantic coast is a celebrated resort region, reaching to the town of Estoril, near Lisbon.
		Portugal’s colony of Goa was seized by India in 1961.
	www.bartleby.com /65/po/Portugal.html (3353 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Alphonso VI of Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Afonso VI (August 21, 1643 - September 12, 1675) was king of Portugal, the second king of the House of Braganza[?].
		Colonial affairs saw the Dutch conquest of Jaffnapatam, Portugal's last colony in Sri Lanka (1658) and the cession of Tangier to England (June 23 1661) as dowry for Afonso's sister, Catherine who had married King Charles II of England.
		In 1667 Afonso was compelled by his estranged French wife and his brother, Dom Pedro to abdicate the throne and was banished to the island of Terceira[?].
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/al/Alphonso_VI_of_Portugal (215 words)

	Afonso VI of Portugal (1643 - 1675) - Find A Grave Memorial
		Colonial affairs saw the Dutch conquest of Jaffnapatam, Portugal's last colony in Sri Lanka (1658) and the cession of Bombay and Tangier to England (June 23 1661) as dowry for Afonso's sister Catherine of Braganza who had married King Charles II of England and Scotland.
		In 1667 Afonso was compelled by his estranged French wife and his brother, Pedro (II) to abdicate the throne.
		The abdication was sanctioned by the Cortes in 1668 as necessary due to Afonso's mental instability.Afonso Vi died at Sintra in 1675.
	www.findagrave.com /cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9726337 (214 words)

	Portugal at AllExperts
		Portugal traces its emergence as a nation to 24 June 1128, by the hand of Afonso Henriques, son of Henry and Theresa, who emerged victorious from the Battle of SÃ£o Mamede against his mother's retainers.
		Portugal is a democratic republic.The four main organs of Portuguese politics are the President of the Republic, the Assembly of the Republic, the Government, and the Courts.
		Portugal developed an increasingly service-based economy and it was one of the eleven founding countries of the â¬ in 1999 and began circulating the new currency on January 1, 2002 along with eleven other EU members.
	en.allexperts.com /e/p/po/portugal.htm (8634 words)

	Portugal
		1112) and grandson of Alfonso VI of Leon and Castile.
		Portuguese exploration of the west coast of Africa, a project begun by Henry the Navigator, prince of Portugal, continued during the reign of Alfonso V. Afonso VI (1643-1683) King of Portugal 1656-67, son of John IV.
		Son of Afonso II and grandson of Sancho I; defeated Moors at Tavira and Cacela (1238-39); reign marked by internal disorders; inability to govern led to deposition by Pope Innocent IV (1245); administration entrusted to his brother Afonso (later Afonso III).
	website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/portugal.htm (7374 words)

	Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg191 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Afonso VI of Portugal DE BRAGANÇA was born 21 Aug 1643 and died 12 Sep 1683.
		Afonso VI of Portugal DE BRAGANÇA [Parents] was born 21 Aug 1643.
		Maria married Afonso VI of Portugal DE BRAGANÇA on 2 Aug 1666 in Lisbon.
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	earthcountries.com - History of Portugal
		In 1179, Afonso I was declared, by the Pope, as king.
		Portugal was worried about the maintenance of its independence and sought help to find a new king.
		Because Philip II of Spain was the son of a Portuguese princess, Spain invaded Portugal and the Spanish ruler became Philip I of Portugal in 1580; the Spanish and Portuguese Empires were under a single rule.
	www.earthcountries.com /Europe/Portugal/History-of-Portugal-3.html (1651 words)

	Portugal : In Depth : History \| Frommers.com
		The Lusitanian (ancient Portugal was known as Lusitania) leader, Viriatus, looms large in Portuguese history as a freedom fighter who held up the Roman advance; he died about 139 B.C. The Romans were ultimately unstoppable, however, and by the time of Julius Caesar, Portugal had been integrated into the Roman Empire.
		During the reign of Pedro's son, Ferdinand I (1367-73), Castilian forces invaded Portugal, Lisbon was besieged, and the dynasty faced demise.
		Portugal took a major leap in 1999 when it became part of the euro community, adopting a single currency along with other European nations such as Spain, Italy, Germany, and France.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/portugal/0235020044.html (2211 words)

	Afonso VI biography - S9.com
		Afonso VI Born: 1643 AD Died: 1683 AD, at 40 years of age.
		1643 - Afonso VI was born on August 21, 1643.
		Pedro II seized the crown from his brother, Afonso VI and became the Prince Regent.
	www.s9.com /Biography/Afonso-VI (128 words)

	Kingdom of Portugal
		Portucale (Portugal) was an autonomous county of the Kingdom of Leon.
		Afonso I did not like the Count of Trave, a Galician, and considered his mother to be under his influence.
		In June 24, 1128 in the battle of Sao Mamede Afonso Henriques defeated the forces lead by his mother, Teresa de Leon and her lover Fernado Peres, count of Trave, at the time the regent of the county of Portugal.
	www.portugal.com /history/thekingdom/kingdom.asp (429 words)

	ROYALTY in Brazil. Only Brazil has a true blue Royal family.
		The house of BRAGANCA was the ruling dynasty of PORTUGAL from 1640 to 1910 and of BRAZIL from 1822 to 1889.
		The dynasty ruled Portugal until the overthrow of MANUEL II and the establishment of a republic in 1910.
		Son of the prince regent, later King JOHN VI of Portugal and Brazil, Dom Pedro fled with the royal family from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro soon after the French invaded the Iberian Peninsula in 1807.
	www.brazilbrazil.com /royalty.html (626 words)

	Afonso VI of Portugal Information
		IPA /ɐ'fõsu/; English Alphonzo or Alphonse), or Affonso (Old Portuguese), (August 21,1643–September 12, 1683) was the twenty-second (or twenty-third according to some historians) King of Portugal and Algarves, the second of the House of Braganza, known as the Victorious (Port.
		The Church granted her the annulment, and she married Afonso's brother, D. Pedro, (future (Pedro II)).
		Afonso was banished to the island of Terceira in the Azores for seven years, returning to mainland Portugal shortly before he died at Sintra in 1683.
	www.bookrags.com /Afonso_VI_of_Portugal (507 words)

	Portal do Governo
		Segundo a tradição, durante as primeiras lutas pela Independência de Portugal, D. Afonso Henriques teria usado um escudo branco com uma cruz azul, a exemplo de seu pai, o Conde D. Henrique, cujas armas eram simbolizadas pela cruz em campo de prata.
		Com D. Afonso III as armas do reino receberam uma bordadura de vermelho, semeada com um número indeterminado de castelos de ouro, escolhida em lembrança do avô, D. Afonso III de Castela.
		Afonso VI (1656-1683), D. Pedro II (1683-1706), D. João V (1706-1750), D. José (1750-1777), D. Maria I (1777-1816), D. Pedro IV (1826), Regências (1826-1828), D. Miguel I (1828-1834)
	www.portugal.gov.pt /Portal/PT/Portugal/Simbolos_Nacionais/BandeiraNacional_Evolucao.htm (931 words)

	NationMaster - Statistics on Portugal. 2628 facts and figures, stats and information on Portuguese economy, crime, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil as a colony.
		The following year, Portugal granted independence to all of its African colonies.
		Portugal is a founding member of NATO and entered the EC (now the EU) in 1986.
	www.nationmaster.com /country/po-portugal (274 words)

	A brief guide to Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Portugal took part in the I World War alongside the Allies but by the mid-twenties the country's economic and financial situation was very serious, situation that eventually brought about the so called "New State" marked by corporatism and authoritarianism, with democratic liberties being suppressed.
		Portugal has one of the youngest populations in the European Union: about 25% is under 15.
		Portugal's accession to the European Union was an historic landmark in the development of the Portuguese economy.
	www.un.int /portugal/country_profilemain.html (2100 words)

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		Afonso VI (Alfonso, Alphonso) – (August 12,1643 – September 12,1683) was the twenty-second (or twenty-third according to some historians) King of Portugal, the second of the House of Braganza, known as the Victorious (Port.
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	D. Afonso Henriques (English Version)
		Afonso VI dips into his pockets, or into the public coffers, for the funds needed to finance Hugo's dream.
		Alfonso VI is more than a good and dedicated daddy, so he later tries to increase his power and dominion over additional territories.
		Afonso Henriques, Founding Father of the Portuguese Nation, dies on December 6, 1185, in Coimbra, where he was born.
	www.vidaslusofonas.pt /afonso_henriques2.htm (4107 words)

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