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  PORTUGAL - LoveToKnow Article on PORTUGAL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Climate.The climate of Portugal is equable and temperate.
Six-sevenths of the population of continental Portugal inhabit the provinces north of the Tagus.
In 1095 Portugal was an obscure border fief of the kingdom of Leon.
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 History of Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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.
Portugal's acceptance in the OECD, NATO and EFTA, was not an unconditional sign of the international acceptance of the regime: in the context of the cold war and international pragmatism, Portugal was a small country with a relatively important geostrategical position, thus Western interests turned a blind eye on the regime's policies.
The Lusitanians inhabit central Portugal, the Calaicians or Gallaeci northern Portugal, the Celtici are in Alentejo and the Conii are in the Algarve.
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 Afonso_III_of_Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He was the son of King Afonso II of Portugal and his wife, Urraca of Castile; he succeeded his brother, King Sancho II of Portugal in 1247.
As the second son of King Afonso II of Portugal, Afonso was not expected to inherit the throne, which was destined to go to his brother Sancho.
Afonso, prince of Portugal (1263-1312), married to princess Violante of Castile
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 JOHN II., THE PERFECT, KING OF PORTUGAL - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN II., THE PERFECT, KING OF PORTUGAL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The king of Castile invaded Portugal, but his army was compelled by pestilence to withdraw, and subsequently by the decisive battle of Aljubarrota (Aug. 14, 1385) the stability of John's throne was permanently secured.
Succeeding to the crown at a time when Portugal was at the height of its political power, and Lisbon in a position of commercial importance previously unknown, John III., unfortunately for his dominions, became subservient to the clerical party among his subjects, with disastrous consequences to the commercial and social prosperity of his kingdom.
(1603-1656), the Fortunate, king of Portugal, was born at Villaviciosa in March 1603, succeeded to the dukedom of Braganza in 1630, and married Luisa de Guzman, eldest daughter of the duke of Medina Sidonia, in 1633.
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 Alfonso   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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 Alphonso II of Portugal
Alphonso II, "the Fat" (1185 - 1223) was king of Portugal.
He succeeded his father, Sancho I, as king of Portugal in 1211.
Alphonso also framed a legal code which introduced several beneficial changes into the laws of his kingdom.
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Berengária, 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.
Mafalda, princess of Portugal, Queen of Castile for a brief period, was the second youngest daughter of Portuguese King Sancho I. She was born c.
Beatrice of Portugal was the daughter of Portuguese King Peter I and a Castilian noblewoman called Inês de Castro that had arrived in Portugal as a maid of princess Constance of Castile, recently married to Pedro I (Prince at the time).
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King Alphonso IX of Leon, Spain (2) (1) was born in 1166.
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 Upto11.net - Wikipedia Article for Afonso II of Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Afonso II of Portugal - Alfonso, Alphonso - known as the Fat (Port.
He was the son of 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 Catholic church to purposes of national utility.
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 ALPHONSO II
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.
This does not mean that he was a weak or somehow coward man. The first years of his reign were marked instead by internal disturbances between the Afonso II and his brothers and sisters.
Afonso II also sent ambassadors to European kingdoms outside the Iberian Peninsula and begin amiable commercial relations with most of them.
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Alphonso II King Of Portugal [Parents] was born in 1185.
Affonoso II "The Fat" Sanchez [Prince] [Parents] was born on 23 Apr 1185 in,Coimbra,Coimbra,Portugal.
Sancho I King Of Portugal was born in 1154.
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 Portuguese (including Brazilian) Royal Family
He also succeeded to the throne of Portugal on the death of his father and as he didn't want to leave Brazil he abdicated the Portuguese throne in favour of his daughter Maria on 29 April 1826.
Miguel orchestrated a coup d'etat against his niece Queen Maria II and ruled as King of Portugal 13 June 1828 to 26 May 1834 when Maria II was returned to the throne following a civil war.
Duarte Pio Nuño of Portugal (Duke of Bragança)
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 King Alphonso Iii Of Portugal / Princess Beatriz Of Castile & Leon
King Alphonso Iii Of Portugal / Princess Beatriz Of Castile & Leon
Father: King Alphonso Ii Portugal Of Portugal Mother: Princess Urraca Castile Of Castile
Died: 27 Oct 1303 at, Probtorresvedras, Lisboa, Portugal
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 Articles - Afonso III of Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Afonso III of Portugal (English Alphonzo), or Affonso (Archaic Portuguese), Alfonso or Alphonso (Portuguese-Galician) or Alphonsus (Latin), the Bolognian (Port.
He was the second son of King Afonso II of Portugal and his wife, Urraca of Castile; he succeeded his brother, King Sancho II of Portugal in 1247.
Pope Innocent IV then ordered Sancho II to be removed from the throne and be replaced by the Count of Boulogne.
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 Alfonso II : Alphonso II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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 History of Madeira & Portugal
Portugal was obliged to surrender, and the ransom was almost all the conquests Afonso had made in Galicia in the previous years.
King Manuel of Portugal, dreamed of uniting Portugal and Spain under his rule and successively married two daughters of King Ferdinand V and Queen Isabella I. Under pressure from his Spanish relations, he followed their example by expelling Jews and Muslims from his domains in 1497, thus depriving Portugal of much of its middle class.
Philip III of Portugal (Philip IV of Spain) was held responsible for the fall of Spain.
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 King Ferdinand II of Leon, Earl of Kent & Urraca of Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
King Ferdinand II of Leon, Earl of Kent and Urraca of Portugal
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 Afonso II Of Portugal Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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With Portugal's 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.
After being excommunicated for his audacities by Pope Honorius III, Afonso II promised to make amends to the church, but he died in 1223 before making any serious attempts to do so.
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 Business Software Review : Article 'Alypius of Antioch'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He ruled during a difficult period and he was probably considered suitable for the post because he came from the far east of the empire had no associations with the west.
He may have had to deal with the insurrection of the usurper named 'Carausius II' Alypius was afterwards commissioned to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem as part of Julian's systematic attempt to reverse the Christianization of the Roman Empire by restoring pagan and, in this case, Jewish practices.
Among the letters of Julian are two (29 and 30) addressed to Alypius; one inviting him to Rome, the other thanking him for a geographical treatise, which no longer exists.
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 History of Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Portugal's name derives from the Roman name Portus Cale (Latin for Warm Port) Cale was the name of an early settlement located at the mouth of the Douro River, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean in the north of what is now Portugal.
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 King Sancho I Affonsez Of Portugal / Princess Dulce Raimundez Barcelona Of Aragon
Married: 1175 at Of, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Died: 26 Mar 1212 at Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Died: 1 Sep 1198 at Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Name: King Alphonso Ii Portugal Of Portugal Born: 1185 at Coimbra Died: 1223 at Coimbra Wife: Princess Urraca Castile Of Castile
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Ferdinandez, Alfonso VI Strong", Sancho II Ferdinandez "the
Death : 22 MAR 1090 in prison of brother, Alphonso
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 Encyclopedia: Alphonso II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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Alphonso II of Portugal -- (1185-?) "the Fat"
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 Alfonso II - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Alfonso II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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 King Alphonso Ii Portugal Of Portugal / Princess Urraca Castile Of Castile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
King Alphonso Ii Portugal Of Portugal / Princess Urraca Castile Of Castile
Name: Sancho Ii Of Portugal Capêlo Born: 8 Nov 1207 Died: 3 Jan 1248 at Toledo Wife: Mencia De Haro
Name: King Alphonso Iii Of Portugal Born: 1210 at Of, Portugal Died: 1279 at Lisboa, Lisboa, Portuga Wife: Princess Beatriz Of Castile & Leon
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The reign of Alphonso II of Portugal Alphonso II "the Fat" is noteworthy for the first meeting of the Portuguese cortes, to which the upper hierarchy of the Church and the nobles Hidalgos and ricos homens were summoned by royal writ.
The king Alphonso II, 1211-1223, was no warrior, but in 1212 a Portuguese contingent aided the Castilians to defeat the Moors at Las Navas de Tolosa, and in 1217 the ministers, bishops and captains of the realm,...
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