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  Sancho II of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sancho became king in 1223 and was succeeded by his brother, king Afonso III in 1247.
Sancho II was removed from the throne in 1247 and fled to exile in Toledo where he died in January 4, 1248.
Sancho married about 1245 a Castilian lady, Mencia, widow of Alvares Peres de Castro, and daughter of Diego López de Haro and Urraca, an illegitimate daughter of Alfonso IX, King of Leon, but had no legitimate sons.
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 Sancho I of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sancho I of Portugal, known as the Populator (Port.
To secure the agreement, Prince Sancho of Portugal married, in 1174, princess Dulce Berenguer, younger sister of king Alfonso II of Aragon.
Coimbra was the centre of his kingdom; Sancho terminated the exhausting and generally pointless wars against his neighbours for control of the Galician borderlands.
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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 I of Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Alfonso was the son of Henry, Count of Portugal and Teresa of Leon, the illegitimate daughter of Alfonso VI of Castile.
Portugal had still to be acknowledged by the neighbouring lands and, most important, by the Catholic church and the pope.
Portugal was obliged to surrender as his ransom almost all the conquests Afonso had made in Galicia in the previous years.
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 Afonso II of Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He was the son of Sancho I of Portugal by his wife, Dulce of Barcelona, princess of Aragon.
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.
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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 Portugal
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.
Diniz's reign was notable for the termination of the wars between Portugal and the united kingdoms of Leon and Castile, achieved by marriage, and for encouragement of Portuguese agriculture, trade, and arts.
In 1826 Pedro I of Brazil succeeded to the throne of Portugal as Pedro IV.
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 AllRefer.com - Sancho I, king of Portugal (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Sancho I, king of Portugal, Spanish And Portuguese History, Biographies
Sancho I c.1154–1211, king of Portugal (1185–1211), son and successor of Alfonso I. He was associated in his father's government from c.1170.
Sancho undertook to restore and repeople the lands devastated in the wars against the Moors; thus he became known as Sancho o Povoador [Sancho the settler or populator].
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Portugal
Portugal is situated on the west of the Iberian Peninsula, being bounded on the north and east by Spain and on the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean.
Sancho intervened in a question between the Bishop of Oporto and the citizens and ignored the interdict with which Innocent III punished his high-handed proceedings.
Sancho gave way for the moment, and peace was made, the king turning his arms against the Moors, but in an interval between his successful campaigns he became enamoured of a widow, Dona Mercia Lopes de Haro, whom he met during a visit to the Court of Castile, and under her influence his character deteriorated.
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 Afonso III of Portugal Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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.
Sancho was exiled in Castile and Afonso III became king in 1247.
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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.
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In 1170, Sancho was made a knight by his father, king Afonso I, and since then he became his second in command, both administratively and military.
Coimbra was the centre of his kingdom, and Sancho ceased exhausting and generally pointless wars against his neighbours for control of the Galician borderlands.
Sancho ordered the fortification of the city and built a castle that is, nowadays, an important monument of Portuguese heritage.
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 Ancestors and Family of Alfonso III of Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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.
Branca, princess of Portugal (1259-1321), abbess of the Convent of Huelgas
Afonso, prince of Portugal (1263-1312), married to princess Violante of Castile
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 Sancho I
Sancho I was born at Coimbra in the north of the country in 1154 and was known as the Populator (Port.
Sancho was knighted by his father in 1170 and become his second in command.
Sancho set about ending the wars against his neighbours for control of the Galician borderlands and refocused all his energy towards expelling the remaining Moorish settlements that stilled thrived to the South.
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 Sancho I of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was the third but only surviving son of Afonso I Henriques of Portugal by his wife, Mafalda of Savoy.
Moreover, he created several new towns and villages and took great care in populating remote areas in the northern Christian regions of Portugal, notably with Flemings and Burgundians – hence the nickname the Populator.
Sancho married Dulce Berenguer, daughter of Raymond Berengar IV, Count of Barcelona, and Petronilla, Queen of Aragon.
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 Articles - Afonso I of Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Afonso was the son of Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal and Teresa of León, the illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso VI of Castile and León.
Thus, the royal heiress Urraca of Castile wedded Raymond of Burgundy, younger son of the Count of Burgundy, and her half-sister, princess Teresa of León, wedded his cousin, another French crusader, Henry of Burgundy, younger brother of the Duke of Burgundy, whose mother was daughter of the Count of Barcelona.
Portugal still had to be acknowledged by the neighbouring lands and, most importantly, by the Catholic Church and the Pope.
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 SANCHO I OF PORTUGAL FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
''o Povoador''), second king of Portugal, was born on November_11 1154 in Coimbra and died on March_26 1212 in the same city.
The kings of León and Castile were trying to annex the country and the Catholic_church was late in giving its blessing and approval.
To secure the agreement, Prince Sancho of Portugal married, in 1174, princess Dulce Berenguer, younger sister of king Alfonso_II_of_Aragon.
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 Timeline of Portuguese history - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
1112 — Afonso inherits the County of Portugal, a fiefdom of Castile
1807 — Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France invades Portugal and the Portuguese Royal Family is transferred to the colony of Brazil and the colony is elevated to the status of kingdom and center of the Portuguese Empire.
Portugal chances the official name from Kingdom of Portugal and Algarve to Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarve.
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 Jewish Portugal
When the kingdom of Portugal was formed, in the 12th century, there were already a number of important Jewish communities in several cities reconquered by the Christians.
The crisis culminated in the establishment of the Avis dynasty and the accession of Joao I to the throne.
Nevertheless, if this was the golden age of the Jewish community in Portugal, when crucially important contributions were made to the development of the county at the economic, cultural and scientific level, it was also a period during which the first, major social tensions between Jews and Christians were to appear.
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 Ancestors and Family of Dulcia of Barcelona   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Marriage: Sancho I Martino of Portugal in 1174
Dulcia married Sancho I Martino of Portugal, son of Alfonso I of Portugal Henriques and Matilda of Savoy de Maurienne, in 1174.
(Sancho I Martino of Portugal was born on 11 Nov 1154 in Coimbra, Portugal, died on 27 Mar 1211 in Coimbra, Portugal and was buried in Holy Cross Church, Coimbra, Portugal.)
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 (Robert S PORTER - Sancho I King of PORTUGAL )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Joanna Princess of PORTUGAL (ABT 1404 - ____)
Leonor Princess of PORTUGAL (ABT 1395 - ____)
Sancho I King of PORTUGAL (11 Nov 1154 - 27 Mar 1211)
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 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sancho I of Portugal, known as the Populator, second king of Portugal, was born in November 11 1154 in Coimbra and died in March 26 1212 in the same city.
* Teresa, princess of Portugal (1176-1250), married to king Alfonso IX of Castile
* Berengaria, princess of Portugal (1194-1221), married to king Valdemar II of Denmark
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 The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Portugal
Sparks of Portugal’s past can be found in the remote mountain villages, where the some of the last remaining Marrano communities can still be found practicing Jewish rituals behind closed doors, fear of persecutions still looming.
King Joao II of Portugal allowed them to enter because he was preparing for war against the Moors and wanted to take advantage of their wealth and expertise in weapon-making.
Following the revolution in Portugal in 1974 and the ensuing unrest, about half of Portugal’s Jewish population left the country and immigrated to Israel, Brazil, Canada and the U.S. Today there are about 600 Jews living in Portugal, as well as a Marrano community numbering close to 100 individuals.
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 Articles - Afonso II of Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He was the second but eldest surviving son of Sancho I of Portugal by his wife, Dulce of Barcelona, princess of Aragon.
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'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.
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 Kings of Portugal
His reign was a period of growth for the Templars in Portugal.
Sancho was a weak King, and was eventually overthrown by his brother.
Under Philip I, Portugal enjoyed considerable autonomy, but his successors, Philip II (Philip III of Spain) and Philip III (Philip IV of Spain), treated it as a Spanish province, provoking widespread discontent.
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 History of Madeira & Portugal
Portugal is left without a king, as king Fernando of Portugal dies with no male son to inherit the crown.
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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 Timeline Portugal
Magellan petitioned King Manuel of Portugal for an increase in his pension as a titular rise in rank, but the king refused and sent him back to Morocco.
Spain’s Philip II was proclaimed King Philip I of Portugal and united the colonial empires of Spain and Portugal.
He led Portugal's CP for half a century and became a national hero after the overthrow of the country's dictatorship.
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