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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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