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	Afonso I of Portugal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Afonso I 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 was obliged to surrender as his ransom almost all the conquests Afonso had made in Galicia in the previous years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Afonso_I_of_Portugal (1179 words)

	TIMELINE 12th CENTURY page of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE
		Portugal obtains consent of the Pope to become an independent kingdom in 1144.
		1144: Portugal obtains consent of the Pope to become an independent kingdom, under Alfonso I Henriques [reign 1128-1185] 1144: Turks under Zengi (who had previously conquered Syria) capture Edessa in the Middle East (which triggers the Second Crusade in 1147) 1145-1174: Zengi's son Nureddin, Sultan of Syria, reigns.
		1109: Battle of Naklo 1109: Battle of Hundsfeld 1109: Fulk of Jerusalem becomes Count of Anjou 1109: Alfonso I of Aragon marries Urraca of Castile 1109: Alfonso VI of Castile dies 1100-1110: Invaders sack and demolish the crucial Nalanda Buddhist school/library.
	www.magicdragon.com /UltimateSF/timeline12.html (5788 words)

	El Cid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		His daughters, Elvira and Urraca, received Tora and Zamora respectively.
		But in a siege of Zamora, Urraca's city, he was assassinated on October 7, 1072.
		Most say that the assassination was a result of a pact between Alfonso and Urraca; some even say they had an incestuous relationship.
	el-cid.ask.dyndns.dk (2491 words)

	Alfonso VI of Castile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		They had no children and were divorced due to consanguity.
		The second wife was Constance of Burgundy; their daughter was Urraca of Castile.
		Portugal, A Country Study, by Louis R. Mortimer, ed.
	alfonso-vi-of-castile.iqnaut.net (695 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Innocent III
		He excommunicated Alfonso IX of Leon, for marrying a near relative, Berengaria, a daughter of Alfonso VIII, contrary to the laws of the Church, and effected their separation in 1204.
		For similar reasons he annulled, in 1208, the marriage of the crown-prince, Alfonso of Portugal, with Urraca, daughter of Alfonso of Castile.
		From Pedro II of Aragon he received that kingdom in vassalage and crowned him king at Rome in 1204.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08013a.htm (4264 words)

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