Youth. Afonso was the son of Teresa, the illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso VI of León and Castile, and her husband, Henry of Burgundy.According to the Crónica de Portugal de 1419 the future Portuguese king was born in Guimarães, which was at the time the most important political center of his parents.This was accepted by most Portuguese scholarship until in 1990 Torquato …

Peter was born at 12:00 noon on 5 July 1717 in the Ribeira Palace in Lisbon, Portugal. He was baptized on 29 August and was given the name Peter Clemente Francisco José António. His parents were King John V of Portugal and his wife Maria Ana of Austria. Peter was a younger brother of Joseph I of Portugal.Their maternal grandparents were Leopold I, Holy Roman …

Philip III (Spanish: Felipe III; 14 April 1578 – 31 March 1621) was King of Spain.As Philip II, he was also King of Portugal, Naples, Sicily and Sardinia and Duke of Milan from 1598 until his death in 1621.. A member of the House of Habsburg, Philip III was born in Madrid to King Philip II of Spain and his fourth wife and niece Anna, the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II and …

Continuou, no entanto, a lutar contra as forças do seu primo, o rei Afonso VII de Leão e Castela (inconformado com a perda das terras portuguesas, pois à semelhança de seu avô, Afonso VI, ele também se intitulava como Imperador), enquanto paralelamente travava lutas contra os muçulmanos.Em 1139, depois de uma estrondosa vitória na batalha de Ourique contra um …

D. Maria I (Lisboa, 17 de dezembro de 1734 – Rio de Janeiro, 20 de março de 1816), apelidada de "a Piedosa" e "a Louca", foi a Rainha de Portugal e Algarves de 1777 até 1815, e também Rainha do Reino Unido de Portugal, Brasil e Algarves a partir do final de 1815 até sua morte. De 1792 até sua morte, seu filho mais novo João atuou como regente do reino em seu nome …

Dom Joseph I (Portuguese: José Francisco António Inácio Norberto Agostinho, Portuguese pronunciation: ; 6 June 1714 – 24 February 1777), known as the Reformer (Portuguese: o Reformador), was King of Portugal from 31 July 1750 until his death in 1777. Among other activities, Joseph was devoted to hunting and the opera. Indeed, he assembled one of the …

Sancho I of Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation: ), nicknamed "the Populator" (Portuguese: "o Povoador"), King of Portugal (Coimbra, 11 November 1154 – 26 March 1211) was the second but only surviving legitimate son and fifth child of Afonso I of Portugal by his wife, Maud of Savoy.Sancho succeeded his father and was crowned in Coimbra when he was 31 years old …

Por alturas da independência de Portugal, Afonso Henriques teria sobreposto à cruz azul do seu escudo os besantes (ou dinheiros), indicando assim que o dono desse escudo de armas poderia cunhar dinheiro — direito que era reservado aos reis, num sinal de clara afirmação de autonomia face a Afonso VII de Leão e Castela.Apesar de verossímil, porque consistente com outros …

Dinastia de Borgonha. A Dinastia de Borgonha, também chamada Afonsina (pelo elevado número - quatro - de soberanos com o nome de Afonso) foi a primeira dinastia do Reino de Portugal.Começou em 1096, ainda como Condado Portucalense (autonomizado como Reino de Portugal em 1139-1143) e terminou em 1383.. D. Afonso Henriques tornou-se Príncipe de …

Dona Maria II (4 April 1819 – 15 November 1853) "the Educator" (Portuguese: "a Educadora") or "the Good Mother" (Portuguese: "a Boa Mãe"), reigned as Queen of Portugal from 1826 to 1828, and again from 1834 to 1853. Born in Rio de Janeiro, she was the first child of Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil and Empress Dona Maria Leopoldina, and thus a member of the House of …