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Alfonso I (or Dom Alfonso Henriques) , 11091185 (aged 76 years)

Name
Alfonso I (or Dom Alfonso Henriques) //
Given names
Alfonso I (or Dom Alfonso Henriques)
Name prefix
King of Portugal (1139-1185)
Nickname
The Conqueror, The Founder or The Great
Family with parents
father
mother
himself
11091185
Birth: 25 June 1109 41 39 Viseu, Central Region, Portugal
Death: 6 December 1185Coimbra, Central Region, Portugal
Family with Maud de Savoy
himself
11091185
Birth: 25 June 1109 41 39 Viseu, Central Region, Portugal
Death: 6 December 1185Coimbra, Central Region, Portugal
wife
Marriage Marriage1146
-6 years
daughter
16 years
son
Birth
Death of a father
Death of a mother
Birth of a daughter
Marriage
1146 (aged 36 years)
Birth of a son
Marriage of a daughter
Death of a daughter
between 1176 and 1178
Death
Last change
26 October 202220:09:22
Author of last change: Danny
Note

Alfonso I (in Portuguese, Alfonso Henriques) inherited his father's title as an infant, and in 1128 he defeated his mother in Battle. He began a long struggle for independence from Leon. Soon thereafter; he won this war in 1139. On July 25 ofthat year he also won a decisive victory over the Moors at Qurique and proclaimed himself king of Portugal. His subsequent victories over the Moors included the capture of Santar in 1147, and, with the help of Crusaders en route to the HolyLand, the capture of Lisbon in October of that year.