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Catholicism. Henry (Portuguese: Henrique [ẽˈʁikɨ]; 31 January 1512 – 31 January 1580), dubbed the Chaste (Portuguese: o Casto) and the Cardinal-King (Portuguese: o Cardeal-Rei), was king of Portugal and an inquisitor and cardinal of the Catholic Church, who ruled Portugal between 1578 and 1580. As a clergyman, he was bound to celibacy ...
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e. The history of Portugal can be traced from circa 400,000 years ago, when the region of present-day Portugal was inhabited by Homo heidelbergensis. The Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, which lasted almost two centuries, led to the establishment of the provinces of Lusitania in the south and Gallaecia in the north of what is now Portugal.
Afonso I. The Conqueror; The Great; The Founder; The Father of the Nation. Afonso Henriques. 1106/09/11 – 6 December 1185 (aged 73–79) 25 July 1139. 6 December 1185. previously Count of Portugal, founder of the Kingdom of Portugal. Son of Henry, Count of Portugal and Teresa, Countess of Portugal. Burgundy.
NameLifespanReign StartReign EndAfonso I The Conqueror; The Great; The ...1106/09/11 – 6 December 1185 (aged ...25 July 11396 December 1185Sancho I The Populator11 November 1154 – 26 March 1211 (aged ...6 December 118526 March 1211Afonso II The Fat; The Leprous; The ...23 April 1185 – 25 March 1223 (aged ...27 March 121125 March 1223Sancho II The Caped; The Hooded ...8 September 1209 – 4 January 1248 (aged ...26 March 12234 December 1247The Portuguese Empire (Portuguese: Império Português, European Portuguese: [ĩˈpɛ.ɾju puɾ.tuˈɣeʃ]), also known as the Portuguese Overseas (Ultramar Português) or the Portuguese Colonial Empire (Império Colonial Português), was composed of the overseas colonies, factories, and later overseas territories, governed by the Kingdom of Portugal, and later the Republic of Portugal.
Eleanor of Portugal (18 September 1434 – 3 September 1467) was Empress of the Holy Roman Empire. A Portuguese infanta (princess), daughter of King Edward of Portugal and his wife Eleanor of Aragon , she was the consort of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III and the mother of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I .
Urraca (León, 24 June 1081 – Saldaña, 8 March 1126), called "the reckless" (la temeraria), [2] was Queen of León, Castile and Galicia from 1109 until her death. She claimed the imperial title as suo jure Empress of All Spain[3] and Empress of All Galicia. [4] She is considered to be the first European queen to reign in her own right.
Arms of the Kingdom of Galicia, illustrated in L´armorial Le Blancq, Bibliothèque nationale de France, 1560. The Kingdom of Galicia (Galician: Reino de Galicia, or Galiza; Spanish: Reino de Galicia; Portuguese: Reino da Galiza; Latin: Galliciense Regnum) was a political entity located in southwestern Europe, which at its territorial zenith occupied the entire northwest of the Iberian Peninsula.
