The Founder

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The Founder is the epithet of Afonso I of Portugal, the first king who established Portugal as an independent kingdom in the 12th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf King of Portugal
human
monarch
alsoKnownAs Afonso Henriques NERFINISHED
burialPlace Santa Cruz Monastery, Coimbra NERFINISHED
child Afonso of Portugal, Archbishop of Lisbon NERFINISHED
Sancha of Portugal NERFINISHED
Sancho I of Portugal NERFINISHED
Theresa of Portugal, Countess of Flanders NERFINISHED
Urraca of Portugal NERFINISHED
coronationDate 1139
coronationPlace Zamora NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship County of Portugal NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth c. 1109
dateOfDeath 1185-12-06
epithet O Conquistador NERFINISHED
O Fundador NERFINISHED
The Founder NERFINISHED
era 12th century
father Henry, Count of Portugal NERFINISHED
founderOf Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED
gender male
knownFor Establishing Portugal as an independent kingdom
Military campaigns against the Almoravids and Almohads
language Galician-Portuguese
monarchOf Portugal NERFINISHED
mother Theresa of León NERFINISHED
nativeName Afonso Henriques NERFINISHED
nobleFamily House of Burgundy NERFINISHED
notableBattle Battle of Ourique NERFINISHED
Battle of São Mamede NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth County of Portugal NERFINISHED
Guimarães NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Coimbra NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED
positionHeld Count of Portugal NERFINISHED
King of Portugal NERFINISHED
predecessor Theresa of León as ruler of the County of Portugal
reignEnd 1185
reignStart 1139
religion Roman Catholicism
significantEvent Papal recognition of Portugal as a kingdom in the mid-12th century
Proclaimed himself King of Portugal after the Battle of Ourique
Recognized as king by the Kingdom of León in the Treaty of Zamora (1143)
spouse Maud of Savoy NERFINISHED
successor Sancho I of Portugal NERFINISHED
titles Rex Portugallensis NERFINISHED

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Afonso I of Portugal title The Founder