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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The Founder canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf King of Portugal ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Afonso Henriques ⓘ
burialPlace Santa Cruz Monastery, Coimbra ⓘ
child Afonso of Portugal, Archbishop of Lisbon ⓘ
Sancha of Portugal ⓘ
Sancho I of Portugal ⓘ
Theresa of Portugal, Countess of Flanders ⓘ
Urraca of Portugal ⓘ
coronationDate 1139 ⓘ
coronationPlace Zamora ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship County of Portugal ⓘ
Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 1109 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1185-12-06 ⓘ
epithet O Conquistador ⓘ
O Fundador ⓘ
The Founder ⓘ
era 12th century ⓘ
father Henry, Count of Portugal ⓘ
founderOf Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
knownFor Establishing Portugal as an independent kingdom ⓘ
Military campaigns against the Almoravids and Almohads ⓘ
language Galician-Portuguese ⓘ
monarchOf Portugal ⓘ
mother Theresa of León ⓘ
nativeName Afonso Henriques ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Burgundy ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Ourique ⓘ
Battle of São Mamede ⓘ
placeOfBirth County of Portugal ⓘ
Guimarães ⓘ
placeOfDeath Coimbra ⓘ
Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
positionHeld Count of Portugal ⓘ
King of Portugal ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Matilda of Savoy
successor Sancho I of Portugal ⓘ
titles Rex Portugallensis ⓘ

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Afonso I of Portugal → title → The Founder ⓘ
Afonso I of Portugal → epithet → The Founder ⓘ
subject linked to: The Founder