Dom Afonso Henriques - Guimarães, Portugal
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Dom Afonso I of Portugal best known for Dom Afonso Henriques was the first king of Portugal.
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Location: Braga, Portugal
Date Posted: 07/21/2021
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"Afonso I (25 July 1109 – 6 December 1185), nicknamed "the Conqueror" (Portuguese: O Conquistador), "the Founder" (O Fundador) or "the Great" (O Grande) by the Portuguese, was the first King of Portugal. He achieved the independence of the southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia, the County of Portugal, from Galicia's overlord, the King of León, in 1139, establishing a new kingdom and doubling its area with the Reconquista, an objective that he pursued until his death, in 1185, after forty-six years of wars against the Moors."
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