Afonso I, king of Portugal

Also known as D. Afonso Henriques and Afonso the Conqueror.

Events

Date of Birth: 25 July 1110.

Place of Birth: Guimaraes.

The date and place are given by Salazar y Acha (p. 371). Briesemeister gives between 1107 and 1111.

Date of Death: 6 December 1185.

Place of Death: Coimbra.

The date and place are given by Salazar y Acha (p. 371), and tentatively by Briesemeister.

Place of Burial: Coimbra, Church of the Cross.

The place is given by Briesemeister.

Relationships

Father: Henrique, count of Portugal.

This relationship is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 371), by Barton (p. 13), and by Briesemeister.

Mother: Teresa de Castilla y León.

This relationship is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 371), by Barton (p. 13), and by Briesemeister.

Spouse: Mathilde de Savoie.

This relationship is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 371) and by Briesemeister.

Mistress: Elvira Gualtar.

This relationship is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 372).

Children (by Mathilde):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Henrique (5 March 1147 - before 1156).

Mafalda (about 1149 - 1173 or 1174).

Urraca (about 1151 - 16 October 1188) married Fernando II, king of León.

Sancha (born about 1153).

Sancho I “el Poblador” (11 November 1154 - 26 March 1212), king of Portugal, married (1) Dulcia de Aragón.

João (born about 1156 - died young).

Teresa (1157 - 6 May 1218) married (1) Philippe, count of Flanders; married (2) Eudes III, duke of Burgundy.

Children (by Elvira):

Urraca married Pedro Afonso.

Children (illegitimate):

Fernando (born about 1138).

Pedro (born about 1140 - died 9 May 1175.

Afonso (born about 1145 - died 1 March 1207).

References

Barton, Simon. The Aristocracy in Twelfth-Century León and Castile, (Cambridge University Press, 1997).

Briesemeister, D. "Alfons I.'der Eroberer' (Affonso Henriques), König von Portugal" in Lexikon des Mittelalters Band 1 (Stuttgart 1980).

Cokayne, G.E., and G.W. Watson. The Seize Quartiers of the Kings and Queens of England. (1896).

Salazar y Acha, Jaime de. Las dinastías reales de España en la Edad Media. (Real Academia de la Historia, 2021).