Henrique, count of Portugal

Also known as Henri de Bourgogne.

Events

Date of Birth: about 1069 - 1072.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 106).

Date of Death: 22 May 1112.

Place of Death: Astorga, León (in battle).

The date and place are given by Feige. Salazar y Acha (p. 106) gives 1 May 1112.

Place of Burial: Braga Cathedral.

The place is given by Feige.

Relationships

Father: Henri “le Damoiseau” de Bourgogne.

This relationship is given by Feige, by Salazar y Acha (p. 106), and by Bouchard (p. 258).

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Teresa de Castilla y León.

This relationship is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 106) and by Bouchard (p. 258).

Children:

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

Alfonso (born about 1098 - died before 1101).

Urraca (born about 1100) married Vermudo Pérez de Trava.

Sancha (born about 1102) married Fernando Mendes “o Bravo”.

A son (born about 1008 - died before 1110).

Afonso I (died 6 December 1185), king of Portugal, married Mathilde de Savoie.

References

Bouchard, Constance Brittain. Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980-1198 (Cornell University Press, 1987).

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

Feige, P. "Heinrich von Burgund" in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 4 (Stuttgart: 1989).

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