Abbess of Lorvao Sancha Of PORTUGAL

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• Also Known As: "The Popular"

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Sancho I, King of Portugal (pron. IPA /'s?~?u/), Sanctius I in English, nicknamed the Populator (Port. o Povoador), second king of Portugal, was born on November 11, 1154 in Coimbra and died on March 26, 1212 in the same city. He was the third but only surviving son of Afonso I Henriques of Portugal by his wife, Mafalda of Savoy. Sancho succeeded his father in 1185. He used the title King of Algarve and/or Silves between 1189 and 1191

In 1170, Sancho was knighted by his father, King Afonso I, and from that time he became his second in command, both administratively and military. At this time, the independence of Portugal (declared in 1139) was not firmly established. The kings of LeÛn and Castile were trying to annex the country and the Catholic church was late in giving its blessing and approval. Due to this Afonso I had to search for allies within the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal made an alliance with the kingdom of Aragon and together they fought Castile and LeÛn. To secure the agreement, Prince Sancho of Portugal married, in 1174, princess Dulce Berenguer, younger sister of king Alfonso II of Aragon. Aragon was thus the first Iberian kingdom to recognize the independence of Portugal.

With the death of Afonso I in 1185, Sancho I became the second king of Portugal. Coimbra was the centre of his kingdom; Sancho terminated the exhausting and generally pointless wars against his neighbours for control of the Galician borderlands. Instead, he turned all his attentions to the South, against the Moorish communities that still thrived. With Crusader help he took Silves in 1191. Silves was an important city of the South, an administrative and commercial town with population around 20,000 people. Sancho ordered the fortification of the city and built a castle that is today an important monument of Portuguese heritage. However, military attention soon had to be turned again to the North, where LeÛn and Castile threatened again the Portuguese borders. Silves was again lost to the Moors.

Sancho I founded the city of Guarda in 1199.

Sancho I dedicated much of his reign to political and administrative organization of the new kingdom. He accumulated a national treasure, supported new industries and the middle class of merchants. Moreover, he created several new towns and villages and took great care in populating remote areas in the northern Christian regions of Portugal, notably with Flemings and Burgundians ? hence the nickname the Populator. The king was also known for his love of knowledge and literature. Sancho I wrote several books of poems and used the royal treasure to send Portuguese boys to study in European Universities.

Sancho married Dulce Of BARCELONA. Dulce (daughter of Raymond IV BERENGER and Petronilla I Of ARAGON) was born about 1159 in Barcelona, Spain; died in 1198; was buried in Igreja Da Santa Cruz, Coimbra, Cimbra Protugal. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: Dulce Berenguer Aldonza

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• Fact: The famous crusading king who recovered Lisbon from the Moors
• Name: Alfonso I King Of Portugal
• Fact: Between 1128 and 1185, First King of Portugal
• Death: 06 Dec 1185

Affonso married Matilde Of SAVOY in 1146 in Chambbery, Savoie, Medieval States. Matilde (daughter of Amadeus III and Maud D'ALBON) was born in 1125 in Chambbery, Savoie, France; died on 04 Dec 1157 in Coimbra, Portugal; was buried in Igreja Santa Cruz, Coimbra, Portugal. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: Marquis of Barcelona

Raymond married Petronilla I Of ARAGON on 11 Aug 1137. Petronilla (daughter of Ramiro II " the Monk" and Agnes Of Poitou and AQUITAINE) was born about 1135 in Huesca, Spain; died on 17 Oct 1174 in Barcelona, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Crusader in Spain

Henry married Teresa Of Castile And LEON in 1093. Teresa (daughter of Alfonso VI and Ximena Nunez DE GUZMAN) was born in 1070 in Toledo, Castile; died on 01 Nov 1130. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Inherited the countship of Portugal

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• Fact: Count of Savoy, Maurienne and Turin
• Death: 30 Aug 1148, Cyprus

Amadeus married Maud D'ALBON between 1133 and 1134. Maud (daughter of Dauphin de Viennois Guigues VIII and MATHILDA) was born in Albon, France; died after Jan 1145. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: Mathilde d'Albon

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• Also Known As: Count of Barcelona

Raymond married Dulce DI GIEVAUDUN on 03 Feb 1112. Dulce (daughter of Gilbert Viscount Of Gievaudun Carlat And MILHAUD and Gerberge Of Provence And ARLES) was born about 1095; died between 1127 and 1130. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Between 1093 and 1134, A Monk
• Fact: Between 1134 and 1137, King of Navarre and Aragon

Ramiro married Agnes Of Poitou and AQUITAINE in 1135. Agnes (daughter of William IX Of AQUITAINE and Philippa Of TOULOUSE) was born about 1104. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]