- Afonso I of Portugal - Wikipedia
Afonso was the son of Theresa, the illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso VI of León, and her husband, Henry of Burgundy He was the youngest of 4 children, with the oldest being Urraca Henriques
- Afonso I | Conquest, Expansion, Reconquista | Britannica
Afonso I was the first king of Portugal (1139–85), who conquered Santarém and Lisbon from the Muslims (1147) and secured Portuguese independence from Leon (1139)
- Afonso I - New World Encyclopedia
Afonso I, King of Portugal, more commonly known as Afonso Henriques, (July 25, 1109 – December 6, 1185), also known as the Conqueror, was the first King of Portugal, declaring his independence from León
- Afonso I of Portugal - Wikiwand
He secured the independence of Portugal following a victory over León at Valdevez and received papal approval through Manifestis Probatum Afonso died in 1185 and was succeeded by his son, Sancho I
- Afonso I: the Constantine of the Congo - Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
King Afonso I of Kongo died in 1542, unable to snuff out the slave trade in its infancy In ensuing years, it would metastasize into an intercontinental nightmare that would see some 10-12 million Africans brought across the Atlantic in chains, over a million of them perishing along the way
- Afonso and the Slave Trade (2025) | Gilder Lehrman Institute of . . .
In 1512, as sugar production was growing in São Tomé, King Manuel of Portugal and Afonso of Kongo made an agreement to share a monopoly of the slave trade The Portuguese crown would buy all slaves for the island and would purchase them only in Kongo
- Father of the Nation - Portugal Travel Guide
Read all about the first king of Portugal, Afonso Henriques, who transformed Portugal from a vassal state into an independent kingdom
- Afonso I | Kongo Kingdom Founder Expansionist | Britannica
Afonso I (born c 1460—died 1542) was the ruler of Kongo (historical kingdom in west-central Africa) and the first of a line of Portuguese vassal kings that lasted until the early 20th century He is sometimes called “The Apostle of Kongo” for his role in making Kongo a Christian kingdom
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