Henry of PortugalAge: 46 years1066–1112
- Name
- Henry of Portugal
- Given names
- Henry
- Surname
- of Portugal
- Name prefix
- Count
Birth | 1066 31 |
Death of a father | Henry of Burgundy about 1074 (Age 8 years) |
Birth of a son #1 | Alfonso I of Portugal 1109 (Age 43 years) |
Death | 1112 (Age 46 years) |
Family with parents |
father |
Henry of Burgundy Birth: 1035 24 Death: about 1074 |
mother | |
himself |
Henry of Portugal Birth: 1066 31 — Burgundy Death: 1112 |
Family with Teresa of Leon |
himself |
Henry of Portugal Birth: 1066 31 — Burgundy Death: 1112 |
wife |
Teresa of Leon Birth: 1080 Death: November 11, 1130 |
son |
Alfonso I of Portugal Birth: 1109 43 29 Death: 1185 — Coimbra |
Shared note | Henry, Count of Portugal
Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (1066–1112) was Count of Portugal from 1093 to his death. He was the son of Henry of Burgundy, heir of Robert I, Duke of Burgundy, and brother of Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy and Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy. His name is Henri in modern French, Henricus in Latin, Enrique in modern Spanish and Henrique in modern Portuguese. He was a distant cousin of Raymond of Burgundy and Pope Callistus II.
As a younger son, Henry had little chance of acquiring fortune and titles by inheritance, thus he joined the Reconquista against the Moors in the Iberian Peninsula. He joined the campaign of King Alfonso VI of Castile and León, who was married to Henry's aunt Constance of Burgundy, and played an important role in the conquest of modern Galicia, and the north of Portugal. In reward, Henry was married to King Alfonso's illegitimate daughter, Theresa, Countess of Portugal in 1093, receiving the County of Portugal, then a fiefdom of the Kingdom of León, as a dowry.
From Teresa, Henry had three sons and three daughters. The only son to survive childhood was Afonso Henriques, who became the second Count of Portugal in 1112. However, the young man Afonso was energetic and expanded his dominions at the expense of Muslims. In 1139, he declared himself King of Portugal after reneging the subjugation to León, in open confrontation with his mother. Two daughters also survived childhood, Urraca and Sancha. Urraca Henriques married a Bermudo Peres de Trava, Count of Trastamara. Sancha Henriques married a nobleman, Sancho Nunes de Celanova. |
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