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» This article is about the ducal house which ruled Portugal, for the comital house which ruled in Castile and León, see Anscarids.
The
House of Burgundy (
pron. ) was a cadet branch of the
Capetian dynasty, descending from
Robert, Duke of Burgundy, a younger son of
Robert II of France.
The House ruled the
Duchy of Burgundy from 1032-1361. The main line of the dynasty ended with the death in 1361 of
Philip I, Duke of Burgundy. His duchy was inherited by
John II of France, whose mother had been a member of the House of Burgundy.
Notable members of the main line of the House of Burgundy include:
The Portuguese Branch
Called the
Afonsine Dynasty (
Dinastia Afonsina,
pron. ), the Portuguese branch of the House of Burgundy was a cadet branch, descending from
Henry, Count of Portugal. Henry was a younger son of
Henry of Burgundy, the son and heir of Robert I of Burgundy who died before he could inherit the Duchy.
The younger Henry, having little chance of inheriting any land or titles, had joined the
reconquista in the Iberian Peninsula in the late 12th century. After conquering Galicia and northern Portugal on behalf of
Alfonso VI of Castile, he was married to Alfonso's illegitimate daughter,
Teresa, and given the County of Portugal as a fief under Leon. His son,
Afonso Henriques, became King of Portugal after defeating his mother in the
Battle of São Mamede in 1128. It was only in
1179 that
Pope Alexander III recognized Portugal as an independent state, recognition, at the time, needed for total acceptance of the kingdom in the
Christian world.
The kings that succeeded Afonso I continued the process of
Reconquista of the
Iberian Peninsula, controlled by
Moors.
Afonso III conquered
Algarve and adopted the title of
king of Portugal and the Algarves.
The borders of Portugal were defined in the
Treaty of Alcanizes (
1297) when king
Denis, son of Afonso III, started a process of development of the kingdom's land. In
1383 Beatrice, princess of Portugal and heir to the throne married
John I of Castile. When
Ferdinand I (her father) died during the same year the kingdom entered a period of anarchy called the
1383-1385 Crisis, threatened with a possible annexation by
Castile. This period ended in
1385 with the victory of the Portuguese in the
Battle of Aljubarrota and a new dynasty began with
John I, Master of Aviz (illegitimate son of Peter I), thus called the
House of Aviz.
Kings of the House of Burgundy
Afonso Henriques (Afonso I), The Conqueror (1139-1185)
Sancho I, The Populator (1185-1211)
Afonso II, The Fat (1211-1223)
Sancho II, The Pious (1223-1248)
Afonso III, The Bolognian(1248-1279)
Denis, The Farmer (1279-1325)
Afonso IV, The Brave (1325-1357)
Peter I, The Cruel or The Just (1357-1367)
Ferdinand I, The Beautiful or The Inconstant (1367-1383)Further Information
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