Henry, Count of Portugal
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| Reign | 1093–1112 |
| Predecessor | Nuno II |
| Successor | Afonso I |
| Consort | Teresa de León |
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| Urraca Henriques Sancha Henriques Teresa Henriques Henrique Henriques Afonso I |
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| House | Portuguese House of Burgundy |
| Father | Henry of Burgundy |
| Born | c. 1066 Duchy of Burgundy |
| Died | 12 May 1112 Astorga, Kingdom of León |
| Burial | Braga Cathedral, Braga, County of Portugal |
Henry, Count of Portugal (Portuguese: Henrique; French: Henri) (1066–1112) was Count of Portugal from 1093 to his death. He was brother of Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy, and Odo I, Duke of Burgundy, all sons of Henry, the heir of Robert I, Duke of Burgundy. He was a distant cousin of Raymond of Burgundy and Pope Callistus II.
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Reconquista [edit]
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.
Count [edit]
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 Galicia, as a dowry.[1]
Caught under siege in Astorga by Alfonso I of Aragon, Henry held the city with the help of Alfonso's wife, Urraca. Henry died on 12 May 1112, from wounds received during the siege.[2]
Family [edit]
From Teresa, Henry had three sons and three daughters. Three survived to adulthood:
- Afonso Henriques, the only son to survive childhood; became Count of Portugal in 1112; became King of Portugal in 1139[3]
- Urraca Henriques married Vermudo Pérez de Traba, Count of Trastámara.
- Sancha Henriques married a nobleman, Sancho Nunes de Celanova; her son was Velasco Sánchez.
References [edit]
- ^ Bernard F. Reilly, The Kingdom of León-Castilla Under King Alfonso VII, 1126-1157, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998), vi.
- ^ Bernard F. Reilly, The Contest of Christian and Muslim Spain, 1031-1157, (Blackwell, 1995), 133-134.
- ^ Bernard F. Reilly, The Contest of Christian and Muslim Spain, 1031-1157, 203.
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Henry, Count of Portugal
Cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty
Born: 1066 Died: 1112 |
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| New title | Count of Portugal 1096–1112 with Theresa (1096–1112) |
Succeeded by Theresa with Afonso |
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