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ALPHONSO , the See also:common See also:English spelling of Affonso, Alonso and Alfonso, which are respectively the Galician, the Leonese and the Castilian forms of Ildefonso (Ildefonsus), the name of a See also:saint and See also:archbishop of See also:Toledo in the 7th See also:century. The name has been See also:borne by a number of Portuguese and See also:Spanish See also:kings, who are distinguished collectively below.
Portuguese Kings.-ALPHONs0 I. (Affonso Henriques), son of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry of See also:Burgundy, See also:count of See also:Portugal, and Teresa of See also:Castile, was See also:born at See also:Guimaraes in 1094. He succeeded his Kings of See also:father in 1112, and was placed under the tutelage of po r+8.,, his See also:mother. When he came of See also:age, he was obliged to
wrest from her by force that See also:power which her vices and incapacity had rendered disastrous to the See also:state. Being proclaimed See also:sole ruler of Portugal in 1123, he defeated his mother's troops near Guimaraes, making her at the same See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time his prisoner. He also vanquished Alphonso See also:Raymond of Castile, his mother's ally, and thus freed Portugal from dependence on the See also:crown of See also:Leon. Next turning his arms against the See also:Moors, he obtained, on the 26th See also:July 1139, the famous victory of Ourique, and immediately after was proclaimed See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king by his soldiers. He assembled the See also:Cortes of the See also:kingdom at See also:Lamego, where he received the crown from the archbishop of See also:Braganza; the See also:assembly also declaring that Portugal was no longer a dependency of Leon. Alphonso continued to distinguish himself by his exploits against the Moors, from whom he wrested See also:Santarem in 1146 and See also:Lisbon in 1147. Some years later he became involved in a See also:war that had broken out among the kings of See also:Spain; and in 1167, being disabled during an engagement near See also:Badajoz by a fall from his See also:horse, he was made prisoner by the soldiers of the king of Leon, and was obliged to surrender as his See also:ransom almost all the conquests he had made in See also:Galicia. In 1184, in spite of his See also:great age, he had still sufficient See also:energy to relieve his son Sancho, who was besieged in Santarem by the Moors. He died shortly after, in 1185. Alphonso was a See also:man of gigantic stature, being 7 ft. high according to some authors. He is revered as a saint by the Portuguese, both on See also:account of his See also:personal See also:character and as the founder of their kingdom.
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