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Personal data Sancho I King of (Sancho I, King of) Portugal qqq
- First name Sancho I, King of.
- He was born on November 11, 1154 in Coimbra, Centro, Portugal.Sources 1, 2
- He died on March 26, 1212 in Coimbra, Centro, Portugal, he was 57 years old.Sources 1, 2
- He is buried in Santa Cruz Monastery, Coimbra, District of Coimbra, Centro, Portugal.Sources 3, 4
- A child of Alfonso I "Conqueror" Henriquez King of Portugal and Matilda (Maud) of Savoy
- This information was last updated on August 6, 2023.
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He is married to Dulce Berenguer Princess of Aragon.
They got married in the year 1174, he was 19 years old.
Child(ren):
- Ferrante Prince of Portugal 1188-????
- Mafalda of Portugal ± 1190-1256
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Sancho I of Portugal
Portrait in Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz's "Philippus Prudens", 1639
King of Portugal
Reign6 December 1185 – 26 March 1211
Coronation9 December 1185
PredecessorAfonso I
SuccessorAfonso II
BornMartinho
11 November 1154
Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal
Died26 March 1211 (aged 56)
Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal
BurialSanta Cruz Monastery, Coimbra
SpouseDulce of Aragon
(m. 1174; died 1198)
Issue
Among others...
Teresa, Queen of León
Sancha, Lady of Alenquer
Afonso II, King of Portugal
Peter I, Count of Urgell
Ferdinand, Count of Flanders
Mafalda, Queen of Castile
Branca, Lady of Guadalajara
Berengaria, Queen of Denmark
HousePortuguese House of Burgundy
FatherAfonso I of Portugal
MotherMatilda of Savoy
ReligionRoman Catholic
Sancho I of Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐ̃ʃu]), nicknamed "the Populator" (Portuguese: "o Povoador"), King of Portugal (Coimbra, 11 November 1154[1] – 26 March 1211[2][3]) was the second but only surviving legitimate son and fifth child of Afonso I of Portugal by his wife, Maud of Savoy. Sancho succeeded his father and was crowned in Coimbra when he was 31 years old on 9 December 1185.[4] He used the title King of Silves from 1189 until he lost the territory to Almohad control in 1191.[5]
Early life
Golden coin with the effigy of Sancho I
Sancho was baptized with the name Martin (Martinho) since he was born on the feast day of Saint Martin of Tours.[6][7] On 15 August 1170, he was knighted by his father, King Afonso I,[8] and from then on he became his second in command, both administratively and militarily. At this time, the independence of Portugal (declared in 1139) was not firmly established. The kings of León and Castile were trying to re-annex the country and the Roman Catholic Church was late in giving its blessing and approval. Due to this situation Afonso I had to search for allies within the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal made an alliance with the Crown of Aragon and together they fought Castile and León. To secure the agreement, Sancho married Dulce,[9][10] younger sister of King Alfonso II of Aragon, in 1174. Aragon was thus the first Iberian kingdom to recognize the independence of Portugal.
Reign
With the death of Afonso I in 1185, Sancho I became the second king of Portugal. Coimbra was the centre of his kingdom; Sancho terminated the exhausting and generally pointless wars against his neighbours for control of the Galician borderlands. Instead, he turned all his attentions to the south. With the help of some soldiers on their way to join the Third Crusade, he sacked Alvor and took Silves in 1189, an event recounted in detail by an eyewitness in De itinere navali.[11] Silves was an important city of the South, an administrative and commercial town with population estimates around 20,000 people. Sancho ordered the fortification of the city and built a castle which is today an important monument of Portuguese heritage. At the time he also styled himself "By the Grace of God, King of Portugal and Silves (Dei Gratiæ, Rex Portugalliæ et Silbis). However, military attention soon had to be turned again to the North, where León and Castile threatened again the Portuguese borders. Silves was again lost to the Moors in 1191.[12]
Sé Cathedral of Guarda and the statue of Dom Sancho I
Sancho I dedicated much of his reign to political and administrative organization of the new kingdom. He accumulated a national treasure, supported new industries and the middle class of merchants. Moreover, he created several new towns and villages (like Guarda in 1199[13]) and took great care in populating remote areas in the northern Christian regions of Portugal – hence the nickname "the Populator".[14] The king was also known for his love of knowledge and literature. Sancho I wrote several books of poems and used the royal treasure to send Portuguese students to European universities. He died in Coimbra, aged 56.
Marriage and issue
Sancho married Dulce of Aragon, daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona and Petronilla, Queen of Aragon. Eleven children were born from this marriage, eight of whom reached adulthood:
Sepulchre of King Sancho I at the Monastery of Santa Cruz (Coimbra).
Theresa (1175/1176 – 18 June 1250),[15][16] became the wife of King Alfonso IX of León and was beatified in 1705;
Sancha (1180 – 13 March 1229),[17] founded the Monastery of Celas near Coimbra where she lived until her death. Her sister Theresa arranged for her burial at the Monastery of Lorvão. She was beatified by Pope Clement XI in 1705, the same year as Theresa;[18]
Constanza (May 1182[3] – before 1186 or August 1202). According to Rodrigues Oliveira, she must have died before 1186 since her name is not registered in any of the documents of the chancellery of Sancho I which begins in that year.[16] However, the necrology of São Salvador de Moreira records the death "III Nonas Augusti" in 1202 of "Domna Constantia Infantula filia regis domni Sancii et reginæ domnæ Dulciæ";[19]
Afonso (23 April 1186[20] – 25 March 1223), succeeded his father as the third king of Portugal;
Raimundo (1187/88 – 9 March bef. 1188/89), died in infancy;[20][a]
Peter (23 February 1187[20] – 2 June 1258), married Aurembiaix, countess of Urgell;
Ferdinand (24 March 1188[20] – 27 July 1233), count through his marriage to Joan, Countess of Flanders;
Henry (aft. March 1189 – 8 Dec aft. 1189), died in infancy;[20][b]
Mafalda (1195/1196[20] – 1 May 1256), married Henry I of Castile and was beatified in 1793;
Branca (1198 – 17 November 1240), probably the twin sister of Berengaria,[20] was raised in the court with her father and his mistress "a Ribeirinha" and, when she was eight or ten years old, was sent to live with her sisters at the Monastery of Lorvão. She was a nun at a convent in Guadalajara and was buried at the same monastery as her mother;[22]
Berengaria (1198 – 27 March 1221), probably the twin sister of Branca,[20] married Valdemar II of Denmark in 1214.[23]
Children out of wedlock
With Maria Aires de Fornelos, daughter of Aires Nunes de Fornelos and Maior Pais, who was buried at the Monastery of Santo Tirso in accordance with her last will, Sancho had two children, both born before his marriage to Dulce of Aragon:[24][25][c]
Martim Sanches (born before 1175)[27][25] Count of Trastámara. Martim married Elo Pérez de Castro, daughter of Pedro Fernández de Castro, with no issue from this marriage;[28]
Urraca Sanches[16] (born before 1175),[29][28] was married to Lourenço Soares, son of Soeiro Viegas and Sancha Bermúdez de Traba.
After Dulce's death, he had an affair with María Pais de Ribeira "a Ribeiriña" for whom he is often said to have written and dedicated a cantiga de amigo, A Ribeirinha, composed in 1199, the oldest text known in Portuguese poetry.[25] That is contested nowadays by the Portuguese historian António de Resende Oliveira, who claims this cantiga was composed by Alfonso X of Castile or perhaps Sancho II of Portugal.[30] At least six children were born of this relationship:[31][32]
Rodrigo Sanches (died 1245), had a bastard son with Constança Afonso de Cambra called Afonso Rodrigues, a Franciscan friar and the "Guardian of the Convent of Lisbon";[28][33]
Gil Sanches (died on 14 September 1236), a cleric and troubadour, his father left him 8,000 morabetinos in his will. Gil granted fueros to the settlers of Sardezas in 1213;[28][34]
Nuno Sanches, died during childhood on a 16 December in an unknown year. He could have been the son of Maria Aires de Fornelos;[35]
Maior Sanches, also died at an early age on 27 August of an unknown year;[36]
Teresa Sanches, her father left her 7,000 morabetinos in his will. She was the second wife of Alfonso Téllez de Meneses whom she married before 1220 and with whom she had issue;[28]
Constança Sanches (1204 – 8 August 1269). Her father left her 7,000 morabetinos in his will. She was the godmother of her grand-niece Infanta Sancha and left her half of Vila do Conde, Avelaneda, Pousadela, Parada and Maçãs. She also owned estates in Torres Vedras.[37]
Sancho had a son with Maria Moniz de Ribeira, daughter of Munio Osorio, tenente of the comarca of Cabreira and Ribera, and of Maria Nunes of Grijó:[38]
Pedro Moniz, who married a woman whose name is not recorded, and was the father of Maria Peres de Cabreira, the wife of Martim Peres Machado, the first to use the last name Machado.[39]
Notes
The necrology of Santa Cruz de Coimbra records the death "VII Id Mar" of "dominus Raimundus filius domini regis Sancii et reginæ donnæ Dulciæ"; A. Brandaõ: Quarta Parte da Monarchia Lusitana, Lisbon 1632, Liber XII cap. XXI, p. 33. He was presumably not alive in Mar 1189, the date of his father's charter in which he is not named. Raimundo was probably not his parents' oldest son as naming the first son after his maternal grandfather was unusual. If that is correct, the known dates of birth of his siblings indicate that Raimundo was born either in 1186 or after 1189.
The Nobiliario of Pedro Conde de Barcelos names "D. Alonso Sanchez, El Infante D. Pedro, El Infante D. Fernando Conde de Flandes, El Infante D. Enrique" as the sons of "D. Sancho Rey de Portugal" and his wife "D. Aldonça"; Pedro Barcelos, Tit. VII, Reyes de Portugal, 3 p. 30. He was presumably born after, or only shortly before, his father's charter dated March 1189. Sousa says that the necrology of Santa Cruz de Coimbra records the death 8 December of Infante dom Henrique, but he does not quote the wording in the source or provide a citation reference.[21]
Maria later married Gil Vasques de Soverosa with whom, in 1175, jointly with the two children she had with Sancho appears in the Monastery of Santo Tirso making a donation to some relatives.[26]
References
Caetano de Souza 1735, p. 79.
Carvalho Correia 2008, p. 179.
Caetano de Souza 1735, p. 84.
Caetano de Souza 1735, p. 80.
Álvarez Palenzuela 2013, p. 66.
Mattoso 2014, p. 226.
Rodrigues Oliveira 2010, p. 71.
Mattoso 2014, p. 363.
Mattoso 2014, pp. 290 and 334.
Rodrigues Oliveira 2010, p. 83.
Caetano de Souza 1735, p. 82.
Caetano de Souza 1735, p. 83.
Evans, David (2004). Portugal. New Holland Publishers. pp. 195. ISBN 9781860111266.
Caetano de Souza 1735, pp. 80–81.
Mattoso 2014, p. 334.
Rodrigues Oliveira 2010, p. 84.
Rodrigues Oliveira 2010, pp. 84 and 89.
Rodrigues Oliveira 2010, p. 89.
Caetano de Souza 1735, pp. 88–89.
Rodrigues Oliveira 2010, p. 85.
Caetano de Souza 1735, pp. 87.
Rodrigues Oliveira 2010, pp. 85 and 92.
Rodrigues Oliveira 2010, pp. 85 and 93.
Carvalho Correia 2008, p. 180.
Rodrigues Oliveira 2010, p. 94.
Carvalho Correia 2008, p. 21.
Carvalho Correia 2008, pp. 178, 180–182.
Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1997, p. 166.
Carvalho Correia 2008, pp. 180–182.
Branco, Maria João (2006). D. Sancho I (1st ed.). Lisbon: Temas e Debates. p. 45. ISBN 9724235173.
Carvalho Correia 2008, p. 187.
Rodrigues Oliveira 2010, p. 44.
Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1987, pp. 223–224.
Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1987, p. 223.
Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1987, p. 224.
Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1987, pp. 224–225.
Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1987, p. 225.
Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1987, pp. 168 and 261.
Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1987, p. 168.
Bibliography
Álvarez Palenzuela, Vicente Ángel (2013). "El componente cruzado de la Reconquista". Mundos medievales: espacios, sociedades y poder (in Spanish). Universidad de Cantabria. pp. 59–70. ISBN 978-8481026504.
Caetano de Souza, Antonio (1735). Historia Genealógica de la Real Casa Portuguesa (PDF) (in Portuguese). Vol. I. Lisbon: Lisboa Occidental, na oficina de Joseph Antonio da Sylva. ISBN 978-84-8109-908-9.
Carvalho Correia, Francisco (2008). O Mosteiro de Santo Tirso de 978 a 1588: a silhueta de uma entidade projectada no chao de uma história milenária (in Portuguese). Santiago de Compostela: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela: Servizo de Publicacións e Intercambio Científico. ISBN 978-84-9887-038-1. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013.
Mattoso, José (2014). D. Afonso Henriques (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Temas e Debates. ISBN 978-972-759-911-0.
Rodrigues Oliveira, Ana (2010). Rainhas medievais de Portugal. Dezassete mulheres, duas dinastias, quatro séculos de História (in Portuguese). Lisbon: A esfera dos livros. ISBN 978-989-626-261-7.
Sotto Mayor Pizarro, José Augusto (1997). Linhagens Medievais Portuguesas: Genealogias e Estratégias (1279-1325) (in Portuguese). Oporto: Doctorate thesis, author's edition. hdl:10216/18023.
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Sancho I of Portugal
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Born: 11 November 1154 Died: 26 March 1211
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Sancho I
King of Portugal (more...)
17th century painting of Sancho I
Reign December 6, 1185—March 26, 1212
Predecessor Afonso I
Successor Afonso II
Coronation December 9, 1185
Consort Dulce Berenguer
among others...Issue
Teresa, Queen of Castile
Infanta Sancha
Infanta Constança
Afonso II
Infante Pedro, Count of Urgell
Infante Fernando, Count of Flanders
Infanta Branca, Lady of Guadalajara
Berengária, Queen of Denmark
Mafalda, Queen of Castile
Royal house Capetian House of Burgundy
Father Afonso I
Mother Maud of Savoy
Born November 11, 1154(1154-11-11)
Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal
Died March 26, 1212
Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal
Burial Santa Cruz Monastery, Coimbra, District of Coimbra, Portugal
Portuguese Royalty
House of Burgundy
Afonso Henriques (Afonso I)
Children include
Infanta Mafalda
Infanta Urraca, Queen of Léon
Infante Sancho (future Sancho I)
Infanta Teresa, Countess of Flanders and Duchess of Burgundy
Sancho I
Children include
Infanta Teresa, Queen of Castile
Infanta Sancha, Lady of Alenquer
Infanta Constança
Infante Afonso (future Afonso II)
Infante Pedro, Count of Urgell
Infante Fernando, Count of Flanders
Infanta Branca, Lady of Guadalajara
Infanta Berengária, Queen of Denmark
Infanta Mafalda, Queen of Castile
Afonso II
Children include
Infante Sancho (future Sancho II)
Infante Afonso, Count of Boulogne (future Afonso III)
Infanta Leonor, Queen of Denmark
Infante Fernando, Lord of Serpa
Sancho II
Afonso III
Children include
Infanta Branca, Viscountess of Huelgas
Infante Dinis (future Denis I)
Infante Afonso, Lord of Portalegre
Infanta Maria
Infanta Sancha
Denis
Children include
Infanta Constança, Queen of Castile
Infante Afonso (future Afonso IV)
Afonso IV
Children include
Infanta Maria, Queen of Castile
Infante Pedro (future Peter I)
Infanta Leonor, Queen of Aragon
Peter I
Children include
Infanta Maria, Marchioness of Tortosa
Infante Fernando (future Ferdinand I)
Infanta Beatriz, Countess of Alburquerque
Infante João, Duke of Valencia de Campos
Infante Dinis, Lord of Villar-Dompardo
John, Grand Master of the Order of Aviz (future John I) (natural son)
Ferdinand I
Children include
Infanta Beatrice, Queen of Castile and Leon (future Beatrice I of Portugal)
Beatrice (disputed queen)
Children include
Infante Miguel of Castile and Portugal
Sancho I (pronounced [ˈsɐʃu]), nicknamed the Populator (Portuguese o Povoador), second monarch of Portugal, was born on November 11, 1154 in Coimbra and died on March 26, 1212 in the same city. He was the second but only surviving legitimate son and fourth child of Afonso I Henriques of Portugal by his wife, Maud of Savoy. Sancho succeeded his father in 1185. He used the title King of the Algarve and/or King of Silves between 1189 and 1191
In 1170, Sancho was knighted by his father, King Afonso I, and from then on he became his second in command, both administratively and militarily. At this time, the independence of Portugal (declared in 1139) was not firmly established. The kings of León and Castile were trying to re-annex the country and the Roman Catholic Church was late in giving its blessing and approval. Due to this situation Afonso I had to search for allies within the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal made an alliance with the Kingdom of Aragon and together they fought Castile and León. To secure the agreement, Infante Sancho of Portugal married, in 1174, Infanta Dulce Berenguer, younger sister of King Alfonso II of Aragon. Aragon was thus the first Iberian kingdom to recognize the independence of Portugal.
With the death of Afonso I in 1185, Sancho I became the second king of Portugal. Coimbra was the centre of his kingdom; Sancho terminated the exhausting and generally pointless wars against his neighbours for control of the Galician borderlands. Instead, he turned all his attentions to the south, towards the Moorish small kingdoms (called taifas) that still thrived. With Crusader help he took Silves in 1191. Silves was an important city of the South, an administrative and commercial town with population estimates around 20,000 people. Sancho ordered the fortification of the city and built a castle which is today an important monument of Portuguese heritage. However, military attention soon had to be turned again to the North, where León and Castile threatened again the Portuguese borders. Silves was again lost to the Moors. It should be noted that the global Muslim population had climbed to about 6 per cent as against the Christian population of 12 per cent by 1200.
Sancho I dedicated much of his reign to political and administrative organization of the new kingdom. He accumulated a national treasure, supported new industries and the middle class of merchants. Moreover, he created several new towns and villages (like Guarda in 1199) and took great care in populating remote areas in the northern Christian regions of Portugal, notably with Flemings and Burgundians – hence the nickname "the Populator". The king was also known for his love of knowledge and literature. Sancho I wrote several books of poems and used the royal treasure to send Portuguese students to European universities.
[edit] Ancestors
Sancho's ancestors in three generations Sancho I of Portugal Father:
Afonso I of Portugal Father's father:
Henry, Count of Portugal Father's father's father:
Henry, Duke of Burgundy
Father's father's mother:
Sybil (Beatriz) of Barcelona
Father's mother:
Theresa, Countess of Portugal Father's mother's father:
Alfonso VI of Castile
Father's mother's mother:
Jimena Muñoz
Mother:
Maud of Savoy Mother's father:
Amadeus III of Savoy Mother's father's father:
Humbert II of Savoy
Mother's father's mother:
Gisela of Burgundy
Mother's mother:
Mahaut of Albon Mother's mother's father:
Guy II, Count of Albon
Mother's mother's mother:
Inés of Barcelona
[edit] Marriage and descendants
Sancho married Dulce Berenguer, daughter of Raymond Berengar IV, Count of Barcelona, and Petronilla, Queen of Aragon.
Name Birth Death Notes
By Dulce Berenguer (1152-1198; married in 1175)
Infanta Teresa (Theresa) 1181 1250 Queen consort of Castile by marriage to King Alfonso IX of Castile.
Infante Raimundo (Raymond) c. 1180 1189
Infanta Sancha a. 1182 March 13, 1229 Abbess of Lorvão.
Infanta Constança (Constance) c. 1182 August 3, 1202
Infante Afonso April 23, 1185 March 25, 1223 Succeeded him as Afonso II, 3rd King of Portugal.
Infante Pedro (Peter) February 23, 1187 June 2, 1258 Consort Count of Urgell, and later titular Count of Urgell and Lord of the Balearic Islands. He lived in León and married Arembiaux Armengel, Countess of Urgell.
Infante Fernando (Ferdinand) March 24, 1188 March 4, 1233 Consort Count of Flanders. Lived in France and married Jeanne of Flanders.
Infante Henrique (Henry) 1189 1189
Infanta Branca (Blanche) c. 1192 1240 Lady of Guadalajara.
Infanta Berengária c. 1195 1221 Queen consort of Denmark by marriage to King Valdemar II of Denmark.
Infanta Mafalda c. 1200 1256 Queen consort of Castile by marriage to King Henry I of Castile.
By Maria Aires (c. 1180-?)
Martim Sanches or
Henrique Sanches c. 1200 1229 Natural son and Count of Trastamara.
Urraca Sanches c. 1200 1256 Natural daughter.
By Maria Pais Ribeira (Ribeirinha) (c. 1170-b. 1258)
Rodrigo Sanches c. 1200 1245 Natural son.
Gil Sanches c. 1200 1236 Natural son.
Nuno Sanches c. 1200 ? Natural son.
Teresa Sanches 1205 1230 Natural daughter.
Constança Sanches 1210 1269 Natural daughter.
Maior Sanches ? ? Natural daughter.
Sancho I of Portugal
House of Burgundy
Cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty
Born: 11 November 1154 Died: 26 March 1212
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Afonso I King of Portugal
1185–1212 Succeeded by
Afonso II
[hide]v • d • eMonarchs of Portugal
House of Burgundy Afonso I • Sancho I • Afonso II • Sancho II • Afonso III • Denis • Afonso IV • Peter I • Ferdinand I • Beatrice (disputed)
House of Aviz John I • Edward • Afonso V • John II • Afonso V • John II
House of Aviz-Beja Manuel I • John III • Sebastian I • Henry I • Anthony I
House of Habsburg Philip I • Philip II • Philip III
House of Braganza John IV • Afonso VI • Peter II • John V • Joseph I • Maria I with Peter III • John VI • Pedro IV • Maria II • Miguel • Maria II with Ferdinand II
House of Braganza-Wettin Pedro V • Luís I • Carlos I • Manuel II
Persondata
NAME Sancho I
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sanctius I (English), Infante Sancho of Portugal (earlier title), Infante Sanctius of Portugal (English earlier title), Sancho I, King of Portugal and Algarve (alternative), Sancho I, King of Portugal and of the Algarves (alternative), Sancho I, King of Portugal and Silves (alternative), Sanctius I, King of Portugal and Algarve (alternative), Sanctius I, King of Portugal and of the Algarves (alternative), Sanctius I, King of Portugal and Silves
SHORT DESCRIPTION King of Portugal
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1154
PLACE OF BIRTH Coimbra, Portugal
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 1212
PLACE OF DEATH Coimbra, Portugal
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Sancho I of Portugal
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Sancho I
King of Portugal (more...)
17th century painting of Sancho I
Reign December 6, 1185—March 26, 1212
Predecessor Afonso I
Successor Afonso II
Coronation December 9, 1185
Consort Dulce Berenguer
among others...Issue
Teresa, Queen of Castile
Infanta Sancha
Infanta Constança
Afonso II
Infante Pedro, Count of Urgell
Infante Fernando, Count of Flanders
Infanta Branca, Lady of Guadalajara
Berengária, Queen of Denmark
Mafalda, Queen of Castile
Royal house Capetian House of Burgundy
Father Afonso I
Mother Maud of Savoy
Born November 11, 1154(1154-11-11)
Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal
Died March 26, 1212
Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal
Burial Santa Cruz Monastery, Coimbra, District of Coimbra, Portugal
Portuguese Royalty
House of Burgundy
Afonso Henriques (Afonso I)
Children include
Infanta Mafalda
Infanta Urraca, Queen of Léon
Infante Sancho (future Sancho I)
Infanta Teresa, Countess of Flanders and Duchess of Burgundy
Sancho I
Children include
Infanta Teresa, Queen of Castile
Infanta Sancha, Lady of Alenquer
Infanta Constança
Infante Afonso (future Afonso II)
Infante Pedro, Count of Urgell
Infante Fernando, Count of Flanders
Infanta Branca, Lady of Guadalajara
Infanta Berengária, Queen of Denmark
Infanta Mafalda, Queen of Castile
Afonso II
Children include
Infante Sancho (future Sancho II)
Infante Afonso, Count of Boulogne (future Afonso III)
Infanta Leonor, Queen of Denmark
Infante Fernando, Lord of Serpa
Sancho II
Afonso III
Children include
Infanta Branca, Viscountess of Huelgas
Infante Dinis (future Denis I)
Infante Afonso, Lord of Portalegre
Infanta Maria
Infanta Sancha
Denis
Children include
Infanta Constança, Queen of Castile
Infante Afonso (future Afonso IV)
Afonso IV
Children include
Infanta Maria, Queen of Castile
Infante Pedro (future Peter I)
Infanta Leonor, Queen of Aragon
Peter I
Children include
Infanta Maria, Marchioness of Tortosa
Infante Fernando (future Ferdinand I)
Infanta Beatriz, Countess of Alburquerque
Infante João, Duke of Valencia de Campos
Infante Dinis, Lord of Villar-Dompardo
John, Grand Master of the Order of Aviz (future John I) (natural son)
Ferdinand I
Children include
Infanta Beatrice, Queen of Castile and Leon (future Beatrice I of Portugal)
Beatrice (disputed queen)
Children include
Infante Miguel of Castile and Portugal
Sancho I (pronounced [ˈsɐʃu]), nicknamed the Populator (Portuguese o Povoador), second monarch of Portugal, was born on November 11, 1154 in Coimbra and died on March 26, 1212 in the same city. He was the second but only surviving legitimate son and fourth child of Afonso I Henriques of Portugal by his wife, Maud of Savoy. Sancho succeeded his father in 1185. He used the title King of the Algarve and/or King of Silves between 1189 and 1191
In 1170, Sancho was knighted by his father, King Afonso I, and from then on he became his second in command, both administratively and militarily. At this time, the independence of Portugal (declared in 1139) was not firmly established. The kings of León and Castile were trying to re-annex the country and the Roman Catholic Church was late in giving its blessing and approval. Due to this situation Afonso I had to search for allies within the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal made an alliance with the Kingdom of Aragon and together they fought Castile and León. To secure the agreement, Infante Sancho of Portugal married, in 1174, Infanta Dulce Berenguer, younger sister of King Alfonso II of Aragon. Aragon was thus the first Iberian kingdom to recognize the independence of Portugal.
With the death of Afonso I in 1185, Sancho I became the second king of Portugal. Coimbra was the centre of his kingdom; Sancho terminated the exhausting and generally pointless wars against his neighbours for control of the Galician borderlands. Instead, he turned all his attentions to the south, towards the Moorish small kingdoms (called taifas) that still thrived. With Crusader help he took Silves in 1191. Silves was an important city of the South, an administrative and commercial town with population estimates around 20,000 people. Sancho ordered the fortification of the city and built a castle which is today an important monument of Portuguese heritage. However, military attention soon had to be turned again to the North, where León and Castile threatened again the Portuguese borders. Silves was again lost to the Moors. It should be noted that the global Muslim population had climbed to about 6 per cent as against the Christian population of 12 per cent by 1200.
Sancho I dedicated much of his reign to political and administrative organization of the new kingdom. He accumulated a national treasure, supported new industries and the middle class of merchants. Moreover, he created several new towns and villages (like Guarda in 1199) and took great care in populating remote areas in the northern Christian regions of Portugal, notably with Flemings and Burgundians – hence the nickname "the Populator". The king was also known for his love of knowledge and literature. Sancho I wrote several books of poems and used the royal treasure to send Portuguese students to European universities.
[edit] Ancestors
Sancho's ancestors in three generations Sancho I of Portugal Father:
Afonso I of Portugal Father's father:
Henry, Count of Portugal Father's father's father:
Henry, Duke of Burgundy
Father's father's mother:
Sybil (Beatriz) of Barcelona
Father's mother:
Theresa, Countess of Portugal Father's mother's father:
Alfonso VI of Castile
Father's mother's mother:
Jimena Muñoz
Mother:
Maud of Savoy Mother's father:
Amadeus III of Savoy Mother's father's father:
Humbert II of Savoy
Mother's father's mother:
Gisela of Burgundy
Mother's mother:
Mahaut of Albon Mother's mother's father:
Guy II, Count of Albon
Mother's mother's mother:
Inés of Barcelona
[edit] Marriage and descendants
Sancho married Dulce Berenguer, daughter of Raymond Berengar IV, Count of Barcelona, and Petronilla, Queen of Aragon.
Name Birth Death Notes
By Dulce Berenguer (1152-1198; married in 1175)
Infanta Teresa (Theresa) 1181 1250 Queen consort of Castile by marriage to King Alfonso IX of Castile.
Infante Raimundo (Raymond) c. 1180 1189
Infanta Sancha a. 1182 March 13, 1229 Abbess of Lorvão.
Infanta Constança (Constance) c. 1182 August 3, 1202
Infante Afonso April 23, 1185 March 25, 1223 Succeeded him as Afonso II, 3rd King of Portugal.
Infante Pedro (Peter) February 23, 1187 June 2, 1258 Consort Count of Urgell, and later titular Count of Urgell and Lord of the Balearic Islands. He lived in León and married Arembiaux Armengel, Countess of Urgell.
Infante Fernando (Ferdinand) March 24, 1188 March 4, 1233 Consort Count of Flanders. Lived in France and married Jeanne of Flanders.
Infante Henrique (Henry) 1189 1189
Infanta Branca (Blanche) c. 1192 1240 Lady of Guadalajara.
Infanta Berengária c. 1195 1221 Queen consort of Denmark by marriage to King Valdemar II of Denmark.
Infanta Mafalda c. 1200 1256 Queen consort of Castile by marriage to King Henry I of Castile.
By Maria Aires (c. 1180-?)
Martim Sanches or
Henrique Sanches c. 1200 1229 Natural son and Count of Trastamara.
Urraca Sanches c. 1200 1256 Natural daughter.
By Maria Pais Ribeira (Ribeirinha) (c. 1170-b. 1258)
Rodrigo Sanches c. 1200 1245 Natural son.
Gil Sanches c. 1200 1236 Natural son.
Nuno Sanches c. 1200 ? Natural son.
Teresa Sanches 1205 1230 Natural daughter.
Constança Sanches 1210 1269 Natural daughter.
Maior Sanches ? ? Natural daughter.
Sancho I of Portugal
House of Burgundy
Cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty
Born: 11 November 1154 Died: 26 March 1212
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Afonso I King of Portugal
1185–1212 Succeeded by
Afonso II
[hide]v • d • eMonarchs of Portugal
House of Burgundy Afonso I • Sancho I • Afonso II • Sancho II • Afonso III • Denis • Afonso IV • Peter I • Ferdinand I • Beatrice (disputed)
House of Aviz John I • Edward • Afonso V • John II • Afonso V • John II
House of Aviz-Beja Manuel I • John III • Sebastian I • Henry I • Anthony I
House of Habsburg Philip I • Philip II • Philip III
House of Braganza John IV • Afonso VI • Peter II • John V • Joseph I • Maria I with Peter III • John VI • Pedro IV • Maria II • Miguel • Maria II with Ferdinand II
House of Braganza-Wettin Pedro V • Luís I • Carlos I • Manuel II
Persondata
NAME Sancho I
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sanctius I (English), Infante Sancho of Portugal (earlier title), Infante Sanctius of Portugal (English earlier title), Sancho I, King of Portugal and Algarve (alternative), Sancho I, King of Portugal and of the Algarves (alternative), Sancho I, King of Portugal and Silves (alternative), Sanctius I, King of Portugal and Algarve (alternative), Sanctius I, King of Portugal and of the Algarves (alternative), Sanctius I, King of Portugal and Silves
SHORT DESCRIPTION King of Portugal
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1154
PLACE OF BIRTH Coimbra, Portugal
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 1212
PLACE OF DEATH Coimbra, Portugal
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Santa Cruz Monastery
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Main façade of Santa Cruz MonasteryThe Santa Cruz Monastery, (English: Monastery of the Holy Cross, Portuguese: Mosteiro de Santa Cruz, best known as Igreja (Church) de Santa Cruz) is a National Monument in Coimbra, Portugal. Founded in 1131 outside the protecting walls of Coimbra, the Santa Cruz Monastery was the most important monastic house during the first times of the Portuguese monarchy. Dedicated to the Order of St. Augustine, the Monastery was granted numerous papal privileges and royal grants, which allowed the accumulation of a considerable patrimony, at the same time as it consolidated its position on the politico-institutional and cultural scene. Its school was essential on medieval times and also a meeting point for the intellectual and power elites. Its scriptorium was responsible for the propaganda machine of King Afonso Henriques, being not strange at all his decision to be buried exactly in Santa Cruz of Coimbra.
Nothing remains of the early Romanesque Monastery. It is known that it had only one nave and a high tower in the façade, as typical of the Augustine-Romanesque constructions, but none of those elements subsisted. In the first half of the 16th century, the Monastery was completely reformed by King Manuel's order, this monarch having assumed the Monastery tutelage.
Inside Santa Cruz MonasteryThe whole monastic ensemble, the church and the tombs of King Afonso Henriques and of his successor, King Sancho I, were rearranged and transferred to the main-chapel in 1530, where they still lie in a sculptural work by Nicolau Chanterene. The architect Diogo Boitac was responsible for the layout of the Manueline church and the Chapter House with its basket-handled and ribbed ceilings. Marco Pires gave continuity to the work, with the completion of the church, the Capela de São Miguel (St. Michael's Chapel) and the Claustro do Silêncio (Cloister of Silence). The main portal, made between 1522 and 1525 under Chanterene, is the most emblematic piece of the whole monastic ensemble, harmonising the artistic elements of the Manueline with other features from Renaissance inspiration.
Through the whole 16th century, worked at Santa Cruz de Coimbra the most respected architects, sculptors and painters, such as Diogo de Castilho, Machim and Jean of Rouen, Cristóvão de Figueiredo and Vasco Fernandes besides the already mentioned Chanterene, Boytac and Diogo Pires the Younger. The sacristy dates back to the 17th century and keeps some 16th century canvases.
Saint Anthony of Lisbon studied in the monastery and after his ordination, he was placed in charge of hospitality in this abbey.
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Santa Cruz Monastery
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Jump to: navigation, search
Main façade of Santa Cruz MonasteryThe Santa Cruz Monastery, (English: Monastery of the Holy Cross, Portuguese: Mosteiro de Santa Cruz, best known as Igreja (Church) de Santa Cruz) is a National Monument in Coimbra, Portugal. Founded in 1131 outside the protecting walls of Coimbra, the Santa Cruz Monastery was the most important monastic house during the first times of the Portuguese monarchy. Dedicated to the Order of St. Augustine, the Monastery was granted numerous papal privileges and royal grants, which allowed the accumulation of a considerable patrimony, at the same time as it consolidated its position on the politico-institutional and cultural scene. Its school was essential on medieval times and also a meeting point for the intellectual and power elites. Its scriptorium was responsible for the propaganda machine of King Afonso Henriques, being not strange at all his decision to be buried exactly in Santa Cruz of Coimbra.
Nothing remains of the early Romanesque Monastery. It is known that it had only one nave and a high tower in the façade, as typical of the Augustine-Romanesque constructions, but none of those elements subsisted. In the first half of the 16th century, the Monastery was completely reformed by King Manuel's order, this monarch having assumed the Monastery tutelage.
Inside Santa Cruz MonasteryThe whole monastic ensemble, the church and the tombs of King Afonso Henriques and of his successor, King Sancho I, were rearranged and transferred to the main-chapel in 1530, where they still lie in a sculptural work by Nicolau Chanterene. The architect Diogo Boitac was responsible for the layout of the Manueline church and the Chapter House with its basket-handled and ribbed ceilings. Marco Pires gave continuity to the work, with the completion of the church, the Capela de São Miguel (St. Michael's Chapel) and the Claustro do Silêncio (Cloister of Silence). The main portal, made between 1522 and 1525 under Chanterene, is the most emblematic piece of the whole monastic ensemble, harmonising the artistic elements of the Manueline with other features from Renaissance inspiration.
Through the whole 16th century, worked at Santa Cruz de Coimbra the most respected architects, sculptors and painters, such as Diogo de Castilho, Machim and Jean of Rouen, Cristóvão de Figueiredo and Vasco Fernandes besides the already mentioned Chanterene, Boytac and Diogo Pires the Younger. The sacristy dates back to the 17th century and keeps some 16th century canvases.
Saint Anthony of Lisbon studied in the monastery and after his ordination, he was placed in charge of hospitality in this abbey.
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Mosteiro de Santa CruzRetrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Monastery"
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