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Also Known As Afonso Henriques • Afonso o Conquistador • Afonso the Conqueror
Born 1109 or 1111 • Guimarães • Portugal
Died December 6, 1185 • Coimbra • Portugal
Title / Office king (1139-1185), Portugal
Role In Crusades • Reconquista • Siege of Lisbon

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John I and John of Gaunt
John I
king of Portugal
Pedro I
Pedro I
emperor of Brazil
Afonso II
king of Portugal
Afonso III
Afonso III
king of Portugal
Antonio Ramalho Eanes
president of Portugal
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese navigator
John II of Portugal
John II
king of Portugal
Manuel I
king of Portugal
Afonso de Albuquerque
Afonso de Albuquerque
Portuguese conqueror
Pombal, Sebastião de Carvalho, marquês de
Marquis de Pombal
Portuguese ruler
Guterres, António
António Guterres
Portuguese statesman and secretary-general of the United Nations
John VI.
John VI
king of Portugal
António de Oliveira Salazar
António de Oliveira Salazar
prime minister of Portugal
Cavaco Silva, Aníbal
Aníbal Cavaco Silva
president of Portugal
St. Nuno Álvares Pereira
St. Nuno Álvares Pereira
Portuguese military leader
Michael
king of Portugal
Ferdinand I
king of Portugal
José Manuel Barroso
José Manuel Barroso
prime minister of Portugal
João Carlos de Saldanha, duke de Saldanha
Portuguese statesman
John III
king of Portugal

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