House of Burgundy

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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.

Portuguese Royalty
House of Burgundy

Afonso Henriques (Afonso I)
Children include Infanta Urraca, Queen of Léon Infante Sancho (future Sancho I) Infanta Teresa, Countess of Flanders
Sancho I
Children include Infanta Teresa, Queen of Castile Infanta Sancha 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 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 Cifuentes John, Grand Master of the Order of Aviz (future John I) (natural son)
Ferdinand I
Children include Infanta Beatrice, Queen consort of Castile and Leon (future Beatrice I of Portugal)
Beatrice (disputed queen)
Children include Miguel of Transtámara, Crown Prince of Portugal

The House of Burgundy (Portuguese: Casa de Borgonha, pron. IPA: [buɾ.'ɣo.ɲɐ]) or Afonsine Dynasty (Dinastia Afonsina, pron. IPA: [ɐ.fõ.'si.nɐ]) was the first dynasty of Kings of Portugal. It began in 1139 and ended in 1383. Afonso Henriques (Afonso I) became king of Portugal after defeating his mother in the Battle of São Mamede in 1139. It was only in 1179 that Pope Alexander III recognized Portugal as an independent state, regognition, 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 conquers Algarve and adopts the name 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.

[edit] 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)

[edit] See also

• List of Portuguese monarchs
• House of Aviz
• The Establishment of the Monarchy in Portugal
• The Consolidation of the Monarchy in Portugal
• Timeline of Portuguese history