Individual Details

Afonso I de Bourgogne

(1094 - 6 Dec 1185)

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Afonso I de Bourgogne, Rei de Portugal1
M, #113407, b. 1094, d. 6 December 1185
Last Edited=10 May 2003
Consanguinity Index=0.1%
Afonso I de Bourgogne, Rei de Portugal was born in 1094.2 He was the son of Henri de Bourgogne, Comte de Portugal and Theresa de Castilla, Infanta de Castilla.2,3 He was also reported to have been born on 7 November 1110. He married Matilda di Savoia, daughter of Amadeo III Conte di Savoia and Maud d'Albon, in 1146.3 He died on 6 December 1185.
He gained the title of Rei Afonso I de Portugal in 1139.3
He was the earliest King of Portugal, Being only two years old at the death of his father, the management of affairs fell to his ambitious but dissolute mother, Theresa of Castille, until 1128.
Children of Afonso I de Bourgogne, Rei de Portugal and Matilda di Savoia

Theresa de Portugal3 d. 1218
Urraca de Portugal+1 b. a 1150, d. 1188
Sancho I de Bourgogne, Rei de Portugal+3 b. 1154, d. 1211

Citations

[S16] JirĂ­ Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 47. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.
[S16] Louda and MacLagan, Lines of Succession, table 114.
[S16] Louda and MacLagan, Lines of Succession, table 115.

Events

Birth1094
Title (Nobility)1139Rei de Portugal
Death6 Dec 1185

Families

SpouseMatilda di Savoia (1125 - 1157)
ChildUrraca de Portugal (1150 - 1188)
FatherHenri de Bourgogne (1066 - 1112)
MotherTheresa de Castilla (1070 - 1130)