Individual Details
Henri de Bourgogne, Count of Portugal
(Abt 1069 - 1 Nov 1112)
Henri was born about 1069, the son of Henri de Bourgogne and a daughter, possibly called Sybille, of Berenguer Ramon I 'el Curvo', conde de Barcelona. About 1093 he married Teresa, the illegitimate daughter of Alfonso VI, king of Castile. They had four children of whom only Afonso would have progeny. In 1095 his father-in-law gave him the county of Portugal. He left his capable wife in charge to take part in the Second Crusade from 1103 to 1105.
Peace for Portugal lasted only until 1109. In that year King Alfonso VI of Castile died and his only legitimate child, his daughter Urraca, claimed all his territories including Portugal. This resulted in several years of civil war as well as war with the Moors. Henri died in 1112, leaving Afonso as his only surviving son.
Originally there were four different languages in Iberia: Basque, Catálan, 'Spanish' (sometimes called Aragonese, Leonese, later Castilian) and Galician-Portuguese. As Spanish and Galician-Portuguese were both Latin they should have been similar before but in the times of the counts of Portugal and kings of Galicia, mainly because of coastal trade, the languages were already distinct, mainly because of coastal trade. Even today Galician spoken and written is much closer to Portuguese than to Castilian. The influence of coastal trade was so important that one can still identify a few Phoenician rooted words, and mainly in words concerned with navigation and trade there still are similarities with Catalán, without immediate correspondence in Castilian.
Source: Leo van de Pas
Peace for Portugal lasted only until 1109. In that year King Alfonso VI of Castile died and his only legitimate child, his daughter Urraca, claimed all his territories including Portugal. This resulted in several years of civil war as well as war with the Moors. Henri died in 1112, leaving Afonso as his only surviving son.
Originally there were four different languages in Iberia: Basque, Catálan, 'Spanish' (sometimes called Aragonese, Leonese, later Castilian) and Galician-Portuguese. As Spanish and Galician-Portuguese were both Latin they should have been similar before but in the times of the counts of Portugal and kings of Galicia, mainly because of coastal trade, the languages were already distinct, mainly because of coastal trade. Even today Galician spoken and written is much closer to Portuguese than to Castilian. The influence of coastal trade was so important that one can still identify a few Phoenician rooted words, and mainly in words concerned with navigation and trade there still are similarities with Catalán, without immediate correspondence in Castilian.
Source: Leo van de Pas
Events
| Birth | Abt 1069 | ||||
| Marriage | 1093 | Teresa of Castilla and León | |||
| Death | 1 Nov 1112 |
Families
| Spouse | Teresa of Castilla and León (1080 - 1130) |
| Child | Alfonso I (Henriques) King of Portugal (1109 - 1185) |
| Father | Henri de Bourgogne (1035 - 1074) |
| Mother | Sybille Beatriz of Barcelona (1035 - 1074) |