D. Sancho I - Rei de Portugal - Silves, Portugal
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D. Sancho I, the Populator. 2nd King of Portugal;
Succeded his father as King at 1185.
Waymark Code: WMCNH8
Location: Faro, Portugal
Date Posted: 09/25/2011
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D. Sancho I de Portugal (Coimbra, 11 de Novembro de 1154 - Coimbra, 26 de Março de 1211), cognominado o Povoador (pelo estímulo com que apadrinhou o povoamento dos territórios do país - destacando-se a fundação da cidade da Guarda, em 1199, e a atribuição de cartas de foral na Beira e em Trás-os-Montes: Gouveia (1186), Covilhã (1186), Viseu (1187), Bragança (1187), etc, povoando assim áreas remotas do reino, em particular com imigrantes da Flandres e Borgonha.
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Sancho I, nicknamed the Populator (Portuguese o Povoador), second monarch of Portugal, was born on 11 November 1154 in Coimbra and died on 26 March 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
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Monarch Ranking: King / Queen
Proper Title and Name of Monarch: D. Sancho I, Rei de Portugal
Country or Empire of Influence: Portugal
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