Sancho I | |
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King of Portugal | |
Reign | 6 December 1185 – 26 March 1211 |
Coronation | 9 December 1185 |
Predecessor | Afonso I |
Successor | Afonso II |
Born | Martinho 11 November 1154 Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal |
Died | 26 March 1211 Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal | (aged 56)
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House | Portuguese House of Burgundy |
Father | Afonso I of Portugal |
Mother | Matilda of Savoy |
Sancho I of Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐ̃ʃu]), nicknamed "the Populator" (Portuguese: "o Povoador"), King of Portugal (Coimbra, 11 November 1154[1] – 26 March 1211[2][3]) was the second but only surviving legitimate son and fifth child of Afonso I of Portugal by his wife, Maud of Savoy. Sancho succeeded his father and was crowned in Coimbra when he was 31 years old on 9 December 1185.[4] He used the title King of Silves from 1189 until he lost the territory to Almohad control in 1191.[5]