Fascinating History of Portugal's First King: D. Afonso Henriques

Brief History of D. Afonso Henriques / Afonso I (? - 1185), the first King of Portugal
Fought against the Moors and the Spanish for independence, had the Templars at his side and was blessed by Jesus… but his mother never loved him.
*excerpt from ‘Missing History from Game of Thrones’: • Missing History from G...
Portuguese Medieval History; History of Portugal
Battle of Ourique; Treaty of Zamora (1143); Lisbon; Galicia; Castile; King Alfonso VI of León and Castile; Alfonso VII of León and Castile
História de Portugal; História Medieval; Rei de Portugal; Batalha de Ourique; Tratado de Zamora; Lisboa; Condado Portucalense; Teresa de Leão; Henrique de Borgonha; Castela; Galiza; Guimarães; Viseu
Music:
Kevin MacLeod
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[@ethanmcardle3215]

I needed a quick explanation of this part of history so i clicked this video and i have to say, i love the video style you've got going! Keep up the good work, you're good at this

[@atlastrip5632]

finally something not boring about the subject, thank you!

[@adrianmorrison2395]

@2:30 We are NOT Spain!

[@josemariaferreira7554]

We are not Spain!

[@bernardosantos8020]

José Maria Ferreira, não, não somos

[@-smp-scientificmethodpersp838]

Very cool facts in such a short amount of time

[@ayz7177]

Dude, this new Bill Wurtz vid is dope

[@nunorican]

Kudos for mentioning the "crippled" circumstance,, often overlooked. Also, the "pun" about the royal seal is nicely done. Great video to get kids to learn history in a fun way!

[@adrianmorrison7525]

15kg sword took 10 men to carry? Were they hobbits?

[@paxas03]

Ahaha good point. Maybe on that Era 1kg is different. Ahah

[@bladehea]

Kind off people that Era were tiny

[@FBWe]

To be fair he said more than 15 kg

[@sn4tx]

This is the most silly video i watched about Portugal history. Love it!!!

[@hjs8092]

Such a fantastic video ❤️🇵🇹🫶

[@henryhammerhead1508]

HERO! The best conquistador ever!

[@SoanaSoan]

I love this video!!

[@amanda0683]

His mother, Dona Teresa, already signed as Queen of Portucale before his son, and the title was acknowledged by the Pope.

[@pauloseara1638]

This video has some facts that were used in the Estado Novo history textbooks and are not true, and beside that mixing real facts with 19th century recycling of myths that Afonso was born crippled makes no sense. Pointing that Portugal existed only from 1090 its another misleading error. The County existed since 867 and was ruled by the Vimara Peres dinasty. Before Ramiro II of Leon ruled as King of Portugal and Garcia II was briefly King of Portugal and Galiza in 1070, he defeated the last Count of the Peres Dinasty, but later on his own brother fight and defeated him to absorb Portugal and Galiza. Lastly, Teresa of Leon styled herself as Queen for roughly 10 years. Afonso Henriques was a feudal lord that in a sense had the perfect timing to became king and start a dinasty but someone else had cleared the pathway.

[@eduardoalves4251]

​@@pauloseara1638Afonso was born crippled, there are literally letters between his mother and Egas Moniz that prove it, the biggest theory here is if he was indeed son of Henrique since there is also proof that his mother had a case with Egas Moniz

[@eduardoalves4251]

​​@@pauloseara1638i can see u lack some information so u should not be claiming to be right or wrong when u urself dont know it, by the way Vimara Peres also tried to proclaim himself king, and what do u mean someone else had cleared the pathway? He still had to fight both against Galizia and Leon and against the army of the county of Portugal too, dont forget the county of Portugal was under rule of his mother, not him, so basically this was half of the county of Portugal against the other half plus the Leonese and Galicians

[@pauloseara1638]

@@eduardoalves4251 That's a legend pal. Where are the letters!?

[@pauloseara1638]

@@eduardoalves4251 You must be confused. There is not much documents about Vímara Peres, you must be referring to Nuno Mendes, the last Count of the Peres Dynasty, killed in the Battle of Pedroso in 1071 against King Garcia II of Portugal and Galiza, uncle of Teresa de Leão and that way uncle of Afonso Henriques. Don't come now telling that no one was clearing the pathway.

[@aiwwakk7152]

Take a bow.. what an amazing Christian king.. much respect from canada.. 🫡🫡🫡

[@i9icy9vGaming]

I'm an Afonso thank you for the knowledge

[@sanguedecostela]

This is magnificent.

[@aren6]

Well done!

[@gabrielalmeida106]

Back then we had op people, we had a soldier that fought still at the age of 95.

[@calebe9060]

Do a video about "o juramento de ourique" and the profecies.

[@caetobrixlurgan1341]

Spain did not exist like Spain at that time!!!!

[@Ogeroigres]

Exactly.

[@twinkiewonder2930]

even better, Spain had el Cid Campeador!

[@suevialania]

💚❤️🇵🇹👍🏻

[@bernardosantos8020]

The only thing I think is wrong (and I say "I think" because its what my family teached me) is that Afonso's mother was actually sent away as a nun before she could officially marry with that guy.... btw the video is hella nice

[@diogocastroferreira3343]

Good job 👍🏻

[@openalpha01]

We're talking about the 12th century. You're confusing "Spain" the geography region with the modern territories that make up the modern country of Spain. To say that Portugal is not part of Spain from a medieval timeline, you're completely wrong. If you know anything about Hispanic medieval history, then you should be aware that Portugal is one of the five kingdoms of Spain.

[@msaone]

Good job!

[@andreiaknuts3033]

Brilliant made

[@fernandoaguieiras9454]

Que merda de sátira é esta? Mais respeito pela nossa nação, já fomos um dos maiores impérios do mundo, um pouco mais de consideração não é pedir muito. A sério??😔😔😔 🇵🇹❤️

[@fernandolima6335]

brilliant

[@yourztruly8255]

Raymond of burgundy and Afonso I dad are not related at all Raymond came from the county of burgundy and Afonso dad came from the duchy both ruled by 2 different families

[@pnvgordinho]

There was no Spain.

[@afonsodeportugal]

She clearly acknowledges that in the video. Each time she mentions Spain, there's an asterisk (*) and a footnote.

[@vivithegoblindruid]

5 kg sword? What? Credibility down the drain, even a montante, a Iberian claymore wouldn't weigh more than 2.5 kg, a longsword in average is about 1.5 to 2 kg and an arming sword is around 1 to 1.5 kg.

[@andrealmeida2448]

:)

[@afonsohenriques6930]

🅱️ased

[@bernardobastos5996]

I'm gonna stop watching because you just said a normal sword weighs 5kg. Goodbye.

[@antoniplebanski1119]

looool