Henry, Count of Portugal
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Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal, was the first member of the Capetian House of Burgundy to rule Portugal and the father of the country's first king, Afonso Henriques.
13th century portrait
Portrait in Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz's "Philippus Prudens", 1639
Tomb of Count Henry at Braga Cathedral.
Theresa was Countess of Portugal, and for a time claimant to be its independent Queen. She rebelled against her half-sister Queen Urraca of León. She was recognised as Queen by Pope Paschal II in 1116
Henry, Count of Portugal
…Alfonso VI: Raymond of Burgundy married infanta Urraca, later Queen Urraca of León; Raymond of St. Gilles married Elvira; and Henry of Burgundy married Teresa of León, an illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso with his mistress Jimena Muñoz, alongside her sister Elvira. Between the years 1096 and 1105, count Raymond…
Miniature, 13th century
Tomb of Theresa, Countess-Queen of Portugal, at Braga Cathedral.