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
Miniature, 13th century
Tomb of Theresa, Countess-Queen of Portugal, at Braga Cathedral.
Alfonso VI, nicknamed the Brave or the Valiant, was king of León, Galicia, and Castile.
Theresa, Countess of Portugal
…with the support of the Portuguese nobility and clergy, defeated her at the Battle of São Mamede in 1128. Theresa was the illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso VI of León by Jimena Muñoz. In 1093, her father married her to a French nobleman, Henry of Burgundy, who was a nephew of Queen Constance, a brother of the Duke…
13th century miniature of Alfonso VI from the Tumbo A codex at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.
Alfonso in the Libro de las Estampas
Signature of Alfonso VI, from a 1097 charter.
Epitaph of Jimena Muñoz, Alfonso's mistress and progenitor of the first Portuguese royal line.