Portugal
• The
name of King D. Afonso Henriques is The Conqueror.
• "1143 - who does not know this date is not good Portuguese".
• D. Afonso Henriques lived his last years in Coimbra, delegating to his son,
future D. Sancho I, the leadership of the Portuguese army in the fight against
the Moors.
• The first queen of Portugal, the wife of King D. Afonso Henriques, was
called Mafalda.
• D. Afonso had seven children and four illegitimate descendants.
• D. Afonso Henriques is buried in Coimbra, in the Monastery of Santa
Cruz