afdave
Posts: 1621 Joined: April 2006
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Quote | Portugal traces its national origin to 24 June 1128 with the Battle of São Mamede. Afonso proclaimed himself first Prince of Portugal and in 1139 the first King of Portugal. By 1143, with the assistance of a representant of the Holy See at the conference of Zamora, Portugal was formally recognized as independent, with the prince recognized as Dux Portucalensis. In 1179, Afonso I was declared, by the Pope, as king. After the Battle of São Mamede, the first capital of Portugal was Guimarães, from which the first king ruled. Later, when Portugal was already officially independent, he ruled from Coimbra. |
Rilke-- Check to see who Afonso's father was. You'll find in was Henry of Burgundy, a French nobleman who helped fight the Muslims.
Now, since everybody is whining on your behalf, I'll lower the wager. You tell me what you are willing to risk to prove you superiority and my idiocy.
I wouldn't hold your feet to the fire, Rilke, but you were pretty rash and blatant and bold. I'll give you a hint ... Sometimes you get what you pay for on Wikipedia.
If you want to keep being a jerk, I'm going to shine a bigger and bigger spotlight on you ... otherwise, I'll drop it and we'll move on.
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