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Sancho I

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Also known as: Sancho o Funador, Sancho o Povoador, Sancho the Founder, Sancho the Populator
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Byname:
Sancho The Founder, or The Populator
Portuguese:
Sancho O Funador, or O Povoador
Born:
1154, Coimbra, Port.
Died:
March 26, 1211 (aged 57)

Sancho I (born 1154, Coimbra, Port.—died March 26, 1211) was the second king of Portugal (1185–1211), son of Afonso I. Sancho’s reign was marked by a resettlement of the depopulated areas of his country, by the establishment of new towns, and by the rebuilding of frontier strongholds and castles. To facilitate his plans, he encouraged foreign settlers and enlisted bishops, religious orders, and nobles in his colonization projects, granting vast territories to the military orders (the Hospitalers, the Templars, the Orders of Calatrava and Santiago). After an invasion by the Almohad prince Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb al-Manṣūr, Sancho used the help ...(100 of 135 words)

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