Portugal – 3
A prehistory of Portugal is shared with the Iberian. The region was inhabited by Pre-Celts and Celts, giving origin to peoples like the Galician, Lusitano, Celtic and CinetVisited by Phoenicians[21] and Carthaginians, And Roman incorporated it in their Empire (as LusitaniaAfter 45 BC)[22] subsequently invaded by Swabians, Buri and VisigothsAnd conquered by Moors. In 868, during the Reconquista, Was formed Portucalense.[23]
Formation and consolidation of the kingdom
Crystal Clear app xmag.pngSee also: Portucalense, Independence from Portugal.
Portugal Long before gaining their independence, there had been some attempts to reach a wider autonomy and even independence by the earls who ruled the lands of County of Galicia and Portucale. To end with this climate independence of the local nobility in the respect Leonese King Alfonso VI gave the government County of Galicia the Count Raymond of Burgundy, And the cousin of this, Earl D. HenryThe government Portucalense. With the government Earl D. HenryThe County of Portugal met not only a military policy more effective in combating MoorsAs well as a more active political independence. Only after his death, when his son D. Afonso came to power, Portugal gained its independence with the signing in 1143 of Treaty of ZamoraThe same time has large towns like Santarem, Lisbon, Palmela and Évora to Moors.[24]
Finished Reconquista Portuguese territory in 1249, the independence of the new kingdom would be called into question several times Castile. First, following the succession crisis of D. FerdinandWhich culminated in Battle of AljubarrotaIn 1385.
