Portugal till Second Republic
The House of Burgundy In 1143, Alfonso VII of Castile-León recognized Portugal’s independence under the Burgundian dynasty, which submitted to the suzerainty of the Pope. Alfonso I achieved the liberation of the southwest from Moorish rule (capture of Lisbon with the help of German, English, Flemish and French crusaders, 1147). But it was not until a century later, with the regaining of the Algarve and the Castilian surrender of this province (1267, the final and still valid border with Castile-León…
