History of Portugal for Everyone

1st Part Archipelago of Canary, Madeira , Azores and Cape Bojador CANARY ISLAND  Was the first destination and first maritime expedition of the Portuguese in the reign of D. Afonso IV in the year 1336, 1340 and 1341. Picture 1- King D. Afonso IV Already in the Classical era there was news about the existence of this island, so it was not the Portuguese who discovered the island of the Canaries. The archipelago of the Canaries was disputed with the kingdom of Castile, and was attributed this territory to the Castilians by Pope Clement VI. In my view an unfair solution to Portugal, since Portugal was the first European country to carry out expeditions to the Canaries The Canary Islands are geographically close to the archipelago of Madeira, which until then had not yet been discovered by the Portuguese. Unfortunately, we are not aware of the Portuguese navigators who arrived in the Canaries. Picture 2- Map of Canary Picture 3- Canary MADEIRA ...

Between 1383 and 1385, Portugal lived in a period of anarchy and Civil War, since the country had no king following the death of D. Fernando on October 22, 1383 who died without leaving male descendants Picture 1- D. Fernando, King of Portugal The only daughter of the king (D. Fernando), D. Beatriz was married to D. João I of Castile. These events bring to Portugal the evident threat of the loss of the Independence of Portugal, being controlled by Castile. Leonor de Teles became the regent of the kingdom in the name of her daughter, who sought and defended the annexation of Portugal to Castile, in addition to D. João I of Castile, declares himself king of Portugal Nevertheless part of the Nobility and middle class, will defend the Independence of Portugal, defending that D. João Mestre de Avis (Master of Avis) should ascend to the throne, this pretending to the throne was illegitimate son of the Portuguese king D. Pedro I Picture 2 - D. João I Mestre de Avis, Ki...

D. Pedro I - 8th Portuguese King  Picture 1- D. Pedro I D. Pedro I was Eighth King of Portugal, his story is important dear readers, because of his romance lived, a pure and true love but that ends in tragedy, we could think it is just a story, what I write in these lines was A true love story. D. Pedro was born in Coimbra on April 8, 1320. Married to D. Constança Manuel of Castile Following the change of D. Constança (wife of D. Pedro) to Portugal, she was accompanied by an aia Galega by the name of Inês de Castro, who unleashed a sovereign passion on the then Prince D. Pedro, and who, in the eyes of His father ( D. Afonso IV) should be a forbidden romance, for D. Afonso IV saw in this union a good excuse for Castile to claim for himself the Throne of Portugal Picture 2- Inês de Castro After crossing their eyes, Inês and D. Pedro do not resist the love that lived in their hearts and thus begins their secret and forbidden romance. They were in the Q...

Picture 1- D. Dinis D. Dinis - 6th Portuguese king, was a very important king for Portugal , because he made important changes in the country and because our country has entered a period of peace It was in his reign that the Treaty of Peace with Castile was signed delimiting the borders of the Treaty of Alcanizes 12 of September of 1297 with the King of Leon and Castile D. Ferdinand IV The monarch D. Dinis shows preference for the city of Lisbon, as a place of stay of the Court, and its location is conducive to urban development, economic and mercantile as these are the factors to become the capital of the Kingdom It is thanks to this monarch that the Portuguese Language was born, having been a great poet and troubadour at the time It was in his reign that the first University of the country arose on March 1, 1290, the first college came to settle in Lisbon and then passed to Coimbra Picture 2- Coimbra University D.Dinis Married to Queen Saint Isabe...