Kingdom of the Algarve

Kingdom of the Algarve (before 1471) Reino do Algarve Kingdom of the Algarves (after 1471) Reino dos Algarves
1242–1910
Putative flag of the Algarves Coat of arms
Kingdom of the Algarves within the Kingdom of Portugal on a map published in 1561 (west is at the top)
Status	Nominal kingdom within the Kingdom of Portugal (1249–1910) Constituent kingdom of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1815–1825)
Capital	Silves (until 1576) Lagos (1576–1746) Tavira Faro (1746–1910)
Common languages	Portuguese
Religion	Roman Catholic
Government	Absolute monarchy (1249–1820; 1823–1825; 1828–1834) Constitutional monarchy (1820–1823; 1825–1828; 1834–1910)
Monarch
• 1249-1279	Afonso III
• 1816-1826	João VI
• 1908-1910	Manuel II
Legislature	Cortes (1820–1910)
History
• Established	March 1242
• Treaty of Badajoz	16 February 1267
• United Kingdom	16 December 1815
• Dissolution of the United Kingdom	15 November 1825
• Disestablished	5 October 1910
Population
• 1820	c. 500,000
Currency	dinheiro, real
Preceded by Succeeded by Almohad Caliphate Faro District (Portugal) First Portuguese Republic

The Kingdom of the Algarve (Portuguese: Reino do Algarve, from the Arabic Gharb al-Andalus غَرْب الأنْدَلُس, "Western al-'Andalus"), after 1471, Kingdom of the Algarves (Portuguese: Reino dos Algarves), was a nominal kingdom within the Kingdom of Portugal, located in the southernmost region of continental Portugal, until the end of the monarchy in 1910.

It was a dominion of the Portuguese Crown and supposedly a kingdom apart from Portugal, though in fact the "Algarvian kingdom" had no institutions, special privileges, or autonomy. The Algarve was politically very similar to the rest of the Portuguese provinces, and "King of the Algarve" was just an honorific title, based on the Algarve's history as the last area of Portugal to be conquered from the Moors during the Portuguese Reconquista.^[1]

The title King of Silves was first used by Sancho I of Portugal after the first conquest of the Algarvian city of Silves in 1189. At the time of his grandson, Afonso III of Portugal (1210–1279), the rest of the Algarve had finally been conquered, so "King of Portugal and the Algarve" then became a part of the titles and honours of the Portuguese Crown.^[2]