Sancho I of Portugal

Sancho I
Depiction in the Castilian manuscript Compendium of Chronicles of Kings, c. 1312-1325
King of Portugal
Reign	6 December 1185 – 26 March 1211
Coronation	9 December 1185
Predecessor	Afonso I
Successor	Afonso II
Born	Martinho 11 November 1154 Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	26 March 1211(1211-03-26) (aged 56) Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal
Burial	Santa Cruz Monastery, Coimbra
Spouse	Dulce of Aragon ​ ​ (m. 1174; died 1198)​
Issue Among others...	Teresa, Queen of León Sancha, Lady of Alenquer Afonso II, King of Portugal Peter I, Count of Urgell Ferdinand, Count of Flanders Mafalda, Queen of Castile Branca, Lady of Guadalajara Berengaria, Queen of Denmark
House	Portuguese House of Burgundy
Father	Afonso I of Portugal
Mother	Matilda of Savoy

Sancho I of Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐ̃ʃu]), nicknamed "the Populator" (Portuguese: "o Povoador"), King of Portugal (Coimbra, 11 November 1154^[1] – 26 March 1211^[2][3]) was the second but only surviving legitimate son and fifth child of Afonso I of Portugal by his wife, Maud of Savoy. Sancho succeeded his father and was crowned in Coimbra when he was 31 years old on 9 December 1185.^[4] He used the title King of Silves from 1189 until he lost the territory to Almohad control in 1191.^[5]