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The Kingdom of Portugal (Latin: Regnum Portugalliae, Portuguese: Reino de Portugal) was a monarchy on the western part of Iberian Peninsula and the predecessor of the modern Portuguese Republic.
Kingdom of Portugal[a] | |||||||||||||
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| 1139–1910 | |||||||||||||
_-_Lesser.png) Coat of arms (1834–1910)
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| Anthem: "Hymno Patriótico" (1809–1834) "Patriotic Anthem" Hino da Carta (1834–1910) "Anthem of the Charter" | |||||||||||||
 The Kingdom of Portugal in 1800 | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Lisbon (1255-1808; 1821-1910) | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Official languages: | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism (official) | ||||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Portuguese | ||||||||||||
| Government | Absolute monarchy (1139–1822; 1823–1826; 1828–1834) Constitutional monarchy (1822–1823; 1826–1828; 1834–1910) | ||||||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||||||
• 1139–1185 (first) | Afonso I | ||||||||||||
• 1908–1910 (last) | Manuel II | ||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||||||
• 1834–1835 (first) | Pedro de Sousa Holstein | ||||||||||||
• 1910 (last) | António Teixeira de Sousa | ||||||||||||
| Legislature | Cortes Gerais | ||||||||||||
• Upper house | Chamber of Peers | ||||||||||||
• Lower house | Chamber of Deputies | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Battle of Ourique | 25 July 1139 | ||||||||||||
• Portuguese Restoration War | 1 December 1640 | ||||||||||||
• Lisbon Regicide | 1 February 1908 | ||||||||||||
| 5 October 1910 | |||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
| 1300[1] | 90,000 km2 (35,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
• 1300[1] | 800,000 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Portuguese real | ||||||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | PT | ||||||||||||
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The predecessor of the Kingdom of Portugal was the County of Portugal, established in the 9th century as part of the Reconquista, by Vímara Peres, a vassal of the King of Asturias. The county became part of the Kingdom of León in 1097, and the Counts of Portugal established themselves as rulers of an independent kingdom in the 12th century, following the battle of São Mamede. The kingdom was ruled by the Alfonsine Dynasty until the 1383–85 Crisis, after which the monarchy passed to the House of Aviz.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Reilly, Bernard F. (1993). The Medieval Spains. Cambridge University Press. p. 139. ISBN 9780521397414. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
The new kingdom of Castile had roughly tripled in size to some 335,000 square kilometers by 1300 [...] Portugal swollen to 90,000 square kilometers and perhaps 800,000 inhabitants [...]