Henri de Bourgogne conde de Portugal
- Born: Abt 1069, Dijon, Cote-D'or, Bourgogne, France
- Marriage: Teresa Alfonsez Princesa de Castilla, Reina de Portugal before 24 Aug 1092
- Died: 1112, Astorga, Galicia, Spain about age 43
- Buried: Sé Cathedral, Braga, Portugal
Another name for Henri was Conde Henrique de Borgonha de Portucale.
General Notes:
~Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 112:24, Henry I, count of Portugal, married about 1093, Theresa of León and Castile, natural daughter of Alfonso VI, King of Castile and León, by his mistress Ximena Nuñia de Guzman. Henry and Theresa were the parents of Alfonso I, first king of Portugal who reigned 1128-1185 and married Mathilda of Savoy. 160
Noted events in his life were:
• Web Reference: Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands, Kings of Portugal Henri de Bourgogne was the son of Henri "le damoiseau" de Bourgogne (Capet). He married Teresa de Castilla y León, illegitimate daughter of alfonso VI, King of Castile and his mistress Jimena Muñoz de Guzmán.
• Web Reference: Henry, Count of Portugal from Wikipedia - Henrique was the first member of the Capetian House of Burgundy to rule Portugal.
Henrique de Borgonha, conde de Portucale
Henrique married Teresa of Leon before 18 Dec 1095. Their children were:
• Urraca Henriques (born ca. 1095 - after 1169), who was married with the Galician count Bermudo Peres de Trava, son of the count Pedro Froilaz • Sancha Nunes de Celanova married Fernão Mendes de Bragança II lord of Bragança Teresa Henriques (born 1098) • Henrique (ca.1106-1110) • Afonso Henriques (1109-1185), first king of Portugal, married to Mafalda de Saboia • Pedro Henriques or Pedro Afonso, (1165), monk in the Monastery of Alcobaça where he was buried.
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Conde don Henrique
Henri married Teresa Alfonsez Princesa de Castilla, Reina de Portugal, daughter of Alfonso VI "el valiente" Fernández Rey de León y Castile and Jimena Muñoz, before 24 Aug 1092. (Teresa Alfonsez Princesa de Castilla, Reina de Portugal was born in 1070-1091 in Castilla, Iberia, died on 1 Nov 1130 and was buried in Sé Cathedral, Braga, Portugal.)
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