{"slug": "afonso-iii-of-portugal", "label": "Afonso III of Portugal", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_III_of_Portugal", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295850", "qid": "Q295850", "description": "King of Portugal", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1210, 1279], "span_label": ["1210 CE", "1279 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-portugal", "label": "Kingdom of Portugal", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "reconquista", "label": "Reconquista", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "al-andalus", "label": "Al-Andalus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-leon", "label": "Kingdom of León", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alfonso-x-of-castile", "label": "Alfonso X of Castile", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lisbon", "label": "Lisbon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "coimbra", "label": "Coimbra", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iberian-peninsula", "label": "Iberian Peninsula", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1210, "year_label": "1210 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "May 5", "text": "May 5 – Afonso III (the Boulonnais), king of Portugal (d. 1279)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1321284058#Births", "title": "1210", "revid": 1321284058, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1249, "year_label": "1249 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Reconquista: King Afonso III of Portugal (\"the Boulonnais\") recaptures Faro and Silves in the Algarve from the Almohads, thus completing the expulsion of the Moors from Portugal. The Almohads also lose possession of Alicante in Al-Andalus (modern Spain).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362150898#Europe", "title": "1249", "revid": 1362150898, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1254, "year_label": "1254 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Afonso III of Portugal (\"the Boulonnais\") holds the first session of the Cortes (Portugal's general assembly composed of nobles, members of the middle class and representatives from all municipalities), in Leiria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1296887805#Europe", "title": "1254", "revid": 1296887805, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1255, "year_label": "1255 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Afonso III of Portugal (\"the Boulonnais\") moves his residence and royal court from Lisbon to Coimbra, which becomes the capital of Portugal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1315790496#Europe", "title": "1255", "revid": 1315790496, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1259, "year_label": "1259 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "February 25", "text": "February 25 – Infanta Branca of Portugal, daughter of King Afonso III of Portugal and Urraca of Castile (d. 1321)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362482647#Births", "title": "1259", "revid": 1362482647, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1267, "year_label": "1267 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 16", "text": "February 16 – Kings Afonso III of Portugal and Alfonso X of Castile sign the Badajoz Convention, determining the border between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Kingdom of León and ensuring Portuguese sovereignty over Algarve.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359629010#Europe", "title": "1267", "revid": 1359629010, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1272, "year_label": "1272 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Reconquista – King Afonso III eliminates the last Moorish community in Portugal at Faro, completing the reconquest of the west of the Iberian Peninsula.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362176275#Europe", "title": "1272", "revid": 1362176275, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1279, "year_label": "1279 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 16", "text": "February 16 – Afonso III (\"the Boulonnais\"), king of Portugal (b. 1210)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362487704#Deaths", "title": "1279", "revid": 1362487704, "section": "Deaths"}}]}