{"slug": "sancho-ii-of-portugal", "label": "Sancho II of Portugal", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancho_II_of_Portugal", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q203996", "qid": "Q203996", "description": "King of Portugal from 1223 to 1248", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1209, 1248], "span_label": ["1209 CE", "1248 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "reconquista", "label": "Reconquista", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-portugal", "label": "Kingdom of Portugal", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "al-andalus", "label": "Al-Andalus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "almoravid-dynasty", "label": "Almoravid dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "moors", "label": "Moors", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "almohad-caliphate", "label": "Almohad Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "badajoz", "label": "Badajoz", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alfonso-ix-of-leon", "label": "Alfonso IX of León", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1209, "year_label": "1209 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "September 8", "text": "September 8 – Sancho II (\"the Pious\"), king of Portugal (d. 1248)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362169644#Births", "title": "1209", "revid": 1362169644, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1223, "year_label": "1223 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 25", "text": "March 25 – Sancho II \"the Pious\" becomes the new King of Portugal upon the death of his father, King Afonso II \"the Fat\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1336497375#January–March", "title": "1223", "revid": 1336497375, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1226, "year_label": "1226 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Sancho II of Portugal (\"the Pious\") launches an offensive against the Almohad Caliphate during the Reconquista, and takes the city of Elvas.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372695704#Europe", "title": "1226", "revid": 1372695704, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1230, "year_label": "1230 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Reconquista – King Alfonso IX of León defeats Ibn Hud al-Yamani (known as Almogàver by the Christians). This success opens the road to Badajoz to the Leonese troops. The Portuguese king Sancho II continues his offensive southward and takes Beja, Juromenha, Serpa and Moura.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1333053721#Europe", "title": "1230", "revid": 1333053721, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1234, "year_label": "1234 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Reconquista – King Sancho II of Portugal conquers the cities of Aljustrel and Mértola from the Moors.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364989988#Europe", "title": "1234", "revid": 1364989988, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1240, "year_label": "1240 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Reconquista – King Sancho II of Portugal (\"the Pious\") conquers the city of Ayamonte from the Almoravids, securing the Portuguese position in Al-Andalus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361428406#Europe", "title": "1240", "revid": 1361428406, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1242, "year_label": "1242 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Sancho II (the Pious) conquers the cities of Tavira, Alvor and Paderne, in his continuing expansion against the Muslims, known as the Reconquista.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360512210#Europe", "title": "1242", "revid": 1360512210, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1248, "year_label": "1248 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 4", "text": "January 4 – Sancho II (\"the Pious\"), king of Portugal (b. 1209)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1305121866#Deaths", "title": "1248", "revid": 1305121866, "section": "Deaths"}}]}