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508068900. Henry I Count of Portugal was born in 1057 in Burgundy. He Ruled Portugal between 1090 and 1112 in Portugal.(1007) (760)(1008) (734) Henry of Burgundy was named the first Count of Portugal in 1090, being the first of that name in this new country which had emerged from Spain. Henry was the son in law of Alfonso VI of Castile who granted Henry this title. He died in 1112 in Portugal. He was married to Teresa of Castile Queen of Portugal in 1096 in Castile, Spain.

508068901. Teresa of Castile Queen of Portugal was born about 1083 in Castile, Spain. (760) Teresa of Castile was the natural daughter of Alfonso VI of Castile b. about 1083. She Prisoner in Portugal after 1112 in Portugal. (1009) Queen Teresa, dowager Queen of Portugal, widow of Henry I of Burgundy, had an affair with Count Peres of Trava, who then exerted his influence in the affairs of state of Portugal and thus became an important man. In the next decade there was a revolt against her, and she was deposed and imprisoned. Her son Henriques then began his reign. She was deposed and imprisoned for the affair - much the same as many of her peers before and after had done, but she was singled out - BECAUSE SHE WAS A WOMAN! Unequal justice. She died in 1140 in Portugal. She was christened in Castile, Spain. Children were:

child254034450 i. Alfonso I HENRIQUES King of Portugal.