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and this could have been one of the reasons why she was chosen as the consort of Portugal's first monarch. Such an alliance would contribute to expelling the Moors from Portuguese territory and would also show the new King's independence by selecting a wife outside the sphere of influence of the
374:, Mattoso suggests that the marriage could have taken place in March or April of 1146, possibly on Easter Sunday which fell on 31 March of that year. The groom was almost thirty-eight years old and the bride was about twenty-one years old. The children of this marriage were: 321:. She stipulated in her will that this hospital was to be kept always clean, that it should be furnished with good and clean beds and that, if any of those lodged at the institution should die there, three masses were to be celebrated for the salvation of their souls. 333:, tells a story that "the King of Portugal now living", almost certainly Afonso, had been convinced by evil counselors to murder his pregnant wife out of misplaced jealousy. However, there is no other authority for this account, and it is not generally accepted. 285:. It is also possible that he was not able to select one of the infantas from the neighboring Iberian kingdoms due to reasons of consanguinity. The wedding could have also been suggested by Guido de Vico, the papal representative in the 483:
Sancha (1157 – 14 February 1166/67), born ten days before the death of her mother, Sancha died before reaching the age of ten. on 14 February according to the death registry at the Monastery of Santa Cruz (Coimbra) where she was
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where her husband, who survived her by more than twenty-seven years, was later interred. She was survived by six of her seven children, only three of whom, infantes Sancho, Urraca and Theresa, would reach adulthood.
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who at that time was three or four years old. After the death of Ramón Berenguer IV in the summer of 1162, King Ferdinand II of León convinced his widow, Queen
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mentions the same day but a year later based on a document which proves that the queen was still alive in 1158. The document, dated 1158 and kept at the
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Mafalda first appears with her husband on 23 May 1146 confirming a donation that had been made previously by her mother-in-law,
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Rainhas medievais de Portugal. Dezassete mulheres, duas dinastias, quatro séculos de História
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at the age of three. He died in 1155, shortly after the birth of his brother Sancho.
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and founded the Monasterio of Costa in Guimarães and a hospital/hostel for
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Mattoso refers to 1157 as the year of her death. Portuguese historian
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Henry (5 March 1147– June 1155), named after his paternal grandfather,
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whose papacy lasted from 1119 until 1124, the year of his death.
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cum uxore mea Regina domna Mahalda filia comitis Amadei
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Alfonsi Portugallensium Regis 296: 260:, was queen consort as the wife of King 925: 849: 837: 813: 774: 707: 659: 647: 564: 264:, and one of her great-granduncles was 86:3 December 1157 (aged 31–32) 14: 1337: 444:Ramón Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona 1305:Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen 1016: 868:Sepulcros de la Casa Real de Castilla 364:Noticia sobre a Conquista de Santarém 353: 336: 256:, "le Dauphin"). One of her aunts, 24: 1297:Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 883:Caetano de Souza, Antonio (1735). 866:Arco y Garay, Ricardo del (1954). 25: 1401: 1237:Marie Françoise Isabelle of Savoy 480:John (1156 – 25 August 1164); and 272:Possible reasons for her marriage 1087:Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne 959:Rodrigues Oliveira, Ana (2010). 910:Memorias da rainhas de Portugal 858: 495: 432:through her second marriage to 1390:Mothers of Portuguese monarchs 1360:12th-century Portuguese people 309:. She was very devoted to the 13: 1: 1365:12th-century Portuguese women 954:. 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(1912). 422:Countess consort of Flanders 228:, whom she married in 1146. 7: 1385:12th-century Italian people 1281:Maria Leopoldina of Austria 840:, pp. 287-288 and 290. 430:Duchess consort of Burgundy 396:and was the mother of King 392:(1148– 1211), married King 317:, the poor and the sick in 173:Amadeus III, Count of Savoy 10: 1406: 1380:12th-century Italian women 1375:Queens consort of Portugal 1044:Royal consorts of Portugal 462:and his second wife Queen 276:Her father had joined the 231: 216:– 3 December 1157/58) was 151:Sancho I, King of Portugal 1273:Carlota Joaquina of Spain 1265:Mariana Victoria of Spain 1050: 1001: 995:Queen consort of Portugal 992: 986: 981: 224:, the first sovereign of 178: 168: 156: 132: 122: 98: 82: 65: 61: 53: 48:Queen consort of Portugal 46: 37: 32: 27:Queen consort of Portugal 488: 469:Sancho, the future King 1249:Maria Sophia of Neuburg 852:, pp. 227 and 383. 826:Rodrigues Oliveira 2010 790:Rodrigues Oliveira 2010 746:Rodrigues Oliveira 2010 696:Rodrigues Oliveira 2010 672:Rodrigues Oliveira 2010 636:Rodrigues Oliveira 2010 619:Rodrigues Oliveira 2010 604:Rodrigues Oliveira 2010 589:Rodrigues Oliveira 2010 550:Rodrigues Oliveira 2010 424:due to her marriage to 347:Monastery of Santa Cruz 1289:Auguste de Beauharnais 1157:Joanna "la Beltraneja" 517:where Afonso confirms 414:where she was buried.; 341:Queen Mafalda died in 206: 198: 1257:Maria Anna of Austria 1133:Philippa of Lancaster 725:Caetano de Souza 1735 674:, p. 612, n. 33. 297:Life as queen consort 258:Adelaide of Maurienne 139:Urraca, Queen of León 1197:Catherine of Austria 471:Sancho I of Portugal 448:Alfonso II of Aragon 394:Ferdinand II of León 368:Conquest of Santarém 127:Afonso I of Portugal 104:Santa Cruz Monastery 1221:Élisabeth of France 1213:Margaret of Austria 1111:Beatrice of Castile 1103:Elizabeth of Aragon 1095:Beatrice of Castile 1079:Mécia Lopes de Haro 931:D. 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Index

Maud of Savoy

Queen consort of Portugal
County of Savoy
Coimbra
Kingdom of Portugal
Santa Cruz Monastery
Coimbra
District of Coimbra
Portugal
Afonso I of Portugal
Issue
Urraca, Queen of León
Theresa, Countess of Flanders
Infanta Mafalda
Sancho I, King of Portugal
House
House of Savoy
Amadeus III, Count of Savoy
Mahaut of Albon
French
Portuguese
Queen of Portugal
Afonso Henriques
Portugal
Amadeus III
Count of Savoy
Maurienne
Mahaut of Albon
Guigues IV of Albon

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