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2 unusual facts about Sancho II of Portugal


Sancho II of Portugal

Since the Church was the superpower of the 13th century, Pope Innocent IV felt free to issue a bull ordering the Portuguese to choose a new king to replace the so-called heretic.

Sancho of Portugal

Sancho II of Portugal, nicknamed "the Pious" and "the Caped" or "the Capuched", (1209 - 1248)


Paio Peres Correia

During the reign of Sancho II of Portugal, and from 1228 he conducted a military campaign against the Moors in the region of Alentejo, conquering Aljustrel, Alvalade, Juromenha, Beja and Mértola.

Santiago del Arrabal, Toledo

Santiago del Arrabal is a church in Toledo, Spain, built in 1245-48, at the orders of Sancho II, on the site of an older church and a mosque that is known to been used since 1125.


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