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Dinis Eanes De Grã
Denis (, ; 9 October 1261 – 7 January 1325), called the Farmer King (''Rei Lavrador'') and the Poet King (''Rei Poeta''), was King of Portugal from 1279 until his death in 1325. Dinis was the eldest son of Afonso III of Portugal by his second wife, Beatrice of Castile (1242-1303), Beatrice of Castile, and grandson of Afonso II of Portugal, Denis succeeded his father in 1279. He was married to Elizabeth of Aragon, who was later canonised as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. Denis ruled Portugal for over 46 years. He worked to reorganise his country's economy and gave an impetus to Portuguese agriculture. He ordered the planting of a large pine forest (that still exists today) near Leiria to prevent the soil degradation that threatened the region and to serve as a source of raw materials for the construction of the royal ships. He was also known for his poetry, which constitutes an important contribution to the development of Portuguese as a literary language. Reign In 129 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semblanzas De Reyes
The (), known in full as the ''Compendio de crónicas de los reyes del Antiguo Testamento, gentiles, cónsules y emperadores romanos, reyes godos y de los reinos de Castilla, Aragón, Navarra y Portugal'', is an Illuminated manuscript, illuminated Old Spanish, Old Castilian collection of biographies of rulers compiled around 1315/1320 for King Alfonso XI. It survives in a single late copy, probably from the 1470s, now manuscript 7415 in the Biblioteca Nacional de España. The ''Semblanzas'' consists of a prologue followed by 172 short biographies of, in order: the kings of Israel and Judah, the kings of the gentile nations (List of Assyrian kings, Assyria, List of kings of Babylon, Babylonia, List of pharaohs, Egypt), Alexander the Great, List of Roman consuls, Roman consuls and List of Roman emperors, Roman emperors, Muḥammad, the Visigothic Kingdom, kings of the Visigoths, Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād and the rulers of the Iberian realms (List of Asturian monarchs, Asturias, List of Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
