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Denis of Portugal 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 ...

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Monastery of Santa Clara Monastery of Santa Clara or Convent of Santa Clara in Vila do Conde, Portugal was one of the biggest and richest feminine convents in Portugal, founded in 1318, by Afonso Sanches, Lord of Albuquerque, Afonso Sanches and his wife, Teresa Martins T ...

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, url = , module = Afonso Sanches, Lord of Albuquerque (24 May 1289 – 2 November 1329), also known as Alfonso Sanches, was a Portuguese nobleman, Lord of Cerva and Alburquerque.

Biography

Born in

, he was the second and favorite son of King

. His mother was Aldonça Rodrigues Talha.{{Sfn, Sotto Mayor Pizarro, 1997, loc=Vol. I, p. 189{{Sfn, Braamcamp Freire, 1927, p=193 He was also half brother of King Afonso IV.{{Citation , year= 2005, title=Fundadores, fundaciones y espacios de vida conventual: III Congreso Internacional Monacato Femenino en España, Portugal y América, celebrado en León, 2004, publisher=Universidas, Secretariado de Publicaciones, 2005 , isbn= 9788497732024, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fw4mAQAAIAAJ&q=Afonso+Sanches+Cerva Afonso was married to Teresa Martins Telo, daughter of João Afonso Telo, the first

count of Barcelos Count of Barcelos (in Portuguese ''Conde de Barcelos'') is a title of nobility, the first to be granted in Portugal. It was created in 1298 by king Denis I and initially it was a non hereditary title, although most of the holders belonged to t ...

,{{Sfn, Sotto Mayor Pizarro, 1997, loc= Vol. I, p. 191 and of Teresa Sánchez, an illegitimate daughter of Sancho IV the Brave, king of Castile and León.{{Sfn, Sotto Mayor Pizarro, 1997, loc= Vol. I, p. 192 They were the parents of João Afonso de Albuquerque.{{Sfn, Sotto Mayor Pizarro, 1987, pp= 31, 109 Afonso and his wife Teresa were the founders of the

where both were buried.{{Sfn, Sotto Mayor Pizarro, 1987, p=29 The

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opened a cause for the

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of Afonso and Teresa on 17 January 1723, and the two were formally declared Servants of God.{{cite book , title=Index ac status causarum beatificationis servorum dei et canonizationis beatorum , date=January 1953 , publisher=Typis polyglottis vaticanis , page=11 , language=Latin

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