Treaty of Zamora: Kingdom of Portugal
A western Iberian county becomes a kingdom
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Afonso Henriques, proclaimed king after defeating the Moors at Ourique in 1139, won recognition from his cousin Alfonso VII of Castile. Thus the Kingdom of Portugal was born; the pope recognised it in 1179.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1136 The Novgorod Republic — 7 years earlier
Africa
- 1147 The Almohads take Marrakesh — 4 years later
Asia
- 1127 The Jingkang incident — 16 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Saladin (aged 6)
- Hildegard of Bingen (aged 45)
- Yuri Dolgoruky (aged 44)
- Andrey Bogolyubsky (aged 32)
- Averroes (Ibn Rushd) (aged 17)
- Zhu Xi (aged 13)
- Henry II (aged 10)
- Anna Komnene (aged 60)
- Li Qingzhao (aged 59)
- Conrad III (aged 50)