Manifestis Probatum was a 12th centurypapal bull in which Pope Alexander III recognised Afonso Henriques as the first king of Portugal. (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Papal bull of Pope Urban VIII, 1637, sealed with a leaden bulla. ... Alexander III, né Orlando Bandinelli (d. ... Alfonso I Henriques of Portugal (Guimarães, 1109, traditionally July 25, – 1185), also known as the Conqueror, was the first king of Portugal, declaring his independence from Leon_Castile, a deed often identifying the Condado Portucalense as the first nation_based state of Europe. ...
Through the emission, by Alexander III, of the papal bull’s ManifestisProbatum, Afonso Henriques was recognized as king of Portugal.
A considerable territorial enlargement, a systematic policy of settlement and a monarch that presented himself as a good Christian and military leader – these were the factors that made the kingdom of Portugal viable as well as the dynasty that governed it.
The papal edict ManifestisProbatum, manuscript in parchment.
Portugal: Count Henry from Burgundy (1066–1112), appointed Count of Portugal as a reward for military services to León, and with the purpose of expanding the territory southwards.
His son, Afonso I of Portugal (1109?–1185), a Templar Brother (13.03.1129), who took control of the county after Henry died and was recognized by the Holy See, in 1179, as the First King of Portugal, through the ManifestisProbatum bull.
Also Gualdim Pais (1118–1195) who was Grand Master of the Order of Knights Templar (1157) in Portugal, a military monastic Order which had a proeminent function in the Portuguese Reconquista of the Iberic land from the Moors and, simultaneously, defended the young Kingdom of Portugal from invasion.
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