The County of Portugal was a political unit in in the Reconquista Iberian Peninsula. According to tradition, it was established by Vímara Peres after the reconquest of Porto in 868 and was incorporated in the Kingdom of Galicia in 1071, after the death of Count Nuno II Mendes (while it enjoyed a certain autonomy, it always remained a dependency of the Kingdom of León-Galicia). In 1093 the county of Portugal was offered by Alfonso VI of León and Castile to Henry of Burgundy (who gave his aid in the Reconquista and who also received the hand of Teresa of León, the king's daughter, in marriage). Henry's territories were larger than Nuno II's, including the territories of the old County of Coimbra, parts of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro and even the south of Galicia. This county would evolve in 1139 into the Kingdom of Portugal under Henry of Burgundy's son, Alfonso Henriques.

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• Portucale
• History of Portugal
• Timeline of Portuguese history
  • Al' Garb Al'Andalus and the beginning of the Reconquista (8th to 9th Century)
  • First County of Portugal (9th to 11th Century)
  • Second County of Portugal (11th to 12th Century)
• List of Portuguese monarchs
• Kingdom of Galicia and Portugal