--------------------------------------------------------------- | ALLIANCES. | PRINCIPAL EVENTS. | --------------------------+--------------------------------------- | Henry was count of the canton Ferdinand Nuguez, a |of Lusitania, situated between the Portugueze nobleman. |Douro and the Minho. He fixed Bermond Paez, count |his residence at Guimaraez, on the of Trasmare, a natural |banks of the river Ave. Henry entered son. |Spain to assist Alphonso IV, |king of Castille and Leon, against |the Moors, who rewarded his services |by giving him his natural |daughter Theresa in marriage, together |with the county of Lusitania. |Henry afterwards took from |the Moors Viseo, Lamego, Braga |and Coimbra. | 1139, the battle of Campo Ourique, |since called Cabeza de Reis |or (head of the king). Alphonso, in The first wife of Alphonso|commemoration of the victory obtained II, king of Arragon. |that day over five Moorish Married first to Philip, |kings, added five small escutcheons count of Flandres, and |to his arms. secondly to Eudes III, | In 1143 or 1147, the states assembled duke of Burgundy. |at Lamego, confirmed the |title of king, which his army had |bestowed on the field of battle at |Campo Ourique, and established |the fundamental laws relative to the |succession of the crown. (See |Vertot.) | 1147 the institution (according to |some authors) of the two military |orders of the Wing and of Avis; the |latter was not worn as at present |till the year 1162.