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Not until 1249 did King Afonso III (1248–1279) complete the Reconquest and secure borders for Portugal — 250 years before the Spanish could do the same.
The dauntless Afonso Henriques conquered it for the Christians in 1147, a major victory in the reconquest of Portugal.
Afonso Henriques, the first King of Portugal, is said to have been born in the castle and baptized nearby, in the small Romanesque Igreja de São Miguel do Castelo.
Two years later, the Portuguese sent their fleet, led by Afonso de Albuquerque, to seize Melaka.
It was recaptured from the Moors early in the Christian Reconquest campaign and, when Afonso Henriques declared himself the first king in 1139, the Minho became the independent state of Portucale (covering an area from the Douro to the River Minho).