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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).
The former Roman settlement of Portus, it combined with Calus, its twin town on the opposite bank, to become known as Portucale in the early Middle Ages.
It was not until 1128, when Dom Afonso Henríques became the Count of Portucale, that the struggle to regain power met with any real success.
By the 11th century, Portucale consisted of a small section of Castile and León (today’s northern Portugal).