Counts
- First county
- Vímara Peres (868–73)
- Lucídio Vimaranes (873–???)
- Hermengildo Gonçalves (c.924–c.950)
- Mumadona Dias (c.924–c.950)
- Gonçalo Mendes (c.950–997), self-styled "Grand Duke of Portugal"
- Mendo Gonçalves (997–1008)
- Alvito Nunes (1008–1015)
- Nuno Alvites (1017–1028)
- Ilduara Mendes (1017–1028, as regent for son)
- Mendo Nunes (1028–1050)
- Nuno Mendes (1050–1071)
- Second county
- Henry (1096–1112)
- Theresa (1112–1128, ruling as regent for son). Called "Queen of Portugal" in 1116 by Pope Paschal II, but forced to renounce the claimed independence in 1121.
- Afonso (1112–1143), self-styled Duke of Portugal. Proclaimed king in 1139, and recognized as independent by León-Castile in 1143. Portugal was acknowledged as an independent kingdom by Pope Alexander III in 1179.
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