11th Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1002 | Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir dies in the village of Salem. | |
| 1003 | Moors lay waste to the city of León. | |
| 1008 | Vikings raid Galicia, killing Count Mendo II Gonçalves of Portugal. | |
| Alvito Nunes, of a collateral line but also descent of Vímara Peres, married to Countess Tudadomna, becomes Count of Portugal. | ||
| Hisham II, Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba, is deposed in a popular uprising led by Muhammad II al-Mahdi. | ||
| Mohammed II al-Mahdi becomes Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba. | ||
| 1009 | Sulaiman al-Mustain becomes Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba, after deposing Mohammed II. | |
| The Taifa (independent Moorish kingdom) of Badajoz becomes independent of the Caliph of Córdoba and governs the territory between Coimbra and North Alentejo. | ||
| 1010 | Hisham II is restored as Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba by slave troops of the Caliphate under al-Wahdid. | |
| 1012 | Sulaiman al-Mustain is restored as Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba by the Berber armies. | |
| 1013 | Caliphate of Córdoba begins to break up. Berber troops take Córdoba with much plundering and destruction and kill the deposed Hisham II. Many Taifas (independent Moorish kingdoms) begin to spring up. | |
| 1016 | Norman invaders ascend the Minho river and destroy Tuy in Galicia. | |
| 1017 | Nuno I Alvites, son of Alvito Nunes and Tudadomna, becomes Count of Portugal. He marries Ilduara Mendes, daughter of Mendo II Gonçalves and Tuta. | |
| 1018 | The Taifa of the Algarve becomes independent. | |
| 1021 | Abd-ar-Rahman IV becomes Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba. | |
| 1022 | Abd-ar-Rahman V becomes Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba. | |
| The Taifa (independent Moorish kingdom) of Lisbon emerges. It will be annexed by the Taifa of Badajoz. | ||
| 1023 | Muhammad III becomes Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba. | |
| 1025 | Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad, Abbadid Emir of Seville, captures two castles at Alafões to the north-west of Viseu. | |
| 1027 | Hisham III becomes Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba. | |
| 1028 | Mendo III Nunes, son of Nuno I Alvites and Ilduara Mendes, becomes Count of Portugal. | |
| Alfonso V, king of Asturias and León, lays siege to Viseu but is killed by a bolt from the walls. | ||
| Bermudo III, becomes King of León. | ||
| 1031 | Sancho III of Navarre declares war on Bermudo III of León. Navarre, sometimes assisted by Galician rebels and Normans, ravages the lands around Lugo in Galicia. | |
| The Moorish Caliphate of Córdoba falls. | ||
| 1033 | The Taifa (independent Moorish kingdom) of Mértola becomes independent. | |
| 1034 | The Leonese destroy a raiding force under Ismail ibn Abbad of Seville. Ismail ibn Abbad flees to Lisbon. | |
| Gonçalo Trastemires – a Portuguese frontiersman – captures Montemor castle on the Mondego river. | ||
| Sancho the Great of Navarre had incorporated Aragon, Sobrarbe, Barcelona, as well as Asturias, León and Castile, and he proclaims himself Rex Hispaniarum ("King of all Spains"). | ||
| 1035 | Sancho III of Navarre, Aragon and Castile dies and distributes his lands among his three sons; Castile and Aragon become kingdoms. | |
| Bermudo III of León defeats the Moors in César, in the Aveiro region. | ||
| 1037 | Ferdinand of Castile, son of Sancho III of Navarre, acquires the Kingdom of León in the Battle of Tamarón. The first Castilian king, Ferdinand I, defeats and kills his father-in-law, Bermudo III of León, thus inheriting his kingdom. | |
| 1039 | Ferdinand I of Castille-León proclaims himself Emperor of all Hispania. | |
| 1040 | The Taifa of Silves becomes independent. | |
| 1044 | Abbad III al-Mu'tamid, son of the Abbadid Emir of Seville Abbad II al-Mu'tadid, retakes Mértola, since 1033 an independent Taifa. | |
| 1050 | Count Mendo III Nunes of Portugal is killed in battle sometime during this period. | |
| Nuno II Mendes, son of Count Mendo III Nunes, becomes Count of Portugal. | ||
| 1051 | The Taifa of the Algarve is annexed by the Taifa of Seville. | |
| 1056 | The Almoravides (al-Murabitun) Dynasty begins its rise to power. Taking the name "those who line up in defence of the faith", this is a group of fundamentalist Berber Muslims who would rule North Africa and Islamic Iberia until 1147. | |
| 1057 | Ferdinand I of Castille-León conquers Lamego to the Moors. | |
| 1058 | Emir Al-Muzaffar al-Aftas (Abu Bekr Muhammad al-Mudaffar – Modafar I of Badajoz, Aftid dynasty) pays the Christians to leave Badajoz, but not before Viseu being conquered by Ferdinand I of Castile-León. | |
| 1060 | Council (Ecumenical Synod) of Santiago de Compostela. (to 1063) | |
| 1063 | Ferdinand I of Castile-León divides his kingdom among his sons. Galicia is allotted to his son Garcia. | |
| The Taifa of Silves is annexed by the Taifa of Seville. | ||
| 1064 | Ferdinand I of León-Castile besieges Muslim Coimbra from 20 January until 9 July . The Muslim governor who surrendered is allowed to leave with his family, but 5,000 inhabitants are taken captive, and all Muslims are forced out of Portuguese territory across the Mondego river. | |
| The Mozarabic (Christian) general Sisnando Davides, who led the siege of Coimbra, becomes Count of Coimbra. | ||
| The Hispanic calendar is adopted. | ||
| 1065 | Independence of the Kingdom of Galicia and Portugal is proclaimed under the rule of Garcia II of Galicia. | |
| 1070 | Count Nuno II Mendes of Portugal rises against King Garcia II of Galicia. | |
| 1071 | Garcia II of Galicia became the first to use the title King of Portugal, when he defeated, in the Battle of Pedroso (near Braga), Count Nuno II Mendes, last count of Portugal of the Vímara Peres House. | |
| 1072 | Loss of independence of the Kingdom of Galicia and Portugal, forcibly reannexed by Garcia's brother king Alfonso VI of Castile. From that time on Galicia remained part of the Kingdoms of Castile and León, although under differing degrees of self-government. Even if it did not last for very long, the Kingdom set the stage for future Portuguese independence under Henry, Count of Portugal. | |
| 1077 | Alfonso VI of Castile and León proclaimes himself Emperor of all Spains. | |
| 1080 | Coimbra is again a Diocese. | |
| Count Sisnando Davides of Coimbra takes part in the invasion of Granada. | ||
| 1085 | The Order of Cluny is established in Portugal. (to 1096) | |
| 1086 | Several Muslim Emirs (namely Abbad III al-Mu'tamid) ask the Almoravids leader Yusuf ibn Tashfin for help against Alfonso VI of Castile. In this year Yusuf ibn Tashfin passed the straits to Algeciras and inflicted a severe defeat on the Christians at the Battle of az-Zallaqah (North of Badajoz). He was debarred from following up his victory by trouble in North Africa which he had to settle in person. | |
| Raymond of Burgundy, son of William I, Count of Burgundy, comes to Iberia for the 1st time to fight against the Moors, bringing with him his younger cousin Henry of Burgundy, grandson of Robert I, Duke of Burgundy. | ||
| 1090 | Almoravid Yusuf ibn Tashfin return to Iberia and conquers all the Taifas. | |
| Raymond of Burgundy and Henry of Burgundy come to Iberia for the 2nd time. | ||
| 1091 | Count Sisnando Davides of Coimbra dies. | |
| Alfonso VI of Castile gives her daughter Urraca of Castile in marriage to Raymond of Burgundy together with the fiefdom of Galicia. | ||
| The Taifa of Mértola falls to the Almoravids. | ||
| 1093 | Raymond of Burgundy and Henry of Burgundy sign a treaty whereby Henry promises to recognize Raymond as king upon the death of Alfonso VI of Castile, receiving in exchange the Kingdom of Toledo or of Portugal. | |
| 1094 | Alfonso VI of Castile grants Raymond of Burgundy the government of Portugal and Coimbra. | |
| Henry of Burgundy marries Alfonso VI of Castile's illegitimate daughter Teresa of León. | ||
| Almoravid Sir ibn Abi Bakr takes Badajoz and Lisbon. Fall of the Taifa of Badajoz. | ||
| 1095 | Establishment of the 2nd County of Portugal (Condado Portucalense), by Count Henry of Burgundy. | |
| The Almoravids take Santarém. | ||
| 1097 | Yusuf ibn Tashfin assumes the title of Amir al Muslimin (Prince of the Muslims). |
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