The kingdom and the Although Afonso Henriques granted charters to new settlements, it was his .... afonso although

The kingdom and the Although Afonso Henriques granted charters to new settlements, it was his son (11851211) who enfranchised many municipalities ( concelhos ), especially in eastern and central Portugal. Meanwhile Afonso repudiated the bequests of large estates made by his father to his brothers and accepted those to his sisters only after a war with Le nd in a form, settled by the pope, that recognized Afonso's sovereignty. When Afonso reached Lisbon (late 1245 or early 1246), he received the support of the church and of the inhabitants of Lisbon and other towns. Although still the husband of Matilde of Boulogne, Afonso married Beatriz, illegitimate daughter of Alfonso X of Castile, holding the disputed territory of Algarve as a fief of Castile until such time as the eldest son of the marriage should reach the age of seven, when Algarve was to return to Portugal. Despite his early connection with Rome, Afonso refused to give way; in 1263 the bigamous marriage was legalized! and his eldest son, , legitimized. Although Afonso was excommunicated and threatened with deposition, he continued to defy the church until shortly before his death early in 1279. The achievements of Afonso's reignthe completion of the Reconquest, the assertion of royal power before the church, and the incorporation of the commoners in the Cortesindicate important institutional advances. afonso although