Portugal, Kingdom of / Dom Sancho I (King Sancho I)

Sancho I (nicknamed "the Populator" (Portuguese: "o Povoador"), King of Portugal) was the second but only surviving legitimate son and fifth child of Afonso I of Portugal by his wife, Maud of Savoy. Sancho succeeded his father and was crowned in Coimbra when he was 31 years old on 9 December 1185. He used the title King of Silves from 1189 until he lost the territory to Almohad control in 1191.