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Denis of Portugal

Type Figure Region Portugal Time 1261–1325 Also known as Denis、Denis of Portugal、the Poet King

King of Portugal (r. 1279–1325), son of Afonso III, known to history as 'the Poet King.…

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  1. 1261–1279Lisbon · PortugalBorn into the royal family, he received a good education in his youth, excelling at poetry and music, and acceded as King of Portugal after his father's death in 1279.
  2. 1280–1310Coimbra · PortugalHe carried out legal and administrative reforms, founded a university, encouraged agriculture and tree-planting, and was renowned as a poet, hailed as a promoter of Portugal's medieval cultural revival.
  3. 1311–1325Évora · PortugalIn his later years he maintained complex diplomacy with Castile and Aragon, handling succession and noble relations, and died in Évora in 1325, succeeded by his son Afonso IV.

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