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    increased, and it was the setting of several cortes (feudal parliaments). The first of the cortes held in Leiria took place in 1245, under King Afonso II...
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  • Boa Vista Caranguejeira Carreira Carvide Chainça Coimbrão Colmeias Cortes Leiria Maceira Marrazes Memória Milagres Monte Real Monte Redondo Ortigosa...
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    Castle of Leiria (Portuguese: Castelo de Leiria) is a medieval castle in the civil parish of Leiria, Pousos, Barreira e Cortes, municipality of Leiria, district...
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  • (1367–1383) 1371 – Cortes of Lisbon 1372 – Cortes of Porto – protest against the Fernandine wars 1372 – Cortes of LeiriaCortes rejects king Ferdinand's...
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    Portugal, flowing mainly through the district and city of Leiria ending in Vieira de Leiria in the Atlantic coast. It is a relatively short river, approximately...
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    Cortes never followed a set periodicity, depending on the socio-political conjuncture and the monarch's will, functioning by his summons. The Cortes have...
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  • Mação) Castle of Sertã (Sertã, Sertã) Castle of Leiria (Leiria, Pousos, Barreira e Cortes, Leiria) Castle of Pombal (Pombal, Pombal) Castle of Porto...
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    2010 until his death in 2020 in a traffic accident. Diocese of Viano do Castelo Morreu o bispo Anacleto Oliveira, natural de Leiria (in Portuguese) v t e...
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    Portuguese Cortes in Leiria, with the inclusion of burghers from old and newly incorporated municipalities. This inclusion establishes the Cortes of Leiria of...
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    indecision, Edward assembled the Portuguese Cortes at Leiria in early 1438 for consultation. The Cortes refused to ratify the treaty, preferring to hang...
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    account or the existence of the Cortes of Lamego The account continued to support the notion that a meeting of the Cortes occurred in the Church of Santa...
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    and the Hernán Cortés expedition of 1519. He initially backed Cortés's expedition to Mexico, but because of his personal enmity for Cortés later ordered...
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  • Espinho Vila Cortês Alcains Oleiros Benf. Castelo Branco Carapinheirense Condeixa Oliveira do Hospital Marinhense Mortágua Sertanense U. Leiria Vit. Sernache...
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    imposition of an interdict upon the kingdom. In 1254 Afonso III summoned cortes to Leiria, in which the chief cities were represented, as well as the nobles...
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  • oldest recorded parliamentary body in Europe were the Portuguese Cortes of 1254 held in Leiria in 1254. These included burgher delegates and introduced the...
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    Lisbon soon fell, and Philip was elected king of Portugal at the Portuguese Cortes of Tomar in 1581— on the condition that the kingdom and its overseas territories...
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  • Province of the Philippines; includes the independent city of Cagayan de Oro. Leiria 3,515 District of Portugal.  Tottori 3,507.05 Prefecture of Japan. Ilocos...
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  • Portuguese Cortes to Leiria in January, 1438 for consultation. Henry did not attend the summons, but remained in Ceuta. The Cortes of Leiria opened on...
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  • Douro Vila Boa de Quires Vila Boa do Bispo Marinha Grande Moita Vieira de Leiria Beirã Santa Maria de Marvão Santo António das Areias São Salvador da Aramenha...
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    of the nobility. His successors would rule as absolute monarchs, and the Cortes would not be assembled for more than a century. His long tenure was one...
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    in Portugal, Fernando I led the opposition to this treaty. At the Cortes of Leiria assembled by King Edward early in 1438, he rallied the nobles and took...
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    the new monument was constructed in cement and rose-tinted stone (from Leiria), and the statues sculpted from limestone excavated from the region of Sintra...
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    to convoke new Cortes consisting of the Three Estates with the purpose to decide the legitimate succession to the throne. The Cortes met in June at Ajuda...
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    foreigner and a woman, the queen was not a popular choice for regent. When the cortes met in late 1438, a law was passed requiring a joint regency consisting...
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    small land owners, had to say. In 1254, in the city of Leiria, he held the first session of the Cortes, a general assembly comprising the nobility, the middle...
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    the then twelve cities of Portugal: • Braga • Évora • Porto • Coimbra • Leiria • Lamego • Guarda • Viseu • Portalegre, Portugal • Beja • Bragança, Portugal...
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  • (Teresinha) Summer Season 2 Season 3 Madalena Brandão Filipa Summer Season 2 João Leiria Jorge Novais Summer Season 2 Patrícia Coriel Gabi Summer Season 2 Cátia...
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    repercussions in Lisbon. It met as the General Extraordinary and Constituent Cortes (Cortes Gerais Extraordinárias e Constituintes), formed a government and convened...
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    allies, as well as Genoese mercenaries at São Jorge, between the towns of Leiria and Alcobaça, in central Portugal. The result was a decisive victory for...
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    of June through the central north, from Celorico da Beira to Coimbra and Leiria. An allied contingent of French heavy cavalry travelled with them. The power...
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