The County of Portugal

The County of Portugal (Portuguese: Condado Portucalense, Condado de Portucale) was the region around Porto and Braga, today corresponding to littoral northern Portugal, from the late ninth to the early twelfth century, during which it was a fief of the Kingdom of León.

The Reconquista of Porto by count Vímara Peres occurred in 868, which is the traditional beginning of the county of Portugal, said to have been established by Alfonso III of León. The county continued with varying degrees of autonomy within the Kingdom of León and, during brief periods of division, the Kingdom of Galicia until 1071, when Count Nuno II Mendes was defeated and killed by King García II of Galicia. An independent county was abolished and the territories joined to the crown of Galicia, and following reunification the next year, with that of León under Alfonso VI.

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