Siege of Lisbon
October 25, 1147
An English, Flemish, and German flotilla of crusaders bound for the Holy Land stopped in the Tagus estuary and, at Afonso Henriques's request, helped besiege Lisbon. After seventeen weeks the city fell. Many of the crusaders settled there; the first Anglo-Portuguese alliance was soldered in its ruins. The conquest of Lisbon gave Portugal its greatest port and eventual capital, transforming a small northern county into an Atlantic-facing kingdom.
In context
Also in 1147 (3 other events on record)
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Before and after in Europe
Before and after in War
- Before: 1146: Almohads take Seville
- After: July 24, 1148: Siege of Damascus
Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.
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