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Bottom tier: A crowned Alfonso I, king of Portugal (†1185), son of
Enrique, beside his queen, a kneeling Mafalda of
Savoy.
Middle tier: the children of Alfonso and Mafalda, with King
Sancho I (†1211) in the centre, Pedro Alfonso and Urraca Alfonso on
the left, and Teresa, Mafalda (looking at her mirror) and Urraca on
the right.
Top tier: Some of the children of Sancho I, including
Gil Sánchez, Teresa, Constanza, Rodrigo Sánchez, Martín Sánchez,
Urraca Sánchez, Enrique, Pedro, Fernando, and King Alfonso II.
Left margin: two battles, possibly Ourique in 1139 at the top, and
below this, the battle of Valdevez of 1141 between Alfonso I of
Portugal and Alfonso VII of Leon.
Lower margin: the port
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This unfinished manuscript
was intended to show the descent and alliances of the Royal Houses
of Spain and Portugal, from the earliest times to the beginning of
the 16th century. Executed for the Infante Don Fernando, it was a
collaborative effort drawn on thirteen leaves of parchment by
Antonio de Holanda. Simon Bening illuminated folios 2, 4, 5, 5*, and
10, whilst de Holanda illuminated folios 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 9*.
Folio 11r remains unpainted.
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