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Sancho II of Portugal

1209 - 1248

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Sancho II (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐ̃ʃu]; 8 September 1207 – 4 January 1248), nicknamed the Cowled or the Capuched (Portuguese: o Capelo), alternatively, the Pious (Portuguese: o Piedoso), was King of Portugal from 1223 to 1248. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sancho II of Portugal has received more than 168,854 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Sancho II of Portugal is the 2,923rd most popular politician (up from 3,005th in 2019), the 74th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 76th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Portuguese Politician.

Sancho II of Portugal is most famous for his role in the Reconquista, or the Christian conquest of the Iberian Peninsula from Muslim rule.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sancho II of Portugal ranks 2,923 out of 19,576. Before him are Smendes, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Casimir I the Restorer, Ahmad Shah Durrani, Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria. After him are Mohammad Shah Qajar, Vojtech Tuka, Kiro Gligorov, Ramzan Kadyrov, Intef II, and Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1209, Sancho II of Portugal ranks 4. Before him are Berke, Möngke Khan, and Richard of Cornwall. After him are Haji Bektash Veli, and Valdemar the Young. Among people deceased in 1248, Sancho II of Portugal ranks 5. Before him are Shams Tabrizi, Subutai, Güyük Khan, and Ibn al-Baitar. After him are Al-Adil II, Henry II, Duke of Brabant, Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen, Otto III, Count of Burgundy, Abu al-Hasan as-Said al-Mutadid, Andronikos Palaiologos, and Hugh I, Count of Blois.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Sancho II of Portugal ranks 74 out of 633. Before him are John of God (1495), Maria João Pires (1944), Catherine of Braganza (1638), Barbara of Portugal (1711), Francisco de Almeida (1450), and Uriel da Costa (1585). After him are Diego Columbus (1479), Marcelo Caetano (1906), Isaac Abarbanel (1437), Constance of Aragon (1179), Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy (1397), and Tristão da Cunha (1460).

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Among POLITICIANS In Portugal

Among politicians born in Portugal, Sancho II of Portugal ranks 43. Before him are Aníbal Cavaco Silva (1939), Viriathus (-180), Jorge Sampaio (1939), Catherine of Braganza (1638), Barbara of Portugal (1711), and Francisco de Almeida (1450). After him are Marcelo Caetano (1906), Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy (1397), Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal (1887), Theresa, Countess of Portugal (1080), António Costa (1961), and Wamba (630).

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