1161 Alfonso is defeated by the Moors.
1166 The Moors take Evora.
1167 Alfonso invades Galicia.
1168 Alfonso besieges Badajoz, is taken prisoner and compelled to relinquish Galician conquests.
1170 Alfonso loses to the Moors in Alemtejo.
1171 Alfonso victorious at Santarem, makes seven years’ truce with Moors.
1172 Makes his son Dom Sancho co-ruler, who fights the Moors constantly.
1184 Dom Sancho crushes and kills Yusuf at Santarem.
1185 Alfonso dies and is succeeded by Sancho I, O Povoador (“City Builder”).
1189 Sancho, aided by crusaders on their way to Palestine, takes Algarve and Silves from the Moors.