1228 The pope reconciled.
1237 The pope lays an interdict on Portugal, but is pacified.
1239-1244 Sancho II takes several cities from the Moors.
1245 The pope deposes Sancho II. The clerical party sets up Sancho’s brother,
1248 Alfonso, who drives Sancho II into exile, where he dies. Alfonso III completes the conquest of Algarve.
1254 Alfonso marries Beatrice de Guzman, the natural daughter of Alfonso the Learned of Castile, so alienating the papal faction. Alfonso III summons a cortes at Leiria.
1261 The cortes forces the king to recognize the necessity of obtaining the people’s consent to taxation.
1262 The pope legalizes the king’s marriage and legitimates his son Dom Diniz, who
1263 is made king of Algarve.
1277 Dom Diniz rebels against his father.