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[QUOTE]Originally posted by the lioness,: [QB] [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/COA_Reino_de_Algarve_1666.jpg/220px-COA_Reino_de_Algarve_1666.jpg[/IMG] 1666 coat of arms of the Algarve Kingdom of the Algarve was a nominal kingdom within the Kingdom of Portugal. The town of Silves (Cilpes) was possibly founded during the times of Roman domination, when the region was part of the Lusitania province. After 713, when the Moors invaded Iberia, Silves became part of the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba under the Arabic name of Shilb (شلب). In the 10th century it was one of the most important towns of western Al-Andalus. After the Almoravid conquest the town became Almohad in 1156. In 1189 [b]King Sancho I of Portugal conquered the town with the aid of Northern European crusaders,[/b] but lost it again to the Almohads. First conquest The city of Silves was first conquered by King Sancho I of Portugal in 1189. Portuguese control over Silves would be short, with the Muslims conquering the city again in 1191. Reconquista During the Reconquista, Portuguese and Castilian conquests went south, to take lands from the Muslims that they claimed as theirs. During the reign of King Sancho II of Portugal, Portugal conquered and secured much of its modern day borders in its south. The name of the Algarvian Kingdom suffered some minor changes due to the Portuguese North African conquests, which were considered an extension of the kingdom of Algarve. Thus, it was not until 1471 that the Kingdom of the Algarve led to the Kingdom of the Algarves, due to increase of Portuguese possessions in Northern Africa, which were made as possessions of the Kingdom of the Algarve. The Portuguese monarchs therefore adopted the title that they would use until the fall of the monarchy in 1910: Kings of Portugal and the Algarves of either side of the sea in Africa. The title would continue to be used even after the abandonment of the last North African holding in Mazagan [/QB][/QUOTE]
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