<onlyinclude> This is a list of Portuguese monarchs dating from the independence of
Portugal from the kingdom of
León in 1128 under
Afonso Henriques, who proclaimed himself King in 1139, to the proclamation of the
Portuguese Republic on
October 5,
1910, during the reign of
Manuel II, "the Patriot," or "the Missed King." Afonso I was recognized as king, in 1143, by Alfonso VII of León and Castile and, in 1179, by the
Pope Alexander III.</onlyinclude>
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