Teresa of León, Countess of Portugal, Portuguese regent (born 1080)

Theresa, Countess of Portugal

11/12th-century Countess and disputed Queen of Portugal

Theresa was Countess of Portugal, and for a time claimant to be its independent Queen. She rebelled against her half-sister Queen Urraca of León. She was recognised as Queen by Pope Paschal II in 1116, but was captured and forced to accept Portugal's vassalage to León in 1121,…