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Portuguese conquest of the Algarve
| Portuguese conquest of the Algarve | |||||||
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| Part of Reconquista | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of Portugal Order of Santiago  Order of Aviz | Taifa of Niebla | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Afonso III of Portugal Paio Peres Correia Dom Lourenço Afonso | Musa Ibn Muhammad Ibn Nassir Ibn Mahfuz | ||||||
The Portuguese conquest of the Algarve, the southern-most region in modern-day Portugal, occurred between 1238, when the castle of Estômbar was captured by the Order of Santiago, and 1249, when king Afonso III of Portugal captured Faro, Loulé, Aljezur, Porches and Albufeira.
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