Territorial change of Kingdom of Portugal

“Kingdom of Portugal” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1147 to 1911. Its territory was largest in AD 1900 – 1907, at ≈ 1.94 million km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
AD 1147 – 1151≈ 62 thousand km²
AD 1152 – 1168≈ 62 thousand km²
AD 1169 – 1176≈ 70 thousand km²
AD 1177 – 1187≈ 68 thousand km²
AD 1188 – 1201≈ 62 thousand km²
AD 1202 – 1215≈ 62 thousand km²
AD 1216 – 1219≈ 62 thousand km²
AD 1220 – 1226≈ 64 thousand km²
AD 1227 – 1235≈ 69 thousand km²
AD 1236 – 1240≈ 70 thousand km²
AD 1241 – 1249≈ 86 thousand km²
AD 1250 – 1414≈ 92 thousand km²
AD 1415 – 1421≈ 92 thousand km²
AD 1422 – 1439≈ 93 thousand km²
AD 1440 – 1449≈ 94 thousand km²
AD 1450 – 1462≈ 97 thousand km²
AD 1463 – 1467≈ 98 thousand km²
AD 1468 – 1474≈ 103 thousand km²
AD 1475 – 1481≈ 105 thousand km²
AD 1482 – 1486≈ 106 thousand km²
AD 1487 – 1491≈ 106 thousand km²
AD 1492 – 1496≈ 109 thousand km²
AD 1497 – 1506≈ 113 thousand km²
AD 1507 – 1515≈ 101 thousand km²
AD 1516 – 1518≈ 104 thousand km²
AD 1519 – 1520≈ 104 thousand km²
AD 1521 – 1555≈ 173 thousand km²
AD 1556 – 1563≈ 101 thousand km²
AD 1564 – 1581≈ 171 thousand km²
AD 1640 – 1705≈ 101 thousand km²
AD 1706 – 1708≈ 113 thousand km²
AD 1709 – 1808≈ 96 thousand km²
AD 1809 – 1810≈ 96 thousand km²
AD 1811 – 1811≈ 78 thousand km²
AD 1812 – 1823≈ 96 thousand km²
AD 1824 – 1827≈ 189 thousand km²
AD 1828 – 1833≈ 189 thousand km²
AD 1834 – 1835≈ 190 thousand km²
AD 1836 – 1855≈ 189 thousand km²
AD 1856 – 1884≈ 193 thousand km²
AD 1885 – 1889≈ 1.14 million km²
AD 1890 – 1894≈ 1.43 million km²
AD 1895 – 1899≈ 1.94 million km²
AD 1900 – 1907≈ 1.94 million km²
AD 1908 – 1910≈ 1.94 million km²
AD 1911 – 1911≈ 562 km²
AD 1147AD 1911

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1900 – 1907 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame (first 150 frames shown, 161 in total).

FrameAreaRank
AD 1147≈ 62 thousand km²76 of 148
AD 1152≈ 62 thousand km²76 of 140
AD 1169≈ 70 thousand km²72 of 137
AD 1177≈ 68 thousand km²72 of 136
AD 1188≈ 62 thousand km²73 of 134
AD 1192≈ 62 thousand km²74 of 132
AD 1202≈ 62 thousand km²72 of 135
AD 1206≈ 62 thousand km²73 of 149
AD 1210≈ 62 thousand km²74 of 146
AD 1216≈ 62 thousand km²75 of 143
AD 1220≈ 64 thousand km²73 of 143
AD 1227≈ 69 thousand km²69 of 139
AD 1236≈ 70 thousand km²61 of 137
AD 1241≈ 86 thousand km²50 of 130
AD 1250≈ 92 thousand km²45 of 118
AD 1260≈ 92 thousand km²41 of 123
AD 1270≈ 92 thousand km²41 of 123
AD 1272≈ 92 thousand km²41 of 121
AD 1279≈ 92 thousand km²36 of 122
AD 1285≈ 92 thousand km²39 of 128
AD 1294≈ 92 thousand km²50 of 145
AD 1305≈ 92 thousand km²51 of 152
AD 1314≈ 92 thousand km²51 of 151
AD 1326≈ 92 thousand km²50 of 144
AD 1333≈ 92 thousand km²51 of 145
AD 1344≈ 92 thousand km²59 of 148
AD 1352≈ 92 thousand km²56 of 139
AD 1356≈ 92 thousand km²56 of 139
AD 1363≈ 92 thousand km²62 of 147
AD 1375≈ 92 thousand km²63 of 154
AD 1385≈ 92 thousand km²62 of 154
AD 1392≈ 92 thousand km²62 of 154
AD 1395≈ 92 thousand km²59 of 149
AD 1402≈ 92 thousand km²55 of 141
AD 1407≈ 92 thousand km²52 of 141
AD 1415≈ 92 thousand km²55 of 136
AD 1422≈ 93 thousand km²55 of 132
AD 1429≈ 93 thousand km²56 of 130
AD 1431≈ 93 thousand km²56 of 130
AD 1440≈ 94 thousand km²57 of 129
AD 1450≈ 97 thousand km²59 of 127
AD 1453≈ 97 thousand km²60 of 130
AD 1459≈ 97 thousand km²62 of 132
AD 1463≈ 98 thousand km²62 of 132
AD 1468≈ 103 thousand km²59 of 140
AD 1475≈ 105 thousand km²58 of 137
AD 1482≈ 106 thousand km²56 of 131
AD 1487≈ 106 thousand km²56 of 129
AD 1492≈ 109 thousand km²58 of 129
AD 1497≈ 113 thousand km²59 of 130
AD 1502≈ 113 thousand km²60 of 129
AD 1507≈ 101 thousand km²61 of 125
AD 1512≈ 101 thousand km²60 of 124
AD 1516≈ 104 thousand km²60 of 123
AD 1519≈ 104 thousand km²58 of 123
AD 1521≈ 173 thousand km²41 of 119
AD 1526≈ 173 thousand km²42 of 121
AD 1529≈ 173 thousand km²41 of 124
AD 1534≈ 173 thousand km²40 of 125
AD 1540≈ 173 thousand km²39 of 122
AD 1547≈ 173 thousand km²43 of 121
AD 1552≈ 173 thousand km²42 of 119
AD 1556≈ 101 thousand km²53 of 117
AD 1564≈ 171 thousand km²40 of 116
AD 1572≈ 171 thousand km²39 of 110
AD 1579≈ 171 thousand km²37 of 101
AD 1640≈ 101 thousand km²52 of 114
AD 1642≈ 101 thousand km²54 of 115
AD 1645≈ 101 thousand km²52 of 115
AD 1648≈ 101 thousand km²52 of 117
AD 1653≈ 101 thousand km²52 of 115
AD 1659≈ 101 thousand km²52 of 114
AD 1662≈ 101 thousand km²54 of 116
AD 1670≈ 101 thousand km²52 of 117
AD 1673≈ 101 thousand km²52 of 117
AD 1677≈ 101 thousand km²54 of 116
AD 1683≈ 101 thousand km²51 of 117
AD 1687≈ 101 thousand km²50 of 113
AD 1691≈ 101 thousand km²50 of 111
AD 1696≈ 101 thousand km²47 of 108
AD 1700≈ 101 thousand km²47 of 107
AD 1702≈ 101 thousand km²48 of 109
AD 1706≈ 113 thousand km²48 of 114
AD 1709≈ 96 thousand km²53 of 120
AD 1713≈ 96 thousand km²53 of 123
AD 1718≈ 96 thousand km²53 of 124
AD 1721≈ 96 thousand km²54 of 125
AD 1727≈ 96 thousand km²55 of 128
AD 1734≈ 96 thousand km²56 of 132
AD 1738≈ 96 thousand km²57 of 125
AD 1741≈ 96 thousand km²57 of 125
AD 1744≈ 96 thousand km²59 of 129
AD 1748≈ 96 thousand km²60 of 132
AD 1752≈ 96 thousand km²61 of 132
AD 1757≈ 96 thousand km²58 of 132
AD 1762≈ 96 thousand km²57 of 131
AD 1763≈ 96 thousand km²57 of 132
AD 1769≈ 96 thousand km²55 of 128
AD 1772≈ 96 thousand km²54 of 127
AD 1775≈ 96 thousand km²51 of 132
AD 1776≈ 96 thousand km²52 of 132
AD 1778≈ 96 thousand km²53 of 131
AD 1780≈ 96 thousand km²53 of 131
AD 1781≈ 96 thousand km²53 of 131
AD 1783≈ 96 thousand km²53 of 130
AD 1788≈ 96 thousand km²55 of 129
AD 1791≈ 96 thousand km²54 of 128
AD 1792≈ 96 thousand km²54 of 130
AD 1794≈ 96 thousand km²52 of 125
AD 1796≈ 96 thousand km²52 of 124
AD 1797≈ 96 thousand km²52 of 125
AD 1799≈ 96 thousand km²51 of 124
AD 1800≈ 96 thousand km²52 of 123
AD 1803≈ 96 thousand km²51 of 123
AD 1805≈ 96 thousand km²51 of 125
AD 1806≈ 96 thousand km²50 of 138
AD 1807≈ 96 thousand km²49 of 132
AD 1809≈ 96 thousand km²52 of 131
AD 1811≈ 78 thousand km²62 of 131
AD 1812≈ 96 thousand km²58 of 133
AD 1814≈ 96 thousand km²62 of 142
AD 1815≈ 96 thousand km²56 of 139
AD 1820≈ 96 thousand km²55 of 148
AD 1822≈ 96 thousand km²57 of 147
AD 1824≈ 189 thousand km²47 of 148
AD 1825≈ 189 thousand km²49 of 150
AD 1828≈ 189 thousand km²49 of 144
AD 1830≈ 189 thousand km²49 of 143
AD 1834≈ 190 thousand km²51 of 143
AD 1836≈ 189 thousand km²53 of 145
AD 1840≈ 189 thousand km²53 of 155
AD 1842≈ 189 thousand km²54 of 156
AD 1846≈ 189 thousand km²50 of 152
AD 1848≈ 189 thousand km²49 of 147
AD 1849≈ 189 thousand km²49 of 144
AD 1853≈ 189 thousand km²49 of 144
AD 1856≈ 193 thousand km²51 of 149
AD 1857≈ 193 thousand km²51 of 150
AD 1859≈ 193 thousand km²51 of 146
AD 1860≈ 193 thousand km²51 of 142
AD 1861≈ 193 thousand km²52 of 140
AD 1862≈ 193 thousand km²52 of 138
AD 1863≈ 193 thousand km²52 of 139
AD 1864≈ 193 thousand km²51 of 139
AD 1865≈ 193 thousand km²50 of 139
AD 1866≈ 193 thousand km²49 of 133
AD 1868≈ 193 thousand km²48 of 134
AD 1870≈ 193 thousand km²48 of 132
AD 1871≈ 193 thousand km²48 of 113
AD 1873≈ 193 thousand km²45 of 108

Its highest rank was in AD 1900: number 84 of 14.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 3 by area.

FrameOther countryArea
AD 1890gainedLunda Empire≈ 80 thousand km²
AD 1521gainedAl-Ahsa Oasis≈ 70 thousand km²
AD 1564gainedOttoman Empire≈ 70 thousand km²

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Almohad Caliphate · United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves · County of Portugal

Succeeded by: First Portuguese Republic · Portugal · United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Kingdom of Portugal was a monarchy in the western Iberian Peninsula and the predecessor of the modern Portuguese Republic.

Wikipedia (English) “Kingdom of Portugal”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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