Frontier town · Kingdom of Portugal · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Coruche

A castle on the Sorraia at the northern edge of the Alentejo, destroyed about 1180 and resettled under the 1182 foral; an exposed outpost of the Tagus line.

Who holds it

Name
The knights of Évora (master Paio)
Title
Lordship of the knights of Évora
Since
1176
Confidence
medium

See the Church map, Évora knights.

Lord in 1200

The knights of Évora (entrusted 1176).

Overlord

Sancho I of Portugal

How things stand that morning

Held, exposed.

Fuero

Foral of 1182.

Militia

Not pinned. No figures.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Church map and pt.wikipedia Conquista do Alentejo.

Primary sources for Portugal

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

5 more in the sources library for France and Iberia.

Sources and studies

  1. Conquista do Alentejo (pt.wikipedia)

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.