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

Pinhel

The frontier castle-town facing León's Castelo Rodrigo across the Côa.

Who holds it

Name
Sancho I (the crown); the alcaide on 1 January 1200 is not pinned
Title
Royal town under the king's alcaide or tenente
Confidence
medium

Lord in 1200

The crown; the tenente on 1 January 1200 is not pinned (Lourenço Soares de Ribadouro holds it later).

Overlord

Sancho I of Portugal

How things stand that morning

Royal frontier town.

Fuero

Foral of 1191; renewed by Sancho I in 1209 (Infopédia).

Militia

Not pinned. No figures.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Infopédia.

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. Pinhel (Infopédia)
  2. Lourenço Soares de Ribadouro (pt.wikipedia)

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