Jul 11, 2020
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D Dinis Rei de Portugal
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O que vos nunca cuidei dizer
D Dinis Rei de Portugal
D. Dinis, the Troubadour King of Portugal
Scientists were able to reconstruct D. Dinis's face after exhuming his 700 year old remains. He was one of the country's most important monarchs and, to many, the very best.
He was the first Portuguese kind that knew how to read and write. He was also a poet and the first person to officially declare the existence of the Portuguese language. He famously galvanised agriculture in the country by establishing laws and practises that supported it. Perhaps the most famous of these acts is the plantation of Leiria's pine forest, which protected the country's interior from the harsh and salty sea winds, making the soils more fertile. The wood from that pinhal was later used in the construction of Portugal's fleet during the Discoveries period, initiated by D. Dinis's great-grandson and great-great-grandson, D. João I and Prince Henrique.