Penha Garcia

1220

Transfer of Possession

Donated to the Order of Santiago by Afonso II to populate and defend the region

1303

Transfer of Possession

Donated to the Order of Templars by Dinis I of Portugal

1309

Transfer of Possession

Penha Garcia transferred back to the Crown of Portugal between 1309 and 1310, following the collapse of the Order of the Templars

Transfer of Possession

The Crown of Portugal donated Penha Garcia back to the Order of Christ

Date of Known Existance

(No Date) Earliest settlement on site a Neolithic castro

1185 - 1211

Original Construction Date

Castle believed to be constructed under Sancho I of Portugal following the Christian Reconquest. Part of a fortification policy he developed in the Beira region in response to threats from the Kingdom of Leon to the east and Muslims to the south

Reconstruction Date

Construction of new towers under Manuel I of Portugal

Roman Conquest

(No Date ) Roman Conquest overtook Neolithic castro settlement and began mining alluvial gold in the Consul River

700 - 12/31/0800

Muslim Conquest

(No Date) Implied Muslim Conquest

1166

Christian Reconquest

(No Date) Christian forces, possibly of Sancho I of Portugal, retake the region

10/31/1256

Charter

Afonso III of Portugal grants a charter letter to the village

1431

Charter

João I of Portugal institutes a "couto for 12 homiziados" to increase the population of Penha Garcia

06/01/1510

Foral Novo Charter

Penha Garcia receives Foral Novo from Manuel I of Portugal