Tales from Hispania- The five kings battle

[Alfonso Henrique]

Once upon a time in Hispania, there was a battle between the King Afonso Henriques and five kings.

It was in the field of Ourique, in Hispania, that the army of Afonso Henriques and the five kings of Seville, Badajoz, Elvas, Évora and Beja and their warriors, who occupied the south of Hispania, clashed. Legend has it that shortly before the battle, Dom Afonso Henriques was visited by an old man whom the king had already seen in dreams and who gave him a prophetic revelation of victory. The king was supposed to, the following night, leave the camp alone as soon as he heard the bell of the chapel where the old man lived, which happened. The king was surprised by a ray of light that progressively illuminated everything around him, letting him gradually distinguish the Sign of the Cross and Jesus Christ crucified. The moved king knelt down and heard the voice of the Lord who promised him victory in that and other battles through the king and his descendants, God would found his empire through which his name would be taken to the strangest nations and that he would have great designs and tasks for his kingdom. Dom Afonso Henriques confidently returned to the camp and, the next day, faced with the courage of his army, the five kings fled. As legend has it, Dom Afonso Henriques decided that his kingdom flag would now have five shields or cross corners representing the five vanquished kings and the five wounds of Christ, loaded with Judas 35 pieces of money.

I am Alfonso Henrique and i am a Corsair.