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Afonso, Hereditary Prince of Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation:; 18 May 1475 – 13 July 1491) [1] was the heir apparent to the throne of Portugal. He was born in Lisbon , Portugal , and died in a horse-riding accident on the banks of the river Tagus .
Afonso, Hereditary Prince of Portugal was the first son of king John III of Portugal and his queen, Catherine of Austria. [1] He was the Prince of Portugal but died in the same year he was born, in 1526.
Afonso de Santa Maria de Bragança was born in Lisbon, the eldest child of Duarte Pio de Bragança, and Dª. Isabel Inês de Castro Curvello de Herédia. [1] His baptismal name ends with Miguel Gabriel Rafael, a family tradition of the House of Braganza that honors the three archangels in the Catholic Church.
The royalists were apprehensive about the prospects for a legitimate Braganza heir, and their anxiety redoubled at the news of Afonso's marriage to a commoner, especially one of such a dubious reputation. In Portugal, morganatic marriage was not forbidden. Any legitimate child of Afonso and Nevada could become the lawful heir to the Portuguese ...
Afonso was born in Coimbra. As the second son of King Afonso II of Portugal, he was not expected to inherit the throne, which was destined to go to his elder brother Sancho. [2] He lived mostly in France, where he married Countess Matilda II of Boulogne in 1238, thereby becoming count of Boulogne, Mortain, Aumale and Dammartin-en-Goële jure ...
Statue of Afonso Henriques in Guimarães, Portugal. In 1128, near Guimarães at the Battle of São Mamede, Afonso and his supporters overcame troops under both his mother and her lover, Count Fernando Pérez de Traba of Galicia. Afonso exiled his mother to Galicia, and took over rule of the County of Portucale. [10]
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Saint Princess Joanna of Portugal Afonso V of Portugal Isabella of Coimbra: John: 3 March 1455 – 25 October 1495 (1st Time) 3 March 1455 – 11 November 1477 (2nd Time) 15 November 1477 – 28 August 1481 Later: King John II of Portugal and the Algarves: Afonso V of Portugal Isabella of Coimbra: Afonso: 18 May 1475 – 13 July 1491 (1st Time)