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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 I [a] (Portuguese pronunciation:; 1106/1109/1111 – 1185), also called Afonso Henriques, nicknamed the Conqueror (Portuguese: O Conquistador) and the Founder (Portuguese: O Fundador) [2] [3] by the Portuguese, was the first king of Portugal.
Afonso II (IPA:; English: Alphonse; Archaic Portuguese: Affonso; Portuguese-Galician: Alfonso or Alphonso; Latin: Alphonsus; 23 April 1185 [4] – 25 March 1223), nicknamed the Fat (o Gordo) or the Leper (o Gafo), was the third king of Portugal and the second but eldest surviving son of Sancho I of Portugal and Dulce of Aragon. Afonso succeeded ...
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 ...
Infante Dom Afonso of Braganza, Duke of Porto (Portuguese pronunciation:; 31 July 1865 in Palace of Ajuda, Lisbon – 21 February 1920 in Naples, Italy) was a Portuguese Infante of the House of Braganza, [2] the son of King Luis I of Portugal and his wife, Maria Pia of Savoy.
In 1433 Edward granted the title of Prince of Portugal to his eldest son, the future King Afonso V. The monarchies of Castile, Aragon and England already had princely titles for their heirs apparent and now Portugal had one, so that foreign powers would not underestimate the prestige of the kingdom. [citation needed]
Infante Afonso of Portugal (8 February 1263, in Lisbon – 2 November 1312, in Lisbon; [1] Portuguese pronunciation:; English: Alphonzo or Alphonse) was a Portuguese infante (prince), the second son of King Afonso III of Portugal and his second wife Beatrice of Castile. [2]