In 1138, Ali ibn Yusuf was defeated by Alfonso VII of León, and in the Battle of Ourique ( 1139 ), by Afonso I of Portugal, who thereby won his crown.

Afonso I ( 25 June 1109, Guimarães or Viseu – 6 December 1185, Coimbra ), more commonly known as Afonso Henriques (), nicknamed " the Conqueror " (), " the Founder " () or " the Great " () by the Portuguese, and El-Bortukali (" the Portuguese ") and Ibn-Arrik (" son of Henry ", " Henriques ") by the Moors whom he fought, was the first King of Portugal.

Afonso I was the son of Henry of Burgundy and Theresa of León, the natural daughter of King Alfonso VI of León.

King Afonso I at the Siege of Lisbon.

Hitherto, his father Sancho I and his grandfather Afonso I were mostly concerned with military issues either against the neighbouring Kingdom of Castile or against the Moorish lands in the south.

In order to get the independence of Portugal recognized by Rome, his grandfather, Afonso I, had to legislate an enormous number of privileges to the Church.

The first-born of this union, Infanta Maria of Portugal, married King Alfonso XI of Castile in 1328, at the same time that Afonso IV's heir, Peter I of Portugal, was promised to another Castilian infanta, Constance of Peñafiel.

Her half-aunt, the future Queen Isabella I of Castile, was due to inherit the crown, but Afonso V was keen to interfere with the succession in Castile.

* Afonso I of Portugal-( 1109 – 1185 )

* Afonso I of Kongo-( 1505 – 1543 )

* Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza, son of John I of Portugal.

* Afonso, Duke of Porto, son of Louis I of Portugal.

* Cardinal Afonso of Portugal, son of Manuel I of Portugal.

* Afonso I of Kongo ( c. 1456 – 1542 or 1543 ), king of Kingdom of Kongo in west central Africa

* Afonso I of Portugal ( 1094 – 1195 ) ( Afonso Henriques ), the son of Henry of Burgundy

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In 1506, Afonso I ( 1506 – 1542 ), a Christian, took over the throne.

* 1147 – The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a four-month siege.

Through the Papal bull Manifestis Probatum, issued on May 23, 1179, he also recognized the right of Afonso I to proclaim himself King of Portugal – an important step in the process of Portugal becoming a recognized independent Kingdom.

Being replaced after his death in 1506 by his son Nzinga Mbemba who ruled as king Afonso I until 1543.

It may also refer to Afonso II of Kongo.

With the Kongo king Afonso I complaining in 1526 to his Portuguese counterpart, John III, bitterly of the damage done to his kingdom by this trade, which was depopulating whole areas and leading to constant wars with his neighbors.

* 1506: King Afonso I of Kongo wins the battle of Mbanza Kongo, resulting in Catholicism becoming Kongo's state religion.

Despite its establishment within his kingdom, Afonso believed that the slave trade should be subject to Kongo law.

When King Afonso I of Kongo whose Kongo name was Mvemba a Nzinga, the second Christian king, was facing a rival, his brother Mpanzu a Kitima, in battle, he reported that a vision of Saint James and the Heavenly Host appeared in the sky, frightened Mpanzu a Kitima's soldiers, and gave Afonso the victory.

When Afonso I of Kongo was established the Roman Catholic Church in Kongo kingdom.

* Afonso I of Kongo ( c. 1456 – 1542 or 1543 ), also known as Mvemba a Nzinga or Nzinga Mbemba

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Mani is a spelling deformation of this original term, which is attested in very early texts, notably the letters of King Afonso I of Kongo, where he writes, in his letters to the Kings Manuel I and João III of Portugal in 1514 concerning the " moinepango " ( mwene Mpangu, a provincial authority ), in which the orthography reflects its actual pronunciation.

The king himself and much of the nobility were quickly converted by Christian missionaries and assumed Portuguese court manners, and after an initial confrontation between those who supported the new religion and those who rejected it, the party following King Afonso I triumphed and Kongo became a Christian kingdom.

Although their names are known, first from citation in the royal titles of King Afonso I of Kongo in 1535, there is little in the way of description of them.

Afonso I of Kongo took the missionaries to Kongo and left his own priest in Ndongo.

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Loango is not mentioned in early traveler's accounts of the region, nor is it mentioned in the titles of King Afonso I of Kongo in 1535, though Kakongo, Vungu, and Ngoyo, its southern neighbors are, It is therefore unlikely that there was a major power on the coast of Central Africa north of the Congo River.

He achieved this by marrying a second time, to Joan of Portugal in 1455, and by meeting Afonso V of Portugal in Elvas in 1456.

In 1456 King Afonso V commissioned him to write the history of Ceuta, the land-gate of the East, under the governorship of D. Pedro de Menezes, from its capture in 1415 until 1437, and he had it ready in 1463.

* 1511 – Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the Malacca Sultanate.

* 1643 – Afonso VI of Portugal ( d. 1683 )

Afonso married in 1146 Mafalda or Maud of Savoy ( 1125 – 1158 ), daughter of Amadeo III, Count of Savoy, and Mahaut of Albon.

Afonso IV (; 8 February 1291 – 28 May 1357 ), called the Brave (), was King of Portugal and the Algarve from 1325 until his death.

Afonso married Beatrice of Castile ( 1293 – 1359 ) in 1309, daughter of Sancho IV, King of Castile, and María de Molina and had four sons and three daughters.

Afonso V (, originally Affonso ) KG ( 15 January 1432 – 28 August 1481 ), called the African (), was King of Portugal and the Algarves.

* Afonso II of Portugal-( 1185 – 1223 )

* Afonso III of Portugal-( 1210 – 1279 )

* Afonso IV of Portugal-( 1291 – 1357 )

* Afonso V of Portugal-( 1432 – 1481 )

* Afonso VI of Portugal-( 1656 – 1683 )

* Afonso III of Kongo-( 1666 – 1667 )

* Afonso II of Portugal ( 1185 – 1223 ), " the Fat "

* Afonso III of Portugal ( 1210 – 1279 )

* Afonso IV of Portugal ( 1291 – 1357 )

* Afonso V of Portugal ( 1432 – 1481 ) The African

** Afonso VI ( 1656 – 1683 )