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

Contemporary portrait of Afonso V of Portugal, as depicted in the Itinerarium of Georg von Ehingen ( printed 1600, Augsburg, but based on earlier image c. 1470 )

Afonso V was only six years old when he succeeded his father in 1438.

During his minority, Afonso V was placed under the regency of his mother in accordance with a will of his late father.

But on 9 June 1448, when the king came of age, Peter had to surrender his power to Afonso V. The years of conspiracy by the Duke of Braganza finally came to a head.

On 15 September of the same year, Afonso V nullified all the laws and edicts approved under the regency.

Afonso V then turned his attentions to North Africa.

Administratively, Afonso V was a passive king.

A copy of the Fra Mauro map was made under a commission by Afonso V in 1457.

In 1452, Pope Nicholas V issued the papal bull Dum Diversas, granting Afonso V the right to reduce " Saracens, pagans and any other unbelievers " to hereditary slavery.

When the campaigns in Africa were over, Afonso V found new grounds for battle in the Iberian Peninsula.

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.

Since her adulteress mother was his own sister, Afonso V had not only ambition, but the family honour to protect.

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

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The city is also famous for the Convento de Jesus ( now known as the City Museum " Santa Joana "), built in the 15th century, which contains the tomb of the daughter of Afonso V, St. Joana, who died in 1490.

** Afonso V, The African 1438-1481

* 1432 – King Afonso V of Portugal ( d. 1481 )

* August 28 – King Afonso V of Portugal ( b. 1432 )

* August 24 – King Afonso V of Portugal conquers the Moroccan town of Arzila.

* October 24 – King Afonso V of Portugal conquers Alcácer Ceguer in North Africa.

* Damião de Góis ( 1567 ) Chronica do prinçipe Dom Ioam: rei que foi destes regnos segundo do nome, em que summariamente se trattam has cousas sustançiaes que nelles aconteçerão do dia de seu nasçimento atte ho em que el Rei Dom Afonso seu pai faleçeo, 1905 edition, A. J.

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

Afonso de Albuquerque ( or archaically spelt as Aphonso d ' Albuquerque and also spelt as Alfonso, and Alphonso ; ; 1453December 16, 1515 ), 1st Duke of Goa, was a Portuguese fidalgo, or nobleman, an admiral whose military and administrative activities as second governor of Portuguese India conquered and established the Portuguese colonial empire in the Indian Ocean.

* 1210 – Afonso III of Portugal ( d. 1279 )

* 1871 – Afonso Costa, Portuguese politician ( d. 1937 )

* November 30 – Afonso Pena, Brazilian president ( d. 1909 )

* probable – Afonso de Albuquerque, Portuguese admiral ( d. 1515 )

* August 12 – King Afonso VI of Portugal ( d. 1683 )

* Matilda II of Boulogne, Queen of Portugal, spouse of King Afonso III of Portugal ( d. 1262 )

* January 15 – King Afonso V of Portugal ( d. 1481 )

* February 8 – King Afonso IV of Portugal ( d. 1357 )

* May 5 – King Afonso III of Portugal ( d. 1279 )

* April 23 – King Afonso II of Portugal ( d. 1223 )

* Queen Urraca of Portugal, wife of King Afonso II of Portugal ( d. 1220 )

* July 25 – King Afonso I of Portugal ( d. 1185 ; birthdate disputed )

* April 25 – Infanta Branca of Portugal, daughter of King Afonso III of Portugal and Urraca of Castile ( d. 1321 )

Initially, King Manuel I of Portugal tried a power distribution with three governors in different areas of jurisdiction: a government covering the area and possessions in East Africa, Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf, overseeing up Cambay ( Gujarat ); a second one ruling the possessions in India ( Hindustan ) and Ceylon, and a third one from Malacca to the Far East .< ref > O Secretário dos despachos e coisas da Índia pero d ´ Alcáçova Carneiro, p. 65, Maria Cecília Costa Veiga de Albuquerque Ramos, Universidade de Lisboa, 2009 ( In Portuguese ) < http :// repositorio. ul. pt / bitstream / 10451 / 3387 / 1 / ulfl080844_tm. pdf ></ ref > However the post was centered by governor Afonso de Albuquerque ( 1509 – 1515 ), who became plenipotentiary, and remained so.

* The elephant given by Afonso V of Portugal to René d ' Anjou about 1477.

The Unité d ' Habitation (, Housing Unit ) is the name of a modernist residential housing design principle developed by Le Corbusier, with the collaboration of painter-architect Nadir Afonso.

They would have one son, future historian Afonso d ' Escragnolle Taunay ( 1876 – 1958 ).

* 1662-In a palace coup d ’ etat in Lisbon a restive younger faction of the nobility, supported by the young Afonso VI, overthrows the Queen Regent and installs the 26-year-old Count of Castelo Melhor as ‘ dictator ’ to prosecute the war with Spain.