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It may also refer to Afonso II of Kongo.

As a king, Afonso II set a different approach of government.

With Portugal's position as a country firmly established, Afonso II endeavoured to weaken the power of the clergy and to apply a portion of the enormous revenues of the Roman Catholic Church to purposes of national utility.

After being excommunicated for his audacities by Pope Honorius III, Afonso II promised to make amends to the church, but he died in 1223 before making any serious attempts to do so.

He was the second son of King Afonso II of Portugal and his wife, Urraca of Castile ; he succeeded his brother, King Sancho II of Portugal, who was removed from the throne on 4 January 1248.

As the second son of King Afonso II of Portugal, Afonso was not expected to inherit the throne, which was destined to go to his elder brother Sancho.

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* Afonso II of Portugal-( 1185 – 1223 )

* Afonso II of Kongo-( 1561 )

* Afonso, Prince of Portugal, son of John II of Portugal.

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

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* 1212 – Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: after Pope Innocent III calls European knights to a crusade, forces of Kings Alfonso VIII of Castile, Sancho VII of Navarre, Peter II of Aragon and Afonso II of Portugal defeat those of the Berber Muslim leader Almohad, thus marking a significant turning point in the Reconquista and in the medieval history of Spain.

As a papal legate of Pope Alexander III, he was sent to teach canon law throughout Europe in the 1160s, and was sent to Portugal to crown Afonso II.

Innocent IV was responsible for the eventual deposition of King Sancho II of Portugal at the request of his brother Afonso ( later King Afonso III of Portugal ).

One of the arguments he used against Sancho II in his Grandi non immerito text was his status as a minor upon inheriting the throne from his father Afonso II.

Afonso III (; rare English alternatives: Alphonzo or Alphonse ), or Affonso ( Archaic Portuguese ), Alfonso or Alphonso ( Portuguese-Galician ) or Alphonsus ( Latin ), the Bolognian ( Port.

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

Afonso, Prince of Portugal (; ) ( 18 May 1475 – 13 July 1491 ) was the heir to the throne of Portugal.

Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena (; 30 November 1847 – 14 June 1909 ) was a Brazilian politician.

Infanta Urraca of Portugal (; ( 1151 – 1222 ) was a Portuguese infanta ( princess ), daughter of Afonso I, 1st King of Portugal and his wife Maud of Savoy.

Infanta Eleanor of Portugal (; ) was a Portuguese infanta ( princess ), the youngest daughter of King Afonso IV of Portugal and his first wife Beatrice of Castile.

Dom Afonso I of Braganza (; 10 August 1377-15 December 1461 ) was the first Duke of Braganza and the eighth Count of Barcelos.

Afonso Augusto da Costa, (; born in Seia, 6 March 1871 ; died in Paris, 11 May 1937 ) was a Portuguese lawyer, professor, and republican politician.

Variants of the name include: Alfonso ( Italian and Spanish ), Alfons ( Catalan, Dutch, German, Polish and Scandinavian ), Afonso ( Portuguese and Galician ), Affonso ( Ancient Portuguese ), Alphonse, Alfonse ( Italian, French and English ), Αλφόνσος Alphonsos ( Greek ), Alphonsus ( Latin ), Alphons ( Dutch ), Alfonsu in ( Leonese ), Alfonsas ( Lithuanian ).

* July 1 – October 25 – with the support of English and Flemish Crusaders, Afonso I of Portugal besieges and conquers Lisbon ( Siege of Lisbon ).

However, English aid to Portugal went back much further to the 1147 Siege of Lisbon, when English and other Northern European Crusaders en route to the Holy Land to participate in the Second Crusade stopped and helped Portuguese King Afonso Henriques to conquer the city.

As one of the principal Arab military bases along the southern margin of the Tagus ( Arabic: حصن المعدن ), it was conquered by the Christian forces of D. Afonso Henriques, with the aid of English Crusaders in 1147.

The first Prince in Portugal was the future Afonso V, his eldest son, maybe adopting the French royal style by an English influence brought by queen Philippa of England.

* Church of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios ( English: Our Lady of Medicine )-also referred to as the Church das Chagas do Salvador ( English: The Church of Our Lord's Stimgmata ), the church was founded by King D. Afonso Henriques.

Infanta Branca of Portugal ( 25 February 1259 – 17 April 1321 ; ), Blanche in English, was a Portuguese infanta ( princess ), eldest daughter of King Afonso III and his second wife Beatrice of Castile.

Infante Fernando of Portugal (), or Ferdinand in English, was a Portuguese infante ( prince ), son of King Afonso II of Portugal and his wife Urraca of Castile, daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile.

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.

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

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

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

* Nadir Afonso ( born 1920 ), Portuguese painter.