Afonso wed Maud of Savoy, daughter of Amadeus III, Count of Savoy, and sent ambassadors to Rome to negotiate with the Pope.

In the papal bull Manifestis Probatum, Pope Alexander III acknowledged Afonso as King and Portugal as an independent crown with the right to conquer lands from the Moors.

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

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.

Since Sancho was not a popular king, the order was not hard to enforce ; he was exiled to Castile and Afonso III became king in 1248 after his brother's death.

Determined not to commit the same mistakes as his brother, Afonso III paid special attention to what the middle class, composed of merchants and small land owners, had to say.

Remembered as a notable administrator, Afonso III founded several towns, granted the title of city to many others and reorganized public administration.

Secure on the throne, Afonso III then proceeded to make war with the Muslim communities that still thrived in the south.

Following his success against the Moors, Afonso III had to deal with a political situation arising from the borders with Castile.

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* Afonso III of Portugal-( 1210 – 1279 )

* Afonso III of Kongo-( 1666 – 1667 )

* Afonso, Lord of Portalegre, son of Afonso III of Portugal.

* Mor Afonso, Mozarab mistress to Afonso III of Portugal.

* Afonso III of Portugal ( 1210 – 1279 )

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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.

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

At the court of Guimarães he was the councilor and spokesman for King Afonso III of Portugal in church matters.

Afonso II (; English Alphonzo ), or Affonso ( Archaic Portuguese ), Alfonso or Alphonso ( Portuguese-Galician ) or Alphonsus ( Latin version ), nicknamed " the Fat " ( Portuguese o Gordo ), King of Portugal, was born in Coimbra on 23 April 1185 and died on 25 March 1223 in the same city.

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.

Although present until 1147, when the area was taken by Afonso Henriques, remnants from the Moorish occupation are rare.

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 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.