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

In 1309, Afonso IV married Infanta Beatrice of Castile, daughter of King Sancho IV of Castile by his wife Maria de Molina.

Afonso IV was not happy to see his daughter abused, and started a war against Castile.

Afonso IV was displeased with his son's choice of lovers, and hoped that the relationship would be a futile one.

As king, Afonso IV is remembered as a soldier and a valiant general, hence the nickname the Brave.

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.

Isabella died in 1455 and Afonso married again ( although not recognized by the Papacy ) in 1475, this time to Joanna of Castile ( known as " La Beltraneja "), daughter of Henry IV of Castile and Joan of Portugal.

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* Afonso IV of Portugal-( 1291 – 1357 )

* Afonso IV of Portugal ( 1291 – 1357 )

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King Afonso IV his father, believing that the family of Inês to be a threat to his own kingdom had her murdered.

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 ).

* January 7 – Portuguese king Afonso IV sends three men to kill Ines de Castro, beloved of his son prince Pedro – Pedro revolts and incites a civil war.

* May 28 – King Afonso IV of Portugal ( b. 1291 )

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

Hostilities between Portugal and the reunited kingdoms of León and Castile were terminated in 1297 by a treaty of alliance, in accordance with which Ferdinand IV of Castile married Constance, daughter of Dinis, while Afonso, son of Denis, married Beatrice of Castile, daughter of Ferdinand.

Afonso IV adhered to the matrimonial policy initiated by Dinis.

Peter, the heir, afterwards married Constance, daughter of the duke of Peñafiel ( near Valladolid ), and Afonso IV brought a strong Portuguese army to aid the Castilians against the Moors of Granada and their African allies.

The foreign policy of Denis, Afonso IV and Pedro I had been, as in rule, successful in its main object, the preservation of peace with the Christian kingdoms of Iberia ; in consequence, the Portuguese had advanced in prosperity and culture.

An unwise foreign policy simultaneously injured the royal prestige, for Afonso married his own niece, Joanna, daughter of Henry IV of Castile, and claimed the kingdom in her name.

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

King Afonso V of Portugal granted him the lands in Cabo Girão district of the Madeira Islands, rent-free for the rest of his life.

In 1469, King Afonso V of Portugal granted the monopoly of trade in the Gulf of Guinea to Lisbon merchant Fernão Gomes, including the exclusive trade of Aframomum melegueta, then called " malagueta " pepper-which was granted by 100 000 real-annually in exchange for exploring 100 miles of the coast of Africa a year for five years.

Then it was granted to king's second son, the future Afonso VI of Portugal.

Father Carvalho, around this time, listed Afife, in whole or in part, pertained to King Afonso III, granted half of this parish to the church of Santa Maria de Sá, in Ponte de Lima, in 1262, which pertained to the Episcopal seat of Tui, in exchange for patronage of Santa Maria da Vinha in Areosa.

King Afonso III granted a letter of feudal rights ( foral ) to Estremoz in 1258, promoting the colonisation of the area.

He was the son of Martim Afonso de Loronha and the brother of another Martim Afonso de Loronha, a clerk of the Order of Christ, both ennobled and granted a Coat of Arms newly created.

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

Afonso III of Portugal granted this gentlemen lands in Torres Novas and other locales for his services.

It granted Afonso V of Portugal the right to reduce any " Saracens, pagans and any other unbelievers " to hereditary slavery.

In response, the Afonso Arinos law was passed in 1951 that made racial discrimination in public places a felony in Brazil.

Established as a proper village in 1532 by Martim Afonso de Sousa on what was then the Porto dos Escravos ( port of the slaves ), operated by three Portuguese colonists who trafficked on slaves captured by allied tribes, São Vicente is titled Cellula Mater ( Mother Cell ) of Brazil for being the first organized town in the country.

Afonso also sent ambassadors to European kingdoms outside the Iberian Peninsula and began amicable commercial relations with most of them.

Pedro maintained friendly relations with England, where in 1352 Edward III issued a proclamation in favor of Portuguese traders, and in 1353 the Portuguese envoy Afonso Martins Alho signed a covenant with the merchants of London, guaranteeing mutual good faith in all commercial dealings.

* São Martinho-its first settler Afonso Anes was responsible for the first artisanal and commercial buildings in the area, that was primarily agricultural in scope ; today the highly urbanized area pertains to 20, 000 inhabitants ;

The sloops were commissioned in 1935, being designed for long-range patrol missions, having great autonomy but slower speeds and less armament than the frigates used by Portugal in her Atlantic fleet ; the NRP Afonso de Albuquerque was an obsolete combat ship used for patrol purposes.

His cousin, Afonso de Albuquerque was in charge of a squadron of five vessels in this fleet that subsequently detached.

Francisco de Almeida had rushed to chase the Egyptian fleet because Afonso de Albuquerque arrived on December 6, 1508 with orders from the King of Portugal to replace him as the next viceroy.

During the government of President Afonso Pena, Marshal Hermes da Fonseca, War Minister approved the project of modernization of the Brazilian fleet, which began in 1906.

Perhaps fearing the increasing power of the Portuguese Inquisition, and fortunately evading the ban on emigration of New Christians, he sailed for India in 1534 as Chief Physician aboard the fleet of the Viceroy Martim Afonso de Sousa.

** A Crusaders ' fleet arrives at the Portuguese city of Porto, and are convinced to join King Afonso I of Portugal in the Siege of Lisbon, which falls after several months.

* 1148-Some of the crusaders that had helped King Afonso I of Portugal conquer Lisbon settle in the newly captured city, and Gilbert of Hastings is elected bishop of the renovated Diocese of Lisbon, but most of the crusaders ' fleet continues to the east.

Afonso de Albuquerque was released after six months ' confinement, and become governor on the arrival of the grand-marshal of Portugal with a large fleet, in October 1509.