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Infante Afonso
Lord of Portalegre
Born8 February 1263
Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Died2 November 1312(1312-11-02) (aged 49)
Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Burial
Dominican monastery, Lisbon, Portugal
Spouse Violante Manuel
IssueSee Issue
House Portuguese House of Burgundy
Father Afonso III
Mother Beatrice of Castile

Infante Afonso of Portugal (8 February 1263, in Lisbon – 2 November 1312, in Lisbon; [1] Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈfõsu]; English: Alphonzo or Alphonse) was a Portuguese infante (prince), the second son of King Afonso III of Portugal and his second wife Beatrice of Castile. [2] He was titled Lord of Portalegre, Castelo de Vide, Arronches, Marvão [3] and Lourinhã.

Afonso was born on 8 February 1263 and in 1287 married Violante Manuel, daughter of Castilian Infante Manuel of Castile.

Afonso died on 2 November 1312 in Lisbon. [1]

Issue

By his wife Violante Manuel he had five children: [2]

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b Biblos: revista de Faculdade de Letras (in Brazilian Portuguese). Univ. de Coimbra, Biblioteca da Fac. de Letras. 1934. p. 341. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b Zlatic, Carlos (2017). A condição política de infante no reino português : D. Afonso, Senhor de Portalegre (1263-1312) (Graduate Program thesis). UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARANÁ. pp. 30, 172. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  3. ^ Almeida, Fortunato de (1922). História de Portugal (in Brazilian Portuguese). F. de Almeida. p. 236. Retrieved 5 February 2024.