Afonso

Afonso

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Germanic languages
Meaning	see Alphons
Popularity	see popular names

Afonso is the Portuguese and Galician form of Alphons.

Middle Ages

Iberian royal families

Portugal

• Afonso I of Portugal (1109–1185)
• Afonso II of Portugal (1185–1223)
• Afonso III of Portugal (1210–1279)
• Afonso IV of Portugal (1291–1357)
• Afonso V of Portugal (1432–1481)
• Afonso VI of Portugal (1643–1683)

Early modern period

• Afonso de Albuquerque, Portuguese general and governor of India
• Nzinga Mbemba (1505–1543), also known as "Afonso I of Kongo"
• Afonso II of Kongo (1561)
• Afonso III of Kongo (1666–1667)
• Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza, son of John I of Portugal
• Afonso, Prince of Portugal, son of John II of Portugal
• Afonso, Duke of Porto, son of Louis I of Portugal
• Afonso of Portugal, Lord of Portalegre, son of Afonso III of Portugal
• Arariboia, baptismal name Martim Afonso, leader of the Temiminó tribe in Brazil in the 16th century
• Cardinal Afonso of Portugal, son of Manuel I of Portugal
• João Afonso de Aveiro, Portuguese explorer
• Jorge Afonso, Portuguese Renaissance painter
• Madragana, baptismal name Mor Afonso, mistress to Afonso III of Portugal
• Tibiriçá(died 1562) Baptismal name Martim Afonso,important Brazilian Amerindian leader

Modern period

• Afonso VII of Portugal, future regnal name of the heir apparent to the current pretender
• Afonso Alves, Brazilian footballer
• Nadir Afonso Rodrigues (1920–2013), Portuguese painter
• Zeca Afonso, real name José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, Portuguese folk and political musician
• Alexandre Afonso da Silva, Brazilian footballer
• Paulo Afonso Evangelista Vieira, Brazilian politician
• Infante Afonso, Prince of Beira, 2nd claimant in line to the Portuguese throne

As a surname

• Andrey Nazário Afonso, Brazilian football goalkeeper
• Amila Aponso, Sri Lankan Sinhala cricketer who plays for Ragama Cricket Club
• Flavian Aponso, Sri Lankan Sinhala Dutch cricketer
• Jayasekara Aponso, Sri Lankan Sinhala artist, actor, director, scriptwriter

See also

• Alphons
• Ildefonso (disambiguation)

References