{{Infobox noble, type , honorific_prefix = Servant of God , name = Afonso Sanches , title = Lord of Albuquerque , image = D. Afonso Sanches, senhor de Albuquerque - The Portuguese Genealogy (Genealogia dos Reis de Portugal).png , caption = Afonso Sanches in Antonio de Hollanda's ''Genealogy of the Royal Houses of Spain and Portugal'' (1530–1534 , noble family =

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João Afonso de Albuquerque João Afonso de Albuquerque, (28 September 1354), Juan Alfonso de Alburquerque in Spanish and nicknamed "o do Ataúde", 6th Lord of Alburquerque, was a member of the highest ranks of the nobility of the Kingdom of Portugal, an astute politician, ...

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Biography

Born in

, he was the firstborn and favorite son of King Denis of Portugal and Aldonça Rodrigues Talha.{{Sfn, Sotto Mayor Pizarro, 1997, loc=Vol. I, p. 189{{Sfn, Braamcamp Freire, 1927, p=193 He was also the half brother of

Afonso IV Afonso IVEnglish: ''Alphonzo'' or ''Alphonse'', or ''Affonso'' (Archaic Portuguese), ''Alfonso'' or ''Alphonso'' (Portuguese-Galician) or ''Alphonsus'' (Latin). (; 8 February 129128 May 1357), called the Brave ( pt, o Bravo, links=no), was King ...

.{{Citation , year= 2005, title=Fundadores, fundaciones y espacios de vida conventual: III Congreso Internacional Monacato Femenino en España, Portugal y América, celebrado en León, 2004, publisher=Universidas, Secretariado de Publicaciones, 2005 , isbn= 9788497732024, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fw4mAQAAIAAJ&q=Afonso+Sanches+Cerva Afonso was married to Teresa Martins Telo, daughter of João Afonso Telo, the first

count of Barcelos Count of Barcelos (in Portuguese ''Conde de Barcelos'') is a title of nobility, the first to be granted in Portugal. It was created in 1298 by king Denis I and initially it was a non hereditary title, although most of the holders belonged to the ...

,{{Sfn, Sotto Mayor Pizarro, 1997, loc= Vol. I, p. 191 and of Teresa Sánchez, an illegitimate daughter of Sancho IV the Brave, king of Castile and León.{{Sfn, Sotto Mayor Pizarro, 1997, loc= Vol. I, p. 192 They were the parents of

.{{Sfn, Sotto Mayor Pizarro, 1987, pp= 31, 109 Afonso and his wife Teresa were the founders of the Monastery of Santa Clara in

where both were buried.{{Sfn, Sotto Mayor Pizarro, 1987, p=29

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