Infante Afonso of Portugal (8 February 1263, in

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– 2 November 1312, in

; ; or ''Alphonse'') was a Portuguese ''

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'' (prince), the second son of

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Afonso III of Portugal Afonso IIIrare English alternatives: ''Alphonzo'' or ''Alphonse'', or ''Affonso'' (Archaic Portuguese), ''Alfonso'' or ''Alphonso'' (Portuguese-Galician languages, Portuguese-Galician) or ''Alphonsus'' (Latin). (; 5 May 121016 February 1279), ca ...

and his second wife Beatrice of Castile. He was titled Lord of Portalegre, Castelo de Vide, Arronches, Marvão and Lourinhã. Afonso was born on 8 February 1263 and in 1287 married Violante Manuel, daughter of Castilian''

Infante Infante (, ; f. ''infanta''), also anglicised as "infant" or translated as "prince", is the title and rank given in the Iberian kingdoms of Spain (including the predecessor kingdoms of Aragon, Castile, Navarre, and León) and Portugal to the ...

'' Manuel of Castile. Afonso died on 2 November 1312 in

Issue

By his wife Violante Manuel he had five children: * Afonso of Portugal, Lord of Leiria; *

Maria of Portugal, Lady of Meneses and Orduña Maria of Portugal (born ; ) was a Portuguese people, Portuguese royal, daughter of ''Infante ''Afonso of Portugal, Lord of Portalegre, Afonso of Portugal and his wife Violante Manuel. Believed to be born in the year 1290, she was the eldest daugh ...

; * Isabel of Portugal, Lady of Penela, married Juan de Castilla y Haro, with issue; * Constança of Portugal, Lady of Portalegre, married Nuño González de Lara, without issue; * Beatriz of Portugal, Lady of Lemos, married, as his first wife, Pedro Fernández de Castro, without issue.

Ancestry

References

1263 births 1312 deaths House of Burgundy-Portugal Portalegre, Portugal Portuguese infantes Nobility from Lisbon 13th-century Portuguese nobility 14th-century Portuguese nobility Sons of kings {{Portugal-royal-stub