Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (

Alfonso I of Asturias Alfonso I of Asturias, called the Catholic (''el Católico''), ( – 757) was the third king of Asturias, reigning from 739 to his death in 757. His reign saw an extension of the Christian domain of Asturias, reconquering Galicia and León. ...

, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the

Visigothic Kingdom The Visigothic Kingdom, Visigothic Spain or Kingdom of the Goths () was a Barbarian kingdoms, barbarian kingdom that occupied what is now southwestern France and the Iberian Peninsula from the 5th to the 8th centuries. One of the Germanic people ...

in the

Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula ( ), also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in south-western Europe. Mostly separated from the rest of the European landmass by the Pyrenees, it includes the territories of peninsular Spain and Continental Portugal, comprisin ...

. In the later medieval period it became a standard name in the

Hispanic The term Hispanic () are people, Spanish culture, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or broadly. In some contexts, Hispanic and Latino Americans, especially within the United States, "Hispanic" is used as an Ethnici ...

and Portuguese royal families. It is derived from a Gothic name, or a conflation of several Gothic names; from ''*Aþalfuns'', composed of the elements '' aþal'' "noble" and ''funs'' "eager, brave, ready", and perhaps influenced by names such as ''*Alafuns'', ''*Adefuns'' and ''* Hildefuns''. It is recorded as ''Adefonsus'' in the 9th and 10th century, and as ''Adelfonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'' in the 10th to 11th. The reduced form ''Alfonso'' is recorded in the late 9th century, and the Portuguese form ''Afonso'' from the early 11th and ''Anfós'' in Catalan from the 12th century until the 15th. Variants of the name include: '' Alonso'' (Spanish), ''Alfonso'' (Spanish and Italian), ''Alfons'' (Dutch, German, Catalan, Polish, Croatian and Scandinavian), '' Afonso'' ( Portuguese and Galician), '' Alphonse'', ''Alfonse'' (French and English), etc.

Middle Ages

Iberian royal families

;Asturias/Leon/Castile/Spain *

(739–757) *

Alfonso II of Asturias Alfonso II of Kingdom of Asturias, Asturias (842), nicknamed the Chaste (), was the king of Asturias during two different periods: first in the year 783 and later from 791 until his death in 842. Upon his death, Nepotian of Asturias, Nepotian ...

(791–842) *

Alfonso III of León Alfonso III (20 December 910), called the Great (), was king of Asturias from 866 until his death. He was the son and successor of Ordoño I. After his death, the Kingdom of Asturias was split between his sons, with García inheriting León, ...

(866–910) * Alfonso Fróilaz (925–926) *

Alfonso IV of León Alfonso IV (s – 933), called the Monk (), was King of León from 925 (or 926) and King of Galicia from 929, until he abdicated in 931. When Ordoño II died in 924 it was not one of his sons who ascended to the throne of León but rather hi ...

(925–931) *

Alfonso V of León Alfonso V (c. 9947 August 1028), called the Noble, was King of León from 999 to 1028. Like other kings of León, he used the title emperor () to assert his standing among the Christian rulers of Spain. He succeeded his father, Bermudo II, in 9 ...

(999–1028) *

Alfonso VI of León Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century ( Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula. ...

(1065–1109) *

Alfonso VII of León Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century ( Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula. ...

(1126–1157) *

Alfonso VIII of Castile Alfonso VIII (11 November 11555 October 1214), called the Noble (El Noble) or the one of Las Navas (el de las Navas), was King of Castile from 1158 to his death and King of Toledo. After having suffered a great defeat with his own army at Alarc ...

(1158–1214) *

Alfonso IX of León Alfonso IX (15 August 117123 or 24 September 1230) was King of León from the death of his father Ferdinand II in 1188 until his own death. He took steps towards modernizing and democratizing his dominion and founded the University of Salaman ...

(1188–1230) *

Alfonso X of Castile Alfonso X (also known as the Wise, ; 23 November 1221 – 4 April 1284) was King of Castile, Kingdom of León, León and Kingdom of Galicia, Galicia from 1 June 1252 until his death in 1284. During the April 1257 Imperial election, election of 1 ...

(1252–1284) *

Alfonso XI of Castile Alfonso XI (11 August 131126 March 1350), called the Avenger (''el Justiciero''), was King of Castile and León. He was the son of Ferdinand IV of Castile and his wife Constance of Portugal. Upon his father's death in 1312, several disputes ...

(1312–1350) ;Aragon & Naples *

Alfonso I of Aragon Alfonso I (7 September 1134), called the Battler or the Warrior (), was King of Aragon and Navarre from 1104 until his death in 1134. He was the second son of King Sancho Ramírez and successor of his brother Peter I. With his marriage to U ...

(1104–1134), known as ''el Batallador'' (The Battler) *

Alfonso II of Aragon Alfonso II (1–25 March 1157Benito Vicente de Cuéllar (1995)«Los "condes-reyes" de Barcelona y la "adquisición" del reino de Aragón por la dinastía bellónida» p. 630-631; in ''Hidalguía''. XLIII (252) pp. 619–632."Alfonso II el Casto, h ...

(1162–1196) *

Alfonso III of Aragon Alfonso III (4 November 1265 – 18 June 1291), called the Liberal (''el Liberal'') and the Free (also "the Frank", from ''el Franc''), was king of Aragon and Valencia, and count of Barcelona (as ) from 1285 until his death. He conquered the ...

(1285–1291) *

Alfonso IV of Aragon Alfonso IV (2 November 1299 – 24 January 1336), called the Kind (also ''the Gentle'' or ''the Nice'', ), was King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona (as Alfons III) from 1327 to his death. His reign saw the incorporation of the County of Urgell ...

(1327–1336) *

Alfonso V of Aragon Alfonso the Magnanimous (Alfons el Magnànim in Catalan language, Catalan) (139627 June 1458) was King of Aragon and King of Sicily (as Alfons V) and the ruler of the Crown of Aragon from 1416 and King of Naples (as Alfons I) from 1442 until his ...

(1416–1458), also king of Naples and Sicily *

Alfonso II of Naples Alfonso II (4 November 1448 – 18 December 1495) was Duke of Calabria and ruled as King of Naples from 25 January 1494 to 23 January 1495. He was a soldier and a patron of Renaissance architecture and the arts. Heir to his father Fe ...

(1448–1495)

Other

* Alfonso Jordan (1103–1148) * Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (1220–1271) * Alfonso of Valladolid (c. 1270 – c. 1347), Jewish convert to Christianity, philosopher, and mathematician * Alphonso, Earl of Chester (1273–1284), first son of Edward I of England, named after his godfather Alfonso X of Castile; died in childhood * Juan Alfonso de Baena (c. 1375 – c. 1434), Castilian troubadour

Early modern period

* Alphonse Daudet, French novelist and historian * Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara * Alphonse de Tonty, Baron de Paludy (c. 1659 – 1727) * Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara * Alfonso II, Count of Provence, second son of Alfonso II of Aragon * Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio * Alfonso of Castile, Prince of Asturias, figurehead of rebelling magnates against his brother King Henry IV of Castile * Alfonso of Hauteville, Prince of Capua *

Alphonsus Liguori Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (27 September 1696 – 1 August 1787) was an Italian Catholic bishop and saint, as well as a spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher, and theologian. He founded the Congre ...

, Roman Catholic theologian (1696–1787) * Joseph-Alphonse Esménard (1770–1811)

Modern period

Iberian/Sicilian nobility

* Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta (1841–1934), duke of Calabria and head of the royal house of the Two Sicilies * Alfonso XII of Spain (1857–1885) (ordinal numbering continues from the kings of Castile) *

Alfonso XIII Alfonso XIII (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena''; French language, French: ''Alphonse Léon Ferdinand Marie Jacques Isidore Pascal Antoine de Bourbon''; 17 May ...

of Spain (1886–1931) * Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, claimant to the title of the head of House of Bourbon Two Sicilies * Alfonso of Spain, Prince of Asturias, heir-apparent of the throne of Spain *

Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Alfonso Maximiliano Victorio Eugenio Alejandro María Pablo de la Santísima Trinidad y Todos los Santos, Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (28 May 1924 – 21 December 2003) was a Spanish businessman known for his promotion of the Spanish resorts of ...

(1924–2003), Spanish playboy and businessman * Infante Alfonso of Spain, younger brother of King Juan Carlos of Spain * Fadrique Alfonso of Castile, fifth illegitimate child of Alfonso XI of Castile

Alfons

* Alfons Almi (1904–1991), Finnish opera singer and administrator * Alfons van Blaaderen (born 1963), Dutch physicist * Alfons Geleyns (1887–1914), Belgian private * Alfons Goppel (1905–1991), German politician * Alfons Gorbach (1898–1972), Austrian politician * Alfons Jēgers (1919–1999), Latvian football and hockey player * Alfons Karpiński (1875–1961), Polish painter * Alfons Rebane (1908–1976), Estonian military commander * Alfons Rissberger (born 1948), German author

Alphonse

* Alphonse Gabriel Capone (1899–1947), Chicago gangster

Alfonso

Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón Orozco ( ; ; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. List of awards and nominations received by Alfonso Cuarón, His accolades include four Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and seven BAFTA Awards. Cuarón made h ...

, Mexican cinematographer * Alfonso Calderon (activist), Spanish-born gun control activist * Alfonso Calderón (poet), Chilean poet and writer * Alfonso Soriano, American baseball player * Alfonso Lizarazo, Colombian host and politician * Alfonso Mejia-Arias, Mexican musician, writer, social activist and politician * Alfonso Ribeiro, Caribbean-American actor and game show host * Alfonso John Romero, American video-game designer * Alfonso Pérez, Spanish football player * Alfonso Oiterong, Palauan politician, vice president * Alicia Alfonso (born 1963), Uruguayan actress * Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist * José Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez (1873–1938), Salvadorean archbishop * Miguel Alfonso Pérez Aracil, Spanish football player

Alfonse

Alfonse D'Amato Alfonse Marcello D'Amato (born August 1, 1937) is an American attorney, lobbyist, and Republican politician who represented the state of New York in the United States Senate from 1981 to 1999. From 1995 to 1999, he chaired the Senate Banking C ...

(born 1937), American politician from New York * Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (1761–1849), Swiss-American politician *

Alphonse Mucha Alfons Maria Mucha (; 24 July 1860 – 14 July 1939), known internationally as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist. Living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, he was widely known for his distinctly stylized ...

(1860–1939), Czech artist

Alphonso

* Alphonso Davies, Canadian soccer player born in Ghana, who grew up in Edmonton

As a surname

''Alphonse'', ''Alphonso'', ''Alfonso'' is occasionally seen as a surname derived from the given name, the latter descending from

Asturias Asturias (; ; ) officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...

and

Cantabria Cantabria (, ; ) is an autonomous community and Provinces of Spain, province in northern Spain with Santander, Cantabria, Santander as its capital city. It is called a , a Nationalities and regions of Spain, historic community, in its current ...

. * Celestino Alfonso (1916–1944), Spanish republican and volunteer fighter in the French resistance during World War II * Roland Alphonso (1931–1998), Jamaican saxophonist * Kristian Alfonso (born 1963), Puerto Rican American soap opera actress * Michael Lee Alfonso (1965–2007), ring name "Mike Awesome", American professional wrestler *Equis Alfonso, known as X-Alfonso, Cuban hip-hop and afro-rock musician * Ozzie Alfonso, Cuban-American TV director and producer * Sadda Vidda Rajapakse Palanga Pathira Ambakumarage Ranjan Leo Sylvester Alphonsu, Sri Lankan Sinhala politician, actor, singer, writer

Pseudonym

* Bill Alfonso, ring name of William Matthew Sierra, former professional wrestling referee & manager

Stage name

*''Alfons'', the stage name of Emmanuel Peterfalvi, a French comedian

Fictional characters

*Alphonso, protagonist in ''

Alfonso und Estrella ' (''Alfonso and Estrella''), 732, is an opera with music by Franz Schubert, set to a German libretto by Franz von Schober, written in 1822. Like ''Fierrabras (opera), Fierrabras'' (1823), it marks Schubert's attempt to compose grand Romantische ...

'', an opera by Franz Schubert *''Don Alfonso'', character in Mozart's opera ''

Così fan tutte (''Women are like that, or The School for Lovers''), Köchel catalogue, K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written ...

'' * Alphonso MacKenzie, fictional character in the Marvel Universe * Alfie Atkins, known as ''Alfons Åberg'' in Swedish, character created by Gunilla Bergström from Sweden * Alfonzo Dominico Jones, a dog in the Australian television series ''SeaChange'' * Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice, character in the comic strip ''Dick Tracy'' *'' Alphonse and Gaston'', French duo in a comic strip created by Frederick Burr Opper * Alphonse Elric from ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' *Alfons Heiderich from '' Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa'' * Alphonse Mephisto, fictional character in the animated television series ''South Park'' * Alphonso Ali, minor character in ''Bloom County'' *Monsieur Alphonse, main character from Alexandre Dumas fils's play from 1873, who was a procurer (now in Polish ''alfons'' is often used as a synonym of procurer, so name Alfons became very rare in Poland) * Monsieur Alfonse, character in the BBC sitcom ''Allo 'Allo!'' played by the actor Kenneth Connor *The name of a number of pets and the Patlabor of Noa Izumi from the anime ''Patlabor'' *Oren Pierre Alfonso from '' Kamen Rider Gaim'' * Alfonso "French" Sosa, a main character from '' The OA''

References

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