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afonso henriques
paulo afonso
City in northeastern Bahia, Brazil.
afonso i
paulo afonso falls
Waterfalls on São Francisco River.
Afonso de Albuquerque
Afonso de Albuquerque, 1st Duke of Goa (– 16 December 1515), was a Portuguese general, admiral, and statesman.
Afonso I of Portugal
Afonso IOr also Affonso (Archaic Portuguese-Galician) or Alphonso (Portuguese-Galician) or Alphonsus (Latin version), sometimes rendered in English as Alphonzo or Alphonse, depending on the Spanish or French influence., also called Afonso Henriques, nicknamed the Conqueror and the Founder by the Portuguese, was the first king of Portugal.
Afonso III of Portugal
Afonso IIIrare English alternatives: Alphonzo or Alphonse, or Affonso (Archaic Portuguese), Alfonso or Alphonso (Portuguese-Galician) or Alphonsus (Latin).
Afonso IV of Portugal
Afonso IVEnglish: Alphonzo or Alphonse, or Affonso (Archaic Portuguese), Alfonso or Alphonso (Portuguese-Galician) or Alphonsus (Latin).
Afonso V of Portugal
Afonso VRendered as Affonso in Archaic Portuguese (15 January 1432 – 28 August 1481), known by the sobriquet the African, was King of Portugal from 1438 until his death in 1481, with a brief interruption in 1477.
Afonso I of Kongo
Mvemba a Nzinga, Nzinga Mbemba, Funsu Nzinga Mvemba or Dom Alfonso (c. 1456–1542 or 1543),The Encyclopedia of African-American Heritage by Susan Altman, Chapter M, page 181 also known as King Afonso I, was the sixth ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo from the Lukeni kanda dynasty and ruled in the first half of the 16th century.
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