# Afonso

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This article is about the given name. For the surname, see [Afonso (surname)](/source/Afonso_(surname)). For the river in São Tomé and Príncipe, see [Ribeira Afonso](/source/Ribeira_Afonso).

**Afonso** is a masculine given name, the [Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_language) and [Galician](/source/Galician_language) form of [Alphons](/source/Alphons).

## Portuguese aristocrats

- [Afonso I of Portugal](/source/Afonso_I_of_Portugal) (1109–1185)
- [Afonso II of Portugal](/source/Afonso_II_of_Portugal) (1185–1223)
- [Afonso III of Portugal](/source/Afonso_III_of_Portugal) (1210–1279)
- [Afonso IV of Portugal](/source/Afonso_IV_of_Portugal) (1291–1357)
- [Afonso V of Portugal](/source/Afonso_V_of_Portugal) (1432–1481)
- [Afonso VI of Portugal](/source/Afonso_VI_of_Portugal) (1643–1683)
- [Afonso I, Duke of Braganza](/source/Afonso_I,_Duke_of_Braganza) (1377–1461)
- [Afonso, Hereditary Prince of Portugal](/source/Afonso,_Hereditary_Prince_of_Portugal) (1475–1491), heir apparent to the Portuguese throne
- [Afonso, Duke of Porto](/source/Afonso,_Duke_of_Porto) (1865–1920), heir apparent to the Portuguese throne
- [Afonso of Portugal, Lord of Portalegre](/source/Afonso_of_Portugal,_Lord_of_Portalegre) (1263–1312), son of Afonso III of Portugal
- [Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal](/source/Cardinal-Infante_Afonso_of_Portugal) (1509–1540), Portuguese archbishop, cardinal and bishop
- [Afonso, Prince of Beira](/source/Afonso,_Prince_of_Beira) (born 1996), heir apparent to the current pretender to the defunct Portuguese throne

## Rulers of the Kingdom of Kongo

- [Afonso I of Kongo](/source/Afonso_I_of_Kongo) (c. 1456–1542 or 1543)
- [Afonso II of Kongo](/source/Afonso_II_of_Kongo) ()
- [Afonso III of Kongo](/source/Afonso_III_of_Kongo) (died 1674)

## Others

- [Afonso de Albuquerque](/source/Afonso_de_Albuquerque) (c. 1453–1515), Portuguese general, admiral, statesman, conquistador and governor of India
- [Afonso de Alprão](/source/Afonso_de_Alpr%C3%A3o) (died 1422), Portuguese Franciscan friar, writer, royal confessor and papal inquisitor
- [Afonso Alves](/source/Afonso_Alves) (born 1981), Brazilian footballer
- [Afonso Assis](/source/Afonso_Assis) (born 2006), Portuguese footballer
- [Afonso Casasnovas](/source/Afonso_Casasnovas) (1925–2009), Spanish Salesian priest
- [Afonso Cláudio (politician)](/source/Afonso_Cl%C3%A1udio_(politician)) (1859–1934), Brazilian politician, teacher and poet
- [Afonso Costa](/source/Afonso_Costa) (1871–1937), Portuguese lawyer, professor and politician
- [Afonso Costa (rower)](/source/Afonso_Costa_(rower)) (born 1996), Portuguese rower
- [Afonso Figueiredo](/source/Afonso_Figueiredo) (born 1993), Portuguese former footballer
- [Afonso Florence](/source/Afonso_Florence) (born 1960), Brazilian politician
- [Afonso Freitas](/source/Afonso_Freitas) (born 2000), Portuguese footballer
- [Afonso Patrão](/source/Afonso_Patr%C3%A3o) (born 2007), Portuguese footballer
- [Afonso Pena](/source/Afonso_Pena) (1847–1909), Brazilian lawyer, professor and politician
- [Afonso Rodrigues](/source/Afonso_Rodrigues) (born 2002), Portuguese footballer
- [Afonso Taira](/source/Afonso_Taira) (born 1992), Portuguese footballer

## See also

- [Alphons](/source/Alphons)
- [Aponso](/source/Aponso), a list of people with the given name
- [Ildefonso (disambiguation)](/source/Ildefonso_(disambiguation))

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