Afonso II of Portugal

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Afonso II
King Afonso in the Castilian manuscript Compendium of Chronicles of Kings, c. 1312-1325
King of Portugal
Reign26 March 1211[1][2] – 25 March 1223
PredecessorSancho I
SuccessorSancho II
BornAfonso Sanches
23 April 1185
Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal
Died25 March 1223(1223-03-25) (aged 37)
Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal
Burial
Alcobaça Monastery[3]
Spouse
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(m. 1206; died 1220)​
Issue
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HouseBurgundy
FatherSancho I of Portugal
MotherDulce of Aragon

Afonso II (IPA: [ɐˈfõsu]; English: Alphonse; Archaic Portuguese: Affonso; Portuguese-Galician: Alfonso or Alphonso; Latin: Alphonsus; 23 April 1185[4] – 25 March 1223), nicknamed the Fat (o Gordo) or the Leper (o Gafo), was the third king of Portugal and the second but eldest surviving son of Sancho I of Portugal and Dulce of Aragon. Afonso succeeded his father on 27 March 1211.[2][1]

  1. ^ a b Carvalho Correia 2008, p. 187.
  2. ^ a b Caetano de Souza 1735, p. 132.
  3. ^ Caetano de Souza 1735, p. 134.
  4. ^ Caetano de Souza 1735, p. 131.