Fernando Afonso of Portugal

Fernando Afonso of Portugal
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Portrait of Afonso de Portugal as Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller, in the Church of Saint Blaise and Saint Lucy, Lisbon.

Fernando Afonso of Portugal (1135 – 1 March 1207) was the twelfth Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller, serving between 1202–1206.[1] He was the oldest son of Afonso Henriques, the first king of the Kingdom of Portugal. Fernando would never inherit the crown as he was born out of wedlock.[2] He formally succeeded the interim Grand Master Pierre de Mirmande installed after the death of Geoffroy de Donjon. He resigned in 1206 and was succeeded by Geoffroy le Rat.[3]

  1. ^ Vann 2006, p. 604, Table: Masters of the Order of St. John.
  2. ^ Vasconcelos e Sousa, p. 40.
  3. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "St John of Jerusalem, Knights of the Order of the Hospital of". Encyclopædia Britannica. 24. (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 12–19.