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Alfonso I

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noun

  1. Alfonso Henriques, 1109?–85, first king of Portugal 1139–85.


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“At the beginning, I told Alfonso I don’t know how to act,” Aparacio told me.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2018

Hero of the celebration was Alfonso I, who in 1139 defeated the Moors at Campo de Ourique, liberated his country and became its first king.

From Time Magazine Archive

All courts tend to be self-referential and mannered, and that of Alfonso I d'Este was no exception.

From Time Magazine Archive

But it was protected: he spent almost all of it working for two rulers of Ferrara, first for Alfonso I d'Este and then, after Alfonso's death in 1534, for his son Ercole II.

From Time Magazine Archive

The latter had also had a lawful wife, herself an illegitimate daughter of Alfonso I of Naples by an African woman.

From The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy by Burckhardt, Jacob

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