Alfonso I

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2018

Bellini, the master of 15th century Venetian painting, was more than 80 when he delivered his Feast to the proud, warlike Duke Alfonso I d'Este of Ferrara and his wife, Lucrezia Borgia.

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

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

Don Cæsar was forced to yield to Clement VIII, January 13, 1598, the grandson of Alfonso I renouncing the Duchy of Ferrara.

From Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Gregorovius, Ferdinand