Alfonso V

American  

noun

1. 1432–81, king of Portugal 1438–81.

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Example Sentences

"The movement is coming to a halt because it didn't take its opportunities when they were offered," Alfonso V. from Turin wrote on Grillo's blog, the party's main instrument of communication, echoing many other comments.

From Reuters

"The movement is coming to a stop because it didn't take its opportunities when they were offered," wrote Alfonso V. from Turin on Grillo's blog, echoing many similar comments from readers of the party's main instrument of communication.

From Reuters

This ballad is no earlier than the sixteenth century, and seems to be based upon historic fact, and, as Mr Fitzmaurice Kelly points out, it confuses Almanzor and the Toledan governor Abdalla on the one hand and Alfonso V of Leon with his father, Bermudo II, on the other, and introduces chronological difficulties.

From Project Gutenberg

The National Gallery of Art in Washington recently unveiled “The Invention of Glory: Alfonso V and the Pastrana Tapestries,” four enormous pieces created by Flemish weavers in the 1470s.

From New York Times

Alfonso V. and VI. of Castile, towns incorporated by, ii.

From Project Gutenberg