Afonso V, king of Portugal (born 1432)

Afonso V of Portugal

King of Portugal from 1438 to 1481

Afonso V, also known as the African, was King of Portugal from 1438 until he died in 1481, with a brief interruption in 1477. The son of Edward, King of Portugal, and Eleanor of Aragon, Afonso acceded to the throne when he was only six years old. His early reign was marked by a…