Example sentences for: afonso

How can you use “afonso” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The church holds the tombs of Portugal’s first and second kings, Afonso Henriques and Sancho I, and the Claustro del Silencio (Cloister of Silence) is lined with pretty arches and colorful azulejos.

  • Afonso V married his cousin Isabel in this small church in 1441, when they were mere children (he was 10, she all of eight).

  • It was not until 1128, when Dom Afonso Henríques became the Count of Portucale, that the struggle to regain power met with any real success.

  • Pedro and Inês lived a tragic love story that ended with her murder — ordered by Pedro’s father, King Afonso IV.

  • Afonso III moved his capital from Coimbra to Lisbon in 1260, six years after he had called the first Cortes (parliament) in Leiria.


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