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Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal

Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal (23 April 1509-21 April 1540) was a Portuguese cardinal of the Catholic Church.

Biography[]

Afonso was born in Evora, Portugal in 1509, the son of King Manuel I of Portugal and Maria of Aragon. In 1523, he became Archbishop of Lisbon, and he was later made a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He died in Lisbon in 1540.

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