Alfonso
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Alfonso Alfons (Catalan
Catalan language
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, Dutch, German and Polish), Afonso (Portuguese and Galician
Galician language
Galician is a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia, an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain, where it is co-official with Castilian Spanish, as well as in border zones of the neighbouring territories of Asturias and Castile and León.Modern Galician and...

), Affonso (Ancient Portuguese), Alphonse
Alphonse
Alphonse is a French masculine given name. It may refer to :* Alphonse Allais , a French writer and humorist* Alphonse Alley , a Beninese army officer and political figure...

, Alfonse (Italian, French and English), Αλφόνσος (Alfonsos, Alphonsos) (Greek), Alphonsus (Latin), Alphons (Dutch), Alfonsu in (Leonese
Leonese language
The Leonese language is the endonym term used to refer to all vernacular Romance dialects of the Astur-Leonese linguistic group in the Spanish provinces of León and Zamora; Astur-Leonese also includes the dialects...

), Alfonsas (Lithuanian) or Alphonso (English and Filipino
Filipino language
This move has drawn much criticism from other regional groups.In 1987, a new constitution introduced many provisions for the language.Article XIV, Section 6, omits any mention of Tagalog as the basis for Filipino, and states that:...

) is a masculine name, originally from the Gothic language
Gothic language
Gothic is an extinct Germanic language that was spoken by the Goths. It is known primarily from the Codex Argenteus, a 6th-century copy of a 4th-century Bible translation, and is the only East Germanic language with a sizable Text corpus...

.

The original meaning of the name is uncertain. It could be derived from adal "noble" and funs "ready" or from the name Hildefuns, which is preserved in the Spanish and Portuguese Ildefonso (Latinised
Latinisation (literature)
Latinisation is the practice of rendering a non-Latin name in a Latin style. It is commonly met with for historical personal names, with toponyms, or for the standard binomial nomenclature of the life sciences. It goes further than Romanisation, which is the writing of a word in the Latin alphabet...

 as Ildephonsus) and means "battle ready" (hild "battle" combined with funs "ready"). In any case is almost certainly of Germanic and not of Latin origin.

It is the name of many historical personages and others:

Kings of Portugal

  • Afonso I of Portugal
    Afonso I of Portugal
    Afonso I or Dom Afonso Henriques , more commonly known as Afonso Henriques , nicknamed "the Conqueror" , "the Founder" or "the Great" by the Portuguese, and El-Bortukali and Ibn-Arrik by the Moors whom he fought, was the first King of Portugal...

     - (1109–1185)
  • Afonso II of Portugal
    Afonso II of Portugal
    Afonso II , or Affonso , Alfonso or Alphonso or Alphonsus , nicknamed "the Fat" , third king of Portugal, was born in Coimbra on 23 April 1185 and died on 25 March 1223 in the same city. He was the second but eldest surviving son of Sancho I of Portugal by his wife, Dulce, Infanta of Aragon...

     - (1185–1223)
  • Afonso III of Portugal
    Afonso III of Portugal
    Afonso III , or Affonso , Alfonso or Alphonso or Alphonsus , the Bolognian , the fifth King of Portugal and the first to use the title King of Portugal and the Algarve, from 1249...

     - (1210–1279)
  • Afonso IV of Portugal
    Afonso IV of Portugal
    Afonso IV , called the Brave , was the seventh king of Portugal and the Algarve from 1325 until his death. He was the only legitimate son of King Denis of Portugal by his wife Elizabeth of Aragon.-Biography:...

     - (1291–1357)
  • Afonso V of Portugal
    Afonso V of Portugal
    Afonso V KG , called the African , was the twelfth King of Portugal and the Algarves. His sobriquet refers to his conquests in Northern Africa.-Early life:...

     - (1432–1481)
  • Afonso VI of Portugal - (1656–1683)
  • Afonso VII of Portugal - future regnal name of the heir apparent to the current pretender

Kings of Castile, León, Galicia or Asturias

  • Alfonso I of Asturias
    Alfonso I of Asturias
    Alfonso I , called the Catholic , was the King of Asturias from 739 to his death in 757.He was son of Duke Peter of Cantabria and held many lands in that region. He may have been the hereditary chief of the Basques, but this is uncertain...

     - (739-757)
  • Alfonso II of Asturias
    Alfonso II of Asturias
    Alfonso II , called the Chaste, was the king of Asturias from 791 to his death, the son of Fruela I and the Basque Munia.He was born in Oviedo in 759 or 760. He was put under the guardianship of his aunt Adosinda after his father's death, but one tradition relates his being put in the monastery of...

     - (791-842)
  • Alfonso III of León
    Alfonso III of León
    Alfonso III , called the Great, was the king of León, Galicia and Asturias from 866 until his death. He was the son and successor of Ordoño I. In later sources he is the earliest to be called "Emperor of Spain"...

     - (866-910)
  • Alfonso Fróilaz of Galicia
    Alfonso Froilaz
    Alfonso Fróilaz, called the Hunchback or, in Spanish, el Jorobado, was the king of Galicia for a short time, from 925 to 926. He seems to have claimed Asturias and León as well, as the inheritor of Fruela II, but was driven from the realm by his cousins Sancho, Alfonso, and Ramiro, the sons of...

     - (925-926)
  • Alfonso IV of León
    Alfonso IV of León
    Alfonso IV , called the Monk, was King of León from 925 and King of Galicia from 929, until he abdicated in 931....

     - (925-931)
  • Alfonso V of León
    Alfonso V of León
    Alfonso V , called the Noble, was King of León from 999 to 1028. He was the son of Bermudo II by his second wife Elvira García of Castile. The Abbot Oliva called him "Emperor of Spain"....

     - (999-1028)
  • Alfonso VI of León - (1065–1109)
  • Alfonso VII of León
    Alfonso VII of León
    Alfonso VII , born Alfonso Raimúndez, called the Emperor , became the King of Galicia in 1111 and King of León and Castile in 1126. Alfonso first used the title Emperor of All Spain, alongside his mother Urraca, once his mother vested him with the direct rule of Toledo in 1116...

     - (1126–1157)
  • Alfonso VIII of Castile
    Alfonso VIII of Castile
    Alfonso VIII , called the Noble or el de las Navas, was the King of Castile from 1158 to his death and King of Toledo. He is most remembered for his part in the Reconquista and the downfall of the Almohad Caliphate...

     - (1158–1214)
  • Alfonso VIII of León - (1171–1230)
  • Alfonso X of Castile
    Alfonso X of Castile
    Alfonso X was a Castilian monarch who ruled as the King of Castile, León and Galicia from 1252 until his death...

     - (1252–1284)
  • Alfonso XI of Castile
    Alfonso XI of Castile
    Alfonso XI was the king of Castile, León and Galicia.He was the son of Ferdinand IV of Castile and his wife Constance of Portugal. Upon his father's death in 1312, several disputes ensued over who would hold regency, which were resolved in 1313...

     - (1312–1350)

Kings of Aragon

  • Alfonso I of Aragon - (1104–1134)
  • Alfonso II of Aragon
    Alfonso II of Aragon
    Alfonso II or Alfons I ; Huesca, 1-25 March 1157 – 25 April 1196), called the Chaste or the Troubadour, was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1164 until his death. He was the son of Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona and Petronilla of Aragon and the first King of Aragon who was...

     -- (1162–1196)
  • Alfonso III of Aragon
    Alfonso III of Aragon
    Alfonso III , called the Liberal or the Free , was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1285...

     - (1285–1291)
  • Alfonso IV of Aragon
    Alfonso IV of Aragon
    Alfonso IV, called the Kind was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1327 to his death. He was the second son of James II and Blanche of Anjou...

     - (1327–1336)
  • Alfonso V of Aragon
    Alfonso V of Aragon
    Alfonso the Magnanimous KG was the King of Aragon , Valencia , Majorca, Sardinia and Corsica , and Sicily and Count of Barcelona from 1416 and King of Naples from 1442 until his death...

     - (1416–1458)

Kings of Spain

  • Alfonso XII of Spain
    Alfonso XII of Spain
    Alfonso XII was king of Spain, reigning from 1874 to 1885, after a coup d'état restored the monarchy and ended the ephemeral First Spanish Republic.-Early life and paternity:Alfonso was the son of Queen Isabella II of Spain, and...

     - (1857–1885) (ordinal numbering continues from the kings of Castile)
  • Alfonso XIII of Spain
    Alfonso XIII of Spain
    Alfonso XIII was King of Spain from 1886 until 1931. His mother, Maria Christina of Austria, was appointed regent during his minority...

     - (1886–1931)

Kings of Naples

  • Alfonso I of Naples
    Alfonso V of Aragon
    Alfonso the Magnanimous KG was the King of Aragon , Valencia , Majorca, Sardinia and Corsica , and Sicily and Count of Barcelona from 1416 and King of Naples from 1442 until his death...

    , the same as Alfonso V of Aragon
  • Alfonso II of Naples
    Alfonso II of Naples
    Alfonso II of Naples , also called Alfonso II d'Aragon, was King of Naples from 25 January 1494 to 22 February 1495 with the title King of Naples and Jerusalem...

     - (1448–1495)

Manikongo (Kings of the Congo)

  • Afonso I of Kongo - (1505–1543)
  • Afonso II of Kongo
    Afonso II of Kongo
    -Biography:Little is known about Afonso II or his reign. He may have been the illegitimate son of Diogo I. Six years earlier, King Diogo had cut off all relations with Portugal and expelled them from the kingdom. The Portuguese attempted to return by plotting with another claimant for the throne...

     - (1561)
  • Afonso III of Kongo
    Afonso III of Kongo
    Afonso III Mvemba a Nimi was a ruler of the kingdom of Kongo during its civil war period.King Afonso III first enters written record as the ruler of the Marquisate of Nkondo. He governed that area from late 1669 until mid 1673. After which, he claimed the throne of divided Kongo...

     - (1666–1667)

Afonso

  • Afonso de Santa Maria de Bragança
    Infante Afonso, Prince of Beira
    Dom Afonso, Prince of Beira , is the eldest son of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, who is the current pretender to the former Portuguese throne and head of the House of Braganza.-Biography:...

    , 2nd claimant in line to the Portuguese throne.
  • Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza
    Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza
    Dom Afonso I, the 1st Duke of Braganza was the eighth Count of Barcelos, the 2nd Count of Neiva, 2nd Lord of Faria and the first Duke of Braganza.-Origins:...

    , son of John I of Portugal.
  • Afonso, Prince of Portugal, son of John II of Portugal.
  • Afonso de Albuquerque
    Afonso de Albuquerque
    Afonso de Albuquerque[p][n] was a Portuguese fidalgo, or nobleman, an admiral whose military and administrative activities as second governor of Portuguese India conquered and established the Portuguese colonial empire in the Indian Ocean...

    , a Portuguese naval officer.
  • Afonso, Duke of Porto, son of Louis I of Portugal.
  • Afonso, Lord of Portalegre, son of Afonso III of Portugal.
  • Afonso Alves
    Afonso Alves
    Afonso Alves Martins Júnior is a Brazilian footballer who plays for the Qatari club Al Rayyan Sports Club as a striker. He enjoyed the most successful period of his career during his time in Heerenveen in the Dutch league, where his goal-to-game ratio was higher than a goal a game...

    , Brazilian footballer
  • Alexandre Afonso da Silva
    Alexandre Afonso da Silva
    Alexandre Afonso da Silva known better as Alex is a Brazilian football midfielder, who plays for Omonia in Cypriot First Division.- Career :...

    , Brazilian footballer.
  • Andrey Nazário Afonso
    Andrey Nazário Afonso
    Andrey Nazário Afonso is a Brazilian football goalkeeper.He made his debut with Steaua Bucureşti on the 1st of March, 2007, in the quarter-final cup match against Oţelul Galaţi, when Steaua Bucureşti won 8-7 on penalties. He saved one penalty and was considered the man of the match...

    , Brazilian Football Goalkeeper.
  • Martim Afonso
    Araribóia
    Araribóia is the founder of the city of Niterói, in Brazil. In Tupi, his name means "ferocious snake".He was the leader of the Temiminó tribe, which inhabited the territory of the present Espírito Santo state and came to Rio de Janeiro in 1564 AD, with Estácio de Sá's fleet...

    , formerly Araribóia, leader of the Temiminó tribe in Brazil in the 16th century.
  • Cardinal Afonso of Portugal, son of Manuel I of Portugal.
  • João Afonso de Aveiro, Portuguese explorer.
  • Jorge Afonso
    Jorge Afonso
    Jorge Afonso was an important Portuguese Renaissance painter.Jorge Afonso was nominated royal painter in 1508 by King Manuel I and again in 1529 by John III. He was mainly based in Lisbon, with a workshop near the Church of São Domingos...

    , Portuguese Renaissance painter.
  • Mor Afonso
    Madragana
    Madragana Ben Aloandro, later Maior or Mór Afonso - was a famous Algarvian mistress to king Afonso III of Portugal, in the 13th century, when he ended the Reconquista in Portugal by taking Faro in 1249...

    , Mozarab mistress to Afonso III of Portugal.
  • Nadir Afonso
    Nadir Afonso
    Nadir Afonso, GOSE is a geometric abstractionist painter. Formally trained in architecture, which he practiced early in his career with Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer, Nadir Afonso later studied painting in Paris and became one of the pioneers in Kinetic art, working alongside Victor Vasarely,...

     (born 1920), Portuguese painter.
  • Paulo Afonso Evangelista Vieira
    Paulo Afonso Evangelista Vieira
    Paulo Afonso Evangelista Vieira, better known as Paulo Afonso, is a federal deputy and member of the PMDB of Santa Catarina. He was the governor of the state of Santa Catarina from 1995 to 1999, succeeding Antônio Carlos Konder Reis and being succeeded by Esperidião Amin Helou Filho.-External links:*...

    , Brazilian politician.
  • Zeca Afonso
    Zeca Afonso
    José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, known as Zeca Afonso or just Zeca , was born in Aveiro, Portugal, the son of José Nepomuceno Afonso, a judge, and Maria das Dores. Zeca is among the most influential folk and political musicians in Portuguese history...

    , Portuguese folk and political musician.

Alfons

  • Alfons Goppel
    Alfons Goppel
    Alfons Goppel was a German politician of the CSU party and Prime Minister of Bavaria .-Life:...

     (1905–1991), German politician
  • Alfons Gorbach
    Alfons Gorbach
    Alfons Gorbach was an Austrian politician who served as Chancellor of Austria from 1961-64.From 1929-32, Gorbach was a municipal councillor in Graz...

     (1898–1972), Austrian politician
  • Alfons Jēgers
    Alfons Jegers
    Alfons Jēgers was a Latvian football and hockey player. He is recognized as one of the greatest in the history of both of these sports in Latvia.-Biography:...

     (1919–1999), Latvian football and hockey player
  • Alfons Karpiński
    Alfons Karpinski
    Alfons Karpiński was a Polish painter specializing in portraits of women, still-life and foreign landscape of Italy and France. Karpiński studied painting in Kraków at the School of Fine Arts under Leon Wyczółkowski between and after 1903 at the Munich Academy under Anton Ažbe, until 1907...

     (1875–1961), Polish painter
  • Alfons Rebane
    Alfons Rebane
    Alfons Vilhelm Robert Rebane, known simply as Alfons Rebane was an Estonian military commander. He was the most highly decorated Estonian military officer in the course of the Second World War, serving in various German military units against the armed forces of the Soviet Union.After World War...

     (1908–1976), Estonian military commander

Alfonso

  • Alfonso fabrega,of panama city panama,1998-

Alfonso henriquez ortiz, of panama city panama, Boss of Boss's during 1991-current
  • Alfonso I d'Este
    Alfonso I d'Este
    Alfonso d'Este was Duke of Ferrara during the time of the War of the League of Cambrai.-Biography:He was the son of Ercole I d'Este and Leonora of Naples....

    , Duke of Ferrara during the time of the War of the League of Cambrai.
  • Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597.
  • Alfonso II, Count of Provence
    Alfonso II, Count of Provence
    Alfonso II was the second son of Alfonso II of Aragon and Sancha of Castile. His father transferred the County of Provence from his uncle Sancho to him in 1185. Alfonso II was born in Barcelona....

    , second son of Alfonso II of Aragon.
  • Alfonso III d'Este
    Alfonso III d'Este
    Alfonso III d'Este was Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1628 to 1629. He was the husband of Princess Isabella of Savoy, daughter of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy and his wife Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain.- Biography :...

    , Duke of Modena and Reggio (1628–44).
  • Alfonso of Castile, Prince of Asturias
    Alfonso of Castile, Prince of Asturias
    Alfonso, Prince of Asturias was the figurehead of rebelling magnates against his brother Henry IV of Castile....

    , figurehead of rebelling magnates against his brother King Henry IV of Castile.
  • Alfonso of Hauteville
    Alfonso of Hauteville
    Alfonso of Hauteville , third son of Roger II of Sicily and Elvira of Castile, was the prince of Capua from 1135 to his death.He was named after his maternal grandfather, Alfonso VI of Castile...

    , Prince of Capua.
  • Alfonso of Leon
    Alfonso of Molina
    Alfonso of León, Lord of Molina was a Prince of León and Castile, the son of King Alfonso IX of León and his second wife Queen Berengaria of Castile. He was the brother of King Ferdinand III of Castile and León, and father of Queen Maria of Molina, wife of King Sancho IV...

    , Lord of Molina (1203–1272).
  • Alfonso Soriano
    Alfonso Soriano
    Alfonso Guilleard Soriano is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs....

    , a current Major League Baseball outfielder playing for the Chicago Cubs
  • Alfonso of Spain, Prince of Asturias
    Alfonso of Spain, Prince of Asturias
    Alfonso, Prince of Asturias Alfonso, Prince of Asturias Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (Alfonso Pío Cristino Eduardo Francisco Guillermo Carlos Enrique Eugenio Fernando Antonio Venancio Borbón y Battenberg (Madrid, 10 May 1907 – Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, 6 September 1938), was an Infante of...

    , heir-apparent of the throne of Spain 1907-31.
  • Alfonso Lizarazo
    Alfonso Lizarazo
    Alfonso Lizarazo is a Colombian host and politician, he was the first in Operación Ja-ja now known as Sábados Felices, in 1998 he was elected senator of Colombia.- External links :*...

    , Colombian host and political
  • Bill "Fonzie" Alfonso
    Bill Alfonso
    William Matthew "Bill" Alfonso is a former professional wrestling referee and manager. He achieved his greatest success in Extreme Championship Wrestling in the mid to late 1990s...

    , former Wrestling referee & manager.
  • Elvira Alfonso
    Elvira of Castile (Sicilian queen)
    Elvira of Castile was the first Queen of Sicily.- Background and upbringing :She was a daughter of Alfonso VI of Castile by his fourth queen, Isabella...

    , Queen of Sicily.
  • Fadrique Alfonso of Castile
    Fadrique Alfonso of Castile
    Don Fadrique Alfonso of Castile, 1st Señor de Haro , 25th Master of the Order of Santiago , was the fifth illegitimate child of Alfonso XI of Castile and Eleanor of Guzman. He was born in Seville....

    , fifth illegitimate child of Alfonso XI of Castile.
  • Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
    Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
    Giovanni Alfonso Borelli was a Renaissance Italian physiologist, physicist, and mathematician. He contributed to the modern principle of scientific investigation by continuing Galileo's custom of testing hypotheses against observation...

    , Italian physiologist and physicist.
  • Alfonso of Spain
    Infante Alfonso of Spain
    Infante Alfonso of Spain was the younger brother of King Juan Carlos of Spain.-Early life:...

    , younger brother of current reigning King Juan Carlos of Spain.
  • Alfonso, Duke of Calabria
    Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria
    Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria was one of two claimants to the title of the head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies from 1960 until his death in 1964...

    , claimant to the title of the head of House of Bourbon Two Sicilies.
  • Alfonso John Romero
    John Romero
    Alfonso John Romero is a game designer, programmer, and developer in the video game industry. He is best known as a co-founder of id Software and was a designer for many of their games, including Wolfenstein 3D, Dangerous Dave, Doom and Quake...

    , American video-game designer, programmer, and developer.
  • José Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez
    José Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez
    Msgr. Dr. José Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez was the sixth Bishop and second Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador.-External links:*...

    , former Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador.
  • Juan Alfonso de Baena
    Juan Alfonso de Baena
    Juan Alfonso de Baena was a Castilian troubadour. Born at Baena, he served as escribano escribiente at the court of John II of Castile. He was a Marrano...

    , Castilian troubadour.
  • Kristian Alfonso
    Kristian Alfonso
    Kristian-Joy Alfonso is a long-time American dramatic actress, former figure skater and fashion model. She is best known for playing Hope Williams Brady, which she has played since 1983 on the long-running NBC dramatic serial Days of our Lives.- Early career :She began her career as a figure...

    , American soap opera actress.
  • Alfonso Pérez Muñoz, Spanish football (soccer) striker.
  • Miguel Alfonso Pérez Aracil
    Miguel Alfonso Pérez Aracil
    Miguel Alfonso Pérez Aracil is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder.-Football career:During his career, spent mostly in the second division, Pérez represented CD Onda , Getafe CF, CD Numancia , Gimnàstic de Tarragona, Deportivo Alavés and Levante UD.He contributed with 18 games Miguel...

    , Spanish football (soccer) midfielder.
  • Michael Alfonso
    Mike Awesome
    Michael Lee Alfonso , better known by his ring name Mike Awesome, was an American professional wrestler best known in America for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, and in World Wrestling Federation and also in Japan for his work with Frontier Martial-Arts...

    , or Mike Awesome, American wrestler.
  • Nicolás Salmerón y Alfonso
    Nicolás Salmerón y Alfonso
    Nicolás Salmerón Alonso was a Spanish statesman.-Biography:He was born at Alhama la Seca in the province of Almería, was educated at Granada and became assistant professor of literature and philosophy at Madrid. The last years of the reign of Isabella II were times of growing discontent with her...

    , Spanish statesman.
  • Ozzie Alfonso
    Ozzie Alfonso
    Ozzie Alfonso was the director and one of three Senior Producers of 3-2-1 Contact from season 2 to 8 when the series stopped production. He was also one of the writers for the series from season 3 through 8. Following production of the daily series, Alfonso was the director of all the 3-2-1 Contact...

    , American TV director and producer.
  • Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Spanish playboy and businessman.
  • Alfonso, Count of Caserta
    Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
    Prince Alfonso Maria Giuseppe Alberto of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta was the third son of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria....

    , Duke of Calabria and Head of the Royal House of the Two Sicilies.
  • Ricardo Alfonso Cerna
    Ricardo Alfonso Cerna
    Ricardo Alfonso Cerna was a Guatemalan immigrant to the United States known for committing suicide in 2003 with a gun in an interrogation room in the San Bernardino County Sheriff's office in Muscoy, California. A videotape was running and recorded the event...

    , famous suicide victim.
  • X-Alfonso
    X-Alfonso
    X-Alfonso is a Cuban hip hop and afro-rock musician, who played with Audioslave in a concert in Havana on May 7, 2005 in "Tribuna Anti-imperialista".-Life and career:...

    , Cuban hip-hop and afro-rock musician.
  • Celestino Alfonso
    Celestino Alfonso
    Célestino Alfonso was a Spanish republican, a volunteer in the French liberation army FTP-MOI, and a part of the resistance operation led by Missak Manouchian. He was, by profession, a carpenter.-Youth:Alfonso arrived in France at the beginning of the 1930s...

    , Spanish republican and volunteer fighter in the French resistance during World War II.

Alphonse

  • Alphonse Capone, American gangster.
  • Alphonse J. Jackson
    Alphonse J. Jackson
    Alphonse Jackson, Jr. is a retired educator and a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, where he represented District 2...

    , Louisiana African-American politician

Alphonso

  • Alphonso, Earl of Chester
    Alphonso, Earl of Chester
    Alphonso was the ninth child of Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile. During his lifetime, he was first in line to his father's throne of England and to his mother's county of Ponthieu in France....

    , first son of Edward I of England, who died at the age of ten.

Ildefonso/Ildephonsus

  • Ildefonso Schuster, archbishop of Milan, Italy
  • Ildefons Cerdà
    Ildefons Cerdà
    Ildefons Cerdà i Sunyer was the progressive Catalan Spanish urban planner who designed the 19th-century "extension" of Barcelona called the Eixample.-Biography:...

    , Catalan urban planner.
  • Ildefonso Lima
    Ildefonso Lima
    Ildefons Lima Solà is an Andorran footballer who currently is a free agent and plays as a defender for the Andorran national team.-Club career:...

    , Andorran footballer.
  • Ildefonso Puigdendolas
    Ildefonso Puigdendolas
    Ildefonso Puigdendolas Ponce de Leon was a Spanish military officer who served the Republic during the Spanish Civil War. In 1931 he was colonel of Infantry in Seville as inspector of the security corps. In 1934 he was appointed to Malaga. In July 1936 he defeated the rebels forces at Alcala de...

    , Spanish military officer.
  • Ildefonso V. Vázquez, Governor of Nuevo León
    Governor of Nuevo León
    The Mexican state of Nuevo León has been governed by more than a hundred individuals in its history, who have had various titles and degrees of responsibility depending on the prevailing political regime of the time....

    , Mexico, in 1915.
  • Ildephonsus of Toledo
    Ildephonsus of Toledo
    Saint Ildefonsus or Ildephonsus was the metropolitan bishop of Toledo from 657 until his death. He was a Visigoth and his Gothic name was Hildefuns, which evolved into the Castilian name Alfonso. Ildefonsus, however, is known as San Ildefonso in Castilian and there are several places named after him...

    , Saint and archbishop of Toledo in the 7th century.
  • Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Polish writer and poet

Fictional characters

  • Alphonso MacKenzie
    Al MacKenzie
    Al MacKenzie is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:Al MacKenzie first appeared in Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. #3 , and was created by Bob Harras and Paul Neary....

    , fictional character in the Marvel Universe
  • Alfie Atkins
    Alfie Atkins
    Alfie Atkins is a fictional character created by the author Gunilla Bergström from Sweden in 1972. Alfie Atkins appears in books and animated cartoons. In Swedish, he is known as Alfons Åberg....

    , known as Alfons Åberg in Swedish, character created by Gunilla Bergström from Sweden
  • Alfonzo Dominico Jones, a dog in the Australian television series SeaChange
  • Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice, character in the comic strip Dick Tracy
  • Alphonse and Gaston, French duo in a comic strip created by Frederick Burr Opper
  • Alphonse Elric
    Alphonse Elric
    , commonly called , is a fictional character in the Fullmetal Alchemist manga series created by Hiromu Arakawa its respective adaptations. Alphonse is a child who lost his body during an alchemic experiment to bring his deceased mother back to life, and had his soul "attached" to a suit of armor...

     from FullMetal Alchemist
  • Alphonse Mephisto, fictional character in the animated television series South Park
  • Alfons Heiderich from Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
  • Alphonso Ali, minor character in Bloom County
    Bloom County
    Bloom County is an American comic strip by Berkeley Breathed which ran from December 8, 1980, until August 6, 1989. It examined events in politics and culture through the viewpoint of a fanciful small town in Middle America, where children often have adult personalities and vocabularies and where...

  • Monsieur Alfonse
    Monsieur Alfonse
    Monsieur Alfonse is a fictional character in the BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo!, which ran from 1982 to 1992. He was played by actor Kenneth Connor.-Character overview:...

    , character in the BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo! played by the actor Kenneth Connor
  • Don Alfonso, character in Mozart's opera Così fan tutte
    Così fan tutte
    Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti K. 588, is an opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart first performed in 1790. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte....

  • The name of a number of pets and the Patlabor of Noa Izumi from the anime Patlabor
    Patlabor
    Patlabor also known as , is an anime and manga franchise created by Headgear, a group consisting of director Mamoru Oshii, writer Kazunori Itō, mecha designer Yutaka Izubuchi, character designer Akemi Takada, and manga artist Masami Yūki.The popular franchise included a manga, a TV series, two OVA...

    .

Places

  • Afonso Cláudio
    Afonso Claudio
    Afonso Cláudio is the name of a municipality and its capital in east central Espírito Santo, Brazil, founded in 1963. The town, at a height of 610m above sea level, has a population of approximately 9,957 and an area of 361.7 km², and a population density of 27,53 inhabitants/km²...

    , a municipality in Brazil.
  • Alfonso Castaneda, Nueva Vizcaya
    Alfonso Castaneda, Nueva Vizcaya
    Alfonso Castañeda is a 4th class municipality in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 6,655 people in 873 households.-Barangays:Alfonso Castaneda is politically subdivided into 6 barangays....

    , a municipality in the Philippines.
  • Alfonso Lista, Ifugao
    Alfonso Lista, Ifugao
    Alfonso Lista is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Ifugao, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 25,323 people in 4,275 households....

    , a municipality in the Philippines.
  • Alfonso, Cavite, a municipality in the Philippines.
  • Alphonse Atoll
    Alphonse Atoll
    Alphonse Atoll is one of two atolls of the Alphonse Group, and located 87 km south of the Amirante Islands, and just three kilometers north of St. François Atoll, the second atoll of Alphonse Group. The atoll has just one island, Alphonse Island, with a population of fewer than 300...

    , in the Outer Islands of the Seychelles.
  • Alphonse Group
    Alphonse Group
    The Alphonse Group belong to the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, lying in the southwest of the island nation, 403 kilometres southwest the capital, Victoria, on Mahé Island...

    , a group of atolls in the Outer Islands of the Seychelles.
  • Alphonse Island, in the Outer Islands of the Seychelles.
  • Cape San Ildefonso, a cape in the Philippines.
  • Ildefonso Islands
    Ildefonso Islands
    Islas Ildefonso are a group of islands in Chile. The islands belong to the Commune of Cabo de Hornos in Antártica Chilena Province of Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region...

    , group of islands in Chile.
  • Paulo Afonso
    Paulo Afonso
    Paulo Afonso is a city in Bahia, Brazil. It is located at around . It was founded in 1958.The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paulo Afonso.The city is served by Paulo Afonso Airport....

    , a city in Brazil.
  • Ribeira Afonso
    Ribeira Afonso
    Ribeira Afonso is a village in the eastern part of the island of São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe. It is named after a stream flowing nearby the village.Ribeira Afonso has a small school and a church....

    , a village in São Tomé and Príncipe.
  • San Ildefonso Ixtahuacán
    San Ildefonso Ixtahuacán
    Ixtahuacán is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango. It is situated at 1580m above sea level. It contains 30,500 people. It covers a terrain of 184km2. The annual festival is January 20-25.-External links:*...

    , a municipality in Guatemala.
  • San Ildefonso Peninsula
    San Ildefonso Peninsula
    San Ildefonso Peninsula is a peninsula in Central Luzon, central part of Luzon island, Philippines, at ....

    , a peninsula in the Philippines.
  • San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico
    San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico
    San Ildefonso Pueblo is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 458 at the 2000 census...

    , a census-designated place in the USA.
  • San Ildefonso, Bulacan
    San Ildefonso, Bulacan
    San Ildefonso is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 93,438 inhabitants in 15,753 households.- Built up area :...

    , a municipality in the Philippines.
  • San Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur
    San Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur
    San Ildefonso is a 5th class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 6,670 people in 1,127 households....

    , a municipality in the Philippines.
  • San Ildefonso, San Vicente
    San Ildefonso, San Vicente
    San Ildefonso is a municipality in the San Vicente department of El Salvador....

    , a municipality in El Salvador.
  • San Ildefonso
    San Ildefonso
    San Ildefonso, or La Granja, or La Granja de San Ildefonso, is a town and municipality in the province of Segovia, Spain, situated some 54 km northwest of Madrid.-History:...

    , a town in Spain.
  • Santo Ildefonso, a parish in Portugal.

Airports

  • Afonso Pena International Airport
    Afonso Pena International Airport
    Afonso Pena International Airport is the main airport serving Curitiba, Brazil, located in the adjoining municipality of São José dos Pinhais. It is named after Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena , the 6th President of Brazil....

    , an airport in Brazil.
  • Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport
    Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport
    -Cargo airlines:-Accidents and incidents :*On 3 May, Douglas C-47B FAC-1126 of SATENA was damaged beyond repair in an accident at Palmaseca Airport.*On 21 January 1974, a Vickers Viscount of Aeropesca Colombia was hijacked and diverted to Cali....

    , also known as Palmaseca International Airport, an airport in Colombia,
  • St-Alphonse/Lac Cloutier Water Aerodrome
    St-Alphonse/Lac Cloutier Water Aerodrome
    Saint-Alphonse/Lac Cloutier Water Aerodrome, , is located on Lac Cloutier at Saint-Alphonse, Quebec, Canada.-References:...

    , airport in Canada.

Stadiums

  • Alfonso López Pumarejo Stadium
    Alfonso López Pumarejo Stadium
    The Alfonso López Pumarejo Stadium is a soccer stadium of National University of Colombia located at University City of Bogotá. It is named after Alfonso López Pumarejo....

    , football stadium in Colombia.
  • Coliseum Alfonso Pérez
    Coliseum Alfonso Pérez
    Estadio Coliseum Alfonso Pérez is a football stadium in Getafe, Spain. The stadium is the home ground of Getafe CF.-Stadium:* Name: Estadio Coliseum Alfonso Pérez* Inauguration: 1998* Capacity: 17,700* Pitch dimensions:...

    , football stadium in Spain.
  • Estadio Alfonso Chico Carrasquel
    Estadio Alfonso Chico Carrasquel
    Estadio Alfonso Chico Carrasquel is a baseball stadium in Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela. It is the home of Caribes de Anzoátegui. The stadium can seat 18,000 people and was originally built in 1959; rebuilt and opened in 1991 for professional baseball. It was named after former major league baseball...

    , multi-use stadium in Venezuela.
  • Estadio Alfonso Lastras
    Estadio Alfonso Lastras
    Estadio Alfonso Lastras is a multi-use unfinished stadium in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and also music concerts, it is the home stadium of San Luis F.C. The stadium holds 35,000 people and was built in 2002. It is named after the late Alfonso...

    , multi-use unfinished stadium in Mexico.
  • Estadio Alfonso Lopez
    Estadio Alfonso Lopez
    Estadio Alfonso López is a multi-purpose stadium in Bucaramanga, Colombia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people, and is the home of Atlético Bucaramanga and Real Santander. It had the first synthetic grass pitch in Colombia. -Picture:* -...

    , multi-use stadium in Colombia.
  • Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
    Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
    The Estádio D. Afonso Henriques is a football stadium in the city of Guimarães, Portugal.The stadium is home of Guimarães's most successful team, Vitória de Guimarães, presently completing in the top-flight Portuguese Liga...

    , a football stadium in Portugal.
  • Estadio Luis Alfonso Giagni
    Estadio Luis Alfonso Giagni
    Estadio Luis Alfonso Giagni is a multi-use stadium in Asunción, Paraguay. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Club Sol de América. The stadium holds 5,000 people....

    , multi-use stadium in Paraguay.
  • Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat
    Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat
    Stade Alphonse Massamba Debat in Brazzaville is the national stadium of the Republic of the Congo. It is used for football matches and also has an athletics track and a handball court. It hosts the home games of CARA Brazzaville and Etoile du Congo. It holds 25,000 people...

    , national stadium of the Republic of the Congo.
  • Stade Alphonse Theis
    Stade Alphonse Theis
    Stade Alphonse Theis is a football stadium in Hesperange, in southern Luxembourg. It is currently the home stadium of FC Swift Hesperange. The stadium has a capacity of 3,058.-References:*...

    , a football stadium in Luxembourg.

Other

  • Ildefonso Altar (Der Altar des hl. Ildefonso), a painting by Peter Paul Rubens.
  • Alfonso und Estrella
    Alfonso und Estrella
    Alfonso und Estrella is an opera with music by Franz Schubert, set to a German libretto by Franz von Schober, written in 1822...

    , an opera by Franz Schubert.
  • Alphonso (mango)
    Alphonso (mango)
    Alphonso is a mango cultivar that is considered by many to be one of the best in terms of sweetness, richness and flavor. It has considerable shelf life of a week after it is ripe making it exportable. It is also one of the most expensive kinds of mango and is grown mainly in Kokan region of...

    , a mango found in India.
  • Alphonso Psalter, a devotional Psalter
    Psalter
    A psalter is a volume containing the Book of Psalms, often with other devotional material bound in as well, such as a liturgical calendar and litany of the Saints. Until the later medieval emergence of the book of hours, psalters were the books most widely owned by wealthy lay persons and were...

    .
  • Convent of St. Ildefonso, a book by Regina Marie Roche., a British Royal Navy ship.
  • Palacio Real de la Granja de San Ildefonso
    La Granja (palace)
    The Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso is an 18th century palace in the small town of San Ildefonso in the hills near Segovia, 80 km north of Madrid, central Spain, formerly the summer residence of the Kings of Spain since the reign of Philip V...

    , a palace in the Spanish province of Segovia.
  • Alphonso, a book by Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de St-Albin, comtesse de Genlis
    Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de St-Albin, comtesse de Genlis
    Madame de Genlis, full name Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de St-Aubin, comtesse de Genlis, or Madame Brûlart, was a French writer, harpist and educator.-Biography:...

    .
  • Church of Saint Ildefonso
    Church of Saint Ildefonso
    The Igreja de Santo Ildefonso is an 18th century church in Porto, Portugal, situated near Batalha Square. Completed in 1739, the church was built in a proto-Baroque style and features a retable by the Italian artist Nicolau Nasoni and a façade of azulejo tilework...

    , an 18th century church in Porto

Treaty of San Ildefonso

  • First Treaty of San Ildefonso
    First Treaty of San Ildefonso
    The First Treaty of San Ildefonso was signed on October 1, 1777 between the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese Empire, shortly after the crowning of Mary I of Portugal and dismissal of Sebastião de Melo, Marquis of Pombal as de facto ruler of Portugal....

     of 1777 between Spain and Portugal.
  • Second Treaty of San Ildefonso
    Second Treaty of San Ildefonso
    The Second Treaty of San Ildefonso was signed on August 19, 1796 between the Spanish Empire and the First French Republic. Based on the terms of the agreement, France and Spain would become allies and combine their forces against the British Empire.-See also:...

     of 1796 between Spain and France, allying the two nations.
  • Third Treaty of San Ildefonso
    Third Treaty of San Ildefonso
    The Third Treaty of San Ildefonso was a secretly negotiated treaty between France and Spain in which Spain returned the colonial territory of...

    of 1800 between Spain and France, by which Spain returned Louisiana to France.
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