Portugal: Alfonso V (1432-1481), King of Portugal and the Algarve (r. 1438-1477; 1477-1481) aged about 25 years. Georg von Ehingen, c. 1458

Afonso V (15 January 1432 – 28 August 1481), called 'the African' (Portuguese: 'o Africano'), was twice King of Portugal and the Algarve.

His sobriquet refers to his conquests in Northern Africa.

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