Afonso III of Portugal

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Afonso III
Effigy on a contemporary coin
King of Portugal
Reign	4 January 1248 – 16 February 1279
Predecessor	Sancho II
Successor	Denis
Count of Boulogne
Reign	1238–1248
Predecessor	Matilda II
Successor	Matilda II
Co-count	Matilda II
Born	5 May 1210 Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	16 February 1279 (aged 68) Alcobaça, Kingdom of Portugal
Burial	Monastery of Alcobaça, Alcobaça, Portugal
Spouses	Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne ​ ​ (m. 1238; div. 1253)​ Beatrice of Castile ​ (m. 1253)​
Issue	(ill.) Martim Afonso Chichorro (ill.) Urraca Afonso Branca, Lady of Las Huelgas Dinis, King of Portugal Afonso, Lord of Portalegre Infanta Sancha
House	Burgundy
Father	Afonso II of Portugal
Mother	Urraca of Castile

Afonso III (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈfõsu]; rare English alternatives: Alphonzo or Alphonse), or Affonso (Archaic Portuguese), Alfonso or Alphonso (Portuguese-Galician) or Alphonsus (Latin), the Boulonnais (Port. o Bolonhês), King of Portugal (5 May 1210 – 16 February 1279) was the first to use the title King of Portugal and the Algarve, from 1249. He was the second son of King Afonso II of Portugal and his wife, Urraca of Castile; he succeeded his brother, King Sancho II of Portugal, who died on 4 January 1248.^[1]