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Also Known As Afonso the Conqueror • Afonso o Conquistador • Afonso Henriques
Born 1109 or 1111 • Guimarães • Portugal
Died December 6, 1185 • Coimbra • Portugal
Title / Office king (1139-1185), Portugal
Role In Crusades • Reconquista • Siege of Lisbon

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