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Afonso was the only son and heir of king [[John II of Portugal]] by his marriage with [[Leonor of Viseu]], princess of Portugal. The king was very fond of him and named the smaller island of [[São Tomé and Príncipe]] after him (''Príncipe'' meaning ''Prince'' in [[Portuguese language]]).
As a boy, Afonso was married to princess Isabella of Aragon, the eldest daughter of the [[catholic royal couple]], ''reyes
Afonso died from a horse fall in mysterious circumstances, during a ride in the Tagus. Murder was never proved but the Spaniards had much to gain from his disappearence. Moreover, the prince's valet, an exiled Castilian boy, disappeared in the same day after being the only eyewitness of the event.
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