Afonso Sanches, Lord of Albuquerque

Afonso Sanches, Lord of Albuquerque (1289–1329), also known as Alfonso Sanches, was a Portuguese nobleman, Lord of Cerva and Alburquerque.[1][2]

Servant of God

Afonso Sanches
Lord of Albuquerque
Afonso Sanches in Antonio de Hollanda's Genealogy of the Royal Houses of Spain and Portugal (1530–1534
Born24 May 1289
Cerva, Portugal
Died2 November 1329
Escalona, Castile
BuriedMonastery of Santa Clara in Vila do Conde
Noble familyHouse of Burgundy
Spouse(s)Teresa Martins de Meneses
IssueJoão Afonso de Albuquerque
FatherDenis of Portugal
MotherAldonça Rodrigues Talha

Biography

Born in Portugal, he was the firstborn and favorite son of King Denis of Portugal and Aldonza Rodrigues Talha.[3][4] He was also the half brother of Afonso IV.[5] Afonso was married to Teresa Martins Telo, daughter of João Afonso Telo, the first count of Barcelos,[6] and of Teresa Sánchez, an illegitimate daughter of Sancho IV the Brave, king of Castile and León.[7] They were the parents of João Afonso de Albuquerque.[8]

Afonso and his wife Teresa were the founders of the Monastery of Santa Clara in Vila do Conde where both were buried.[9]

The Catholic Church opened a cause for the beatification of Afonso and Teresa on 17 January 1723, and the two were formally declared Servants of God.[10]

References
  1. Memórias do Mosteiro de Pombeiro, Academia Portuguesa da História, 1942, 1942
  2. "Servi di Dio Alfonso Sanches e Teresa Martins". santibeati.it.
  3. Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1997, Vol. I, p. 189.
  4. Braamcamp Freire 1927, p. 193.
  5. Fundadores, fundaciones y espacios de vida conventual: III Congreso Internacional Monacato Femenino en España, Portugal y América, celebrado en León, 2004, Universidas, Secretariado de Publicaciones, 2005, 2005, ISBN 9788497732024
  6. Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1997, Vol. I, p. 191.
  7. Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1997, Vol. I, p. 192.
  8. Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1987, pp. 31, 109.
  9. Sotto Mayor Pizarro 1987, p. 29.
  10. Index ac status causarum beatificationis servorum dei et canonizationis beatorum (in Latin). Typis polyglottis vaticanis. January 1953. p. 11.

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