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Afonso V of Portugal

Born on January 15, 1432

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Afonso V (European Portuguese:; 15 January 1432 – 28 August 1481), also known as the African (Portuguese: o Africano), was King of Portugal from 1438 until he died in 1481, with a brief interruption in 1477.

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