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The basics
Quick Facts
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Coimbra
Place of death
Santarém
Family
Father:
Afonso I of Portugal
Siblings:
Theresa of Portugal
Countess of Flanders
Urraca of Portugal
Mafalda of Portugal
The details (from wikipedia)
Biography
Fernando Afonso (1137–1207), was Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller between 1202-1206. He was the oldest son of Afonso Henriques, the first king of the Kingdom of Portugal, though would never inherit the crown as he was born out of wedlock.
Career
Fernando Afonso was for a short period of time alferes-mor of the Kingdom of Portugal. He then proceeded to join the Knights Templar, followed later on by the Knights Hospitaller. He became Master of the Knights Hospitaller in the Iberian Peninsula in 1198, and then became Grand Master of the Order in 1202. A few years later he renounced his position as Grand Master and returned to Portugal.
He took part in the Fourth Crusade.
His remains were buried in Santarém, at the Church of São João de Alporão.
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