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Alfonso (Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
 and Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
), Alfons (Catalan
Catalan language

Catalan is a Romance languages, the national language and official language of Andorra, and a official language in the Autonomous Communities of Spain of the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencian Community and in the city of Alghero in the Italy List of islands in the Mediterranean of Sardinia....
 and German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
), Afonso (Portuguese
Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
), Affonso (Ancient Portuguese
Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
), Alphonse (Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
, French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
 and English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
), Alphons (Dutch
Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic languages spoken by over 22 million people as a first language, and about 5 million people as a second language."1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." Outside the European Union the number of second language speakers of Dutch is very small. Most native...
), or Alphonso (English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 and Filipino
Filipino language

The Filipino language is the national language and an official language of the Philippines as designated in the 1987 Philippine Constitution. It is an Austronesian language that is the de facto standard language of Tagalog language....
) is a masculine
Masculine

Masculine or masculinity, normally refer to qualities positively associated with men.Masculine may also refer to:*Masculine , a grammatical gender...
 name, originally from the Gothic language
Gothic language

Gothic is an extinct language Germanic language that was spoken by the Goths. It is known primarily from Codex Argenteus, a 6th century copy of a 4th century Bible translation, and is the only East Germanic languages with a sizable corpus....
.

The original meaning of the name is uncertain. It could be derived from adal "noble" and funs "ready" or from the name Hildefuns, which is preserved in the Spanish and Portuguese Ildefonso (Latinised
Latinisation (literature)

In literature, Latinization is the practice of writing a name in a Latin style when writing in Latin so as to more closely emulate Latin authors, or to present a more impressive image....
 as Ildephonsus) and means "battle ready" (hild "battle" combined with funs "ready").

It is the name of many historical personages and others:








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Alfonso (Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
 and Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
), Alfons (Catalan
Catalan language

Catalan is a Romance languages, the national language and official language of Andorra, and a official language in the Autonomous Communities of Spain of the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencian Community and in the city of Alghero in the Italy List of islands in the Mediterranean of Sardinia....
 and German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
), Afonso (Portuguese
Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
), Affonso (Ancient Portuguese
Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
), Alphonse (Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
, French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
 and English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
), Alphons (Dutch
Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic languages spoken by over 22 million people as a first language, and about 5 million people as a second language."1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." Outside the European Union the number of second language speakers of Dutch is very small. Most native...
), or Alphonso (English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 and Filipino
Filipino language

The Filipino language is the national language and an official language of the Philippines as designated in the 1987 Philippine Constitution. It is an Austronesian language that is the de facto standard language of Tagalog language....
) is a masculine
Masculine

Masculine or masculinity, normally refer to qualities positively associated with men.Masculine may also refer to:*Masculine , a grammatical gender...
 name, originally from the Gothic language
Gothic language

Gothic is an extinct language Germanic language that was spoken by the Goths. It is known primarily from Codex Argenteus, a 6th century copy of a 4th century Bible translation, and is the only East Germanic languages with a sizable corpus....
.

The original meaning of the name is uncertain. It could be derived from adal "noble" and funs "ready" or from the name Hildefuns, which is preserved in the Spanish and Portuguese Ildefonso (Latinised
Latinisation (literature)

In literature, Latinization is the practice of writing a name in a Latin style when writing in Latin so as to more closely emulate Latin authors, or to present a more impressive image....
 as Ildephonsus) and means "battle ready" (hild "battle" combined with funs "ready").

It is the name of many historical personages and others:

Kings of Portugal
List of Portuguese monarchs

This is a list of Portuguese monarchs dating from the independence of Portugal from the kingdom of Kingdom of Le?n in 1128 under Afonso Henriques, who proclaimed himself King in 1139, to the proclamation of the Portuguese Republic on October 5, 1910, during the reign of Manuel II of Portugal, "the Patriot," or "the Missed Kin...

  • Afonso I of Portugal
    Afonso I of Portugal

    Afonso I , or also Affonso , Alfonso or Alphonso or Alphonsus , sometimes rendered in English language as Alphonzo or Alphonse, depending on the Spanish or French influence, more commonly known as Afonso Henriques , nicknamed the Conqueror , was the first List of Portuguese monarchs, achieving its independen...
     - (1109-1185)
  • Afonso II of Portugal
    Afonso II of Portugal

    Afonso II , or Affonso , Alfonso or Alphonso or Alphonsus , nicknamed "the Fat" , third List of Portuguese monarchs, was born in Coimbra on April 23 1185 and died on March 25 1223 in the same city....
     - (1185-1223)
  • Afonso III of Portugal
    Afonso III of Portugal

    Afonso III , or Affonso , Alfonso or Alphonso or Alphonsus , the Bolognian or the Brave , the fifth List of Portuguese monarchs and the first to use the title King of Portugal and the Algarve, since 1249....
     - (1210-1279)
  • Afonso IV of Portugal
    Afonso IV of Portugal

    Afonso IV , called the Brave , was the seventh List of Portuguese monarchs from 1325 until his death. He was the only legitimate son of Dinis of Portugal by his wife Elizabeth of Aragon....
     - (1291-1357)
  • Afonso V of Portugal
    Afonso V of Portugal

    Afonso V , or Affonso , the African , was the 12th Algarve#History .He was born in Sintra, the eldest son of King Edward of Portugal by his wife, Infanta Leonor of Aragon ....
     - (1432-1481)
  • Afonso VI of Portugal
    Afonso VI of Portugal

    Afonso VI , or Affonso , was the twenty-second Kings of Portugal of Portugal and the Algarves, the second of the House of Braganza, known as "the Victorious" ....
     - (1656-1683)


Kings of Castile, León, Galicia or Asturias

  • Alfonso I of Asturias
    Alfonso I of Asturias

    Alfonso I , called the Catholic , was the King of Asturias from 739 to his death in 757....
     - (739-757)
  • Alfonso II of Asturias
    Alfonso II of Asturias

    Alfonso II , called the Chaste, was the king of Asturias from 791 to his death, the son of Fruela I of Asturias and the Basque people Munia....
     - (791-842)
  • Alfonso III of León
    Alfonso III of León

    Alfonso III , called the Great, was the king of Kingdom of Le?n, Kingdom of Galicia and Asturias from 866 until his death. He was the son and successor of Ordo?o I of Asturias....
     - (866-910)
  • Alfonso Froilaz of Galicia
    Alfonso Froilaz

    Alfonso Froilaz, called the Hunchback or, in Spanish language, el Jorobado, was the king of Galicia for a short time, from 925 to 926....
     - (925-926)
  • Alfonso IV of León
    Alfonso IV of León

    Alfonso IV , called the Monk, was Kingdom of Le?n from 925 and of Galicia from 929, until he abdication in 931.When Ordo?o II of Leon died in 924 it was not one of his sons who ascended to the throne of Le?n but rather his brother Fruela II of Leon....
     - (925-931)
  • Alfonso V of Castile - (999-1028)
  • Alfonso VI of Castile
    Alfonso VI of Castile

    Alfonso VI , nicknamed the Brave or the Valiant, was King of Le?n from 1065 to 1109 and King of Castile from 1072 following the death of his brother Sancho II of Castile....
     - (1065-1109)
  • Alfonso VII of Castile - (1126-1157)
  • Alfonso VIII of Castile
    Alfonso VIII of Castile

    Alfonso VIII , called the Noble or el de las Navas, was the King of Castile from 1158 to his death and Kingdom of Toledo. He is most remembered for his part in the Reconquista and the downfall of the Almohad Caliphate....
     - (1158-1214)
  • Alfonso IX of León
    Alfonso IX of Leon

    Alfonso IX of Leon and Galicia , , was cousin of Alfonso VIII of Castile and numbered next to him as being a junior member of the family, was the king of Le?n from the death of his father Ferdinand II of Le?n in 1188 until his own death....
     - (1171-1230)
  • Alfonso X of Castile
    Alfonso X of Castile

    Alfonso X was a Castilian monarch who ruled as the Kingdom of Castile, Kingdom of Le?n and Kingdom of Galicia from 1252 until his death. He also was elected List of German monarchs in 1257, though the Papacy prevented his confirmation....
     - (1252-1284)
  • Alfonso XI of Castile
    Alfonso XI of Castile

    Alfonso XI of Castile was the king of Crown of Castile and Kingdom of Le?n, the son of Ferdinand IV of Castile and his wife Constance of Portugal ....
     - (1312-1350)


Kings of Aragon

  • Alfonso I of Aragon - (1104-1134)
  • Alfonso II of Aragon
    Alfonso II of Aragon

    File:Alfonso II de Arag?n from Liber feudorum maior.jpgAlfonso II or Alfons I , called the Chaste or the Troubadour, was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1162 until his death....
     -- (1162-1196)
  • Alfonso III of Aragon
    Alfonso III of Aragon

    File:Alfonso III of Aragon.jpgAlfonso III , called the Liberal or the Free , was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1285....
     - (1285-1291)
  • Alfonso IV of Aragon
    Alfonso IV of Aragon

    Alfonso IV, called the Kind was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1327 to his death. He was the second son of James II of Aragon and Blanche of Anjou....
     - (1327-1336)
  • Alfonso V of Aragon
    Alfonso V of Aragon

    Alfonso the Magnanimous was the King of Aragon , King of Valencia , Kingdom of Majorca, Kingdom of Sardinia , and Kingdom of Sicily and Count of Barcelona from 1416 and King of Naples from 1442 until his death....
     - (1416-1458)


Kings of Spain

  • Alfonso XII of Spain
    Alfonso XII of Spain

    Alfonso XII was king of Spain, reigning from 1875 to 1885, after a coup d'?tat restored the monarchy and ended the ephemeral First Spanish Republic....
     - (1857-1885)
  • Alfonso XIII of Spain
    Alfonso XIII of Spain

    Alfonso XIII , List of Spanish monarchs, posthumous son of Alfonso XII of Spain, was proclaimed King at his birth. He reigned from 1886-1931. His mother, Maria Christina of Austria, was appointed regent during his minority....
     - (1886-1931)


Kings of Naples

  • Alfonso I of Naples
    Alfonso V of Aragon

    Alfonso the Magnanimous was the King of Aragon , King of Valencia , Kingdom of Majorca, Kingdom of Sardinia , and Kingdom of Sicily and Count of Barcelona from 1416 and King of Naples from 1442 until his death....
    , the same as Alfonso V of Aragon
  • Alfonso II of Naples
    Alfonso II of Naples

    Alfonso II of Naples , also called Alfonso II d'Aragon, though he was King of Naples only from January 25, 1494 to 1495—with the title King of Naples and King of Jerusalem—was a patron of Renaissance poets and builders during his long tenure as the heir to the throne of Naples, with the title duca di Calabria....
     - (1448–1495)


Kings of Sicily

  • Alfonso I of Sicily
    Alfonso V of Aragon

    Alfonso the Magnanimous was the King of Aragon , King of Valencia , Kingdom of Majorca, Kingdom of Sardinia , and Kingdom of Sicily and Count of Barcelona from 1416 and King of Naples from 1442 until his death....
    , the same as Alfonso V of Aragon


Manikongo
Manikongo

The Manikongo or MweneKongo was the title of the rulers of the Kingdom of Kongo, a kingdom that existed from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries and consisted of land in present-day Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo....
 (Kings of the Congo)

  • Afonso I of Kongo - (1505-1543)
  • Afonso II of Kongo
    Afonso II of Kongo

    Afonso II Mpemba a Nzinga was a ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo....
     - (1561)
  • Afonso III of Kongo
    Afonso III of Kongo

    Afonso III Mvemba a Nimi was a ruler of the kingdom of Kongo during its civil war period.King Afonso III first enters written record as the ruler of the Marquisate of Nkondo....
     - (1666-1667)


Other people


Afonso

  • Afonso de Santa Maria de Bragança
    Infante Afonso, Prince of Beira

    Dom Afonso de Bragan?a, Princes of Beira , is the royal Prince of Portugal as the elder son to Senhor Dom Duarte de Bragan?a, the current heir to the throne, and head of the House of Braganza....
    , 2nd claimant in line to the Portuguese throne.
  • Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza
    Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza

    File:DafonsoIbraganca.jpgAfonso I, Duke of Braganza was the eighth Count of Barcelos and the first Duke of Braganza. Historians believe he was born in Estremoz#Parishes, Alentejo, as a natural son of Portugal List of Portuguese monarchs John I of Portugal and In?s Peres Esteves ....
    , son of John I of Portugal.
  • Afonso, Crown Prince of Portugal
    Afonso, Crown Prince of Portugal

    The Infante Afonso, Prince of Portugal , was the heir to the throne of Portugal. He was born in Lisbon, Portugal, and died in a List of horse accidents on the banks of the river Tagus....
    , son of John II of Portugal.
  • Afonso de Albuquerque
    Afonso de Albuquerque

    Dom Afonso de Albuquerque was a Portugal fidalgo, or nobleman, a naval general officer whose military and administrative activities conquered and established the Portuguese empire in the Indian ocean....
    , a Portuguese naval officer.
  • Afonso, Duke of Porto, son of Louis I of Portugal.
  • Afonso, Lord of Portalegre, son of Afonso III of Portugal.
  • Afonso Alves
    Afonso Alves

    Afonso Alves Martins J?nior is aBrazilian professional association football who plays as a striker for Middlesbrough F.C.. He has also been cap by Brazil national football team....
    , Brazilian footballer
  • Alexandre Afonso da Silva
    Alexandre Afonso da Silva

    Alexandre Afonso da Silva known better as Alex is a Brazilian football midfielder. He currently plays for K.R.C. Genk.He signed a 3-year contract with Mar?lia Atl?tico Clube in July 2005, but on loan to Santos Futebol Clube until the end of 2005 season....
    , Brazilian footballer.
  • Andrey Nazário Afonso
    Andrey Nazário Afonso

    Andrey Naz?rio Afonso is a Brazilian people football Goalkeeper. He was born in Porto Alegre.He made his debut with Steaua on the 1st of March, 2007, in the quarter-final cup match against Otelul Galati, when Steaua won 8-7 on penalties....
    , Brazilian Football Goalkeeper.
  • Martim Afonso
    Araribóia

    Ararib?ia is the founder of the city of Niter?i, in Brazil. In Tupi, his name means "ferocious snake".He was the leader of the Temimin? tribe, which inhabited the territory of the present Esp?rito Santo state and came to Rio de Janeiro in 1564, with Est?cio de S?'s fleet....
    , formerly Araribóia, leader of the Temiminó tribe in Brazil in the 16th century.
  • Cardinal Afonso of Portugal, son of Manuel I of Portugal.
  • João Afonso de Aveiro, Portuguese explorer.
  • Jorge Afonso
    Jorge Afonso

    Jorge Afonso was an important Portugal Renaissance painter.Jorge Afonso was nominated royal painter in 1508 by Manuel I of Portugal and again in 1529 by John III of Portugal....
    , Portuguese Renaissance painter.
  • Mor Afonso
    Madragana

    Madragana Ben Aloandro, later Maior Afonso - was a famous algarvian mistress to king Afonso III of Portugal, in the 13th century, when he ended the Reconquista in Portugal by taking Faro in 1249....
    , Mozarab mistress to Afonso III of Portugal.
  • Nadir Afonso
    Nadir Afonso

    Nadir Afonso, Order of St. James of the Sword is a Geometric abstract art painter. Formally trained in architecture, which he practiced early in his career with Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer, Nadir Afonso later studied painting in Paris and became one of the pioneers in Kinetic art, working alongside Victor Vasarely, Fernand...
     (born 1920), Portuguese painter.
  • Paulo Afonso Evangelista Vieira
    Paulo Afonso Evangelista Vieira

    Paulo Afonso Evangelista Vieira, better known as Paulo Afonso, is a federal deputy and member of the Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement of Santa Catarina....
    , Brazilian politician.
  • Zeca Afonso
    Zeca Afonso

    Jos? Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, also known as Zeca Afonso or only Zeca was born in Aveiro, Portugal, son of Jos? Nepomuceno Afonso, a judge, and Maria das Dores....
    , Portuguese folk and political musician.


Alfonso

  • Alfonso I d'Este
    Alfonso I d'Este

    Alfonso d'Este was Duke of Ferrara during the time of the War of the League of Cambrai....
    , Duke of Ferrara during the time of the War of the League of Cambrai.
  • Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597.
  • Alfonso II, Count of Provence
    Alfonso II, Count of Provence

    Alfonso II was the second son of Alfonso II of Aragon and Sancha of Castile. His father transferred the Count of Provence from his uncle Sancho, Count of Provence to him in 1185....
    , second son of Alfonso II of Aragon.
  • Alfonso III d'Este
    Alfonso III d'Este

    Alfonso III d'Este was List of Dukes of Ferrara and of Modena from 1628 to 1629....
    , Duke of Modena and Reggio (1628-44).
  • Alfonso of Castile, Prince of Asturias
    Alfonso of Castile, Prince of Asturias

    Alfonso, Prince of Asturias was the figurehead of rebelling magnates against his brother Henry IV of Castile.Alfonso was the only surviving son of John II of Castile, by his second wife Queen Isabel de Portugal, Henry IV being the product of his first marriage....
    , figurehead of rebelling magnates against his brother King Henry IV of Castile.
  • Alfonso of Hauteville
    Alfonso of Hauteville

    Alfonso of Hauteville , second son of Roger II of Sicily and Elvira of Castile , was the prince of Capua from 1135 to his death.He was named after his maternal grandfather, Alfonso VI of Castile....
    , Prince of Capua.
  • Alfonso of Leon
    Alfonso of Molina

    Alfonso of Leon, Lord of Molina was the second son of King Alfonso IX of Leon and Berenguela of Castile, and a younger brother of King Ferdinand III of Castile....
    , Lord of Molina (1203-1272).
  • Alfonso Soriano
    Alfonso Soriano

    Alfonso Soriano is a professional Major League Baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs. He has previously played for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp , New York Yankees, Texas Rangers and Washington Nationals....
    , a current Major League Baseball
    Major League Baseball

    Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
     outfielder playing for the Chicago Cubs
    Chicago Cubs

    The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members and currently the two-time defending champions of the National League Central of Major League Baseball's National League....
  • Alfonso of Spain, Prince of Asturias
    Alfonso of Spain, Prince of Asturias

    Alfonso, Prince of Asturias Alfonso was the eldest child of the then-reigning king Alfonso XIII of Spain and his wife Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg....
    , heir-apparent of the throne of Spain 1907-31.
  • Bill "Fonzie" Alfonso
    Bill Alfonso

    William Matthew Alfonso better known as Bill Alfonso is a former professional wrestling Referee and Manager . He achieved his greatest success in Extreme Championship Wrestling in the mid to late 1990s....
    , former Wrestling referee & manager.
  • Elvira Alfonso
    Elvira of Castile (Sicilian queen)

    Elvira of Castile was a daughter of Alfonso VI of Castile by his fourth queen, Isabel .Elvira married Roger II of Sicily in 1117, but only infrequently saw him thereafter, for he was much preoccupied with rebellions on the Italian Peninsula and she stayed with her children in Palermo the capital....
    , Queen of Sicily.
  • Fadrique Alfonso of Castile
    Fadrique Alfonso of Castile

    Fadrique Alfonso of Castile, 1st Se?or de Haro , 25th Master of the Order of Santiago , was the fifth illegitimate child of Alfonso XI of Castile and Eleanor of Guzman....
    , fifth illegitimate child of Alfonso XI of Castile.
  • Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
    Giovanni Alfonso Borelli

    Giovanni Alfonso Borelli was a Renaissance Italy physiologist, physicist and mathematician. He contributed to the modern principle of scientific investigation by continuing Galileo Galilei custom of testing hypotheses against observation....
    , Italian physiologist and physicist.
  • Alfonso of Spain
    Infante Alfonso of Spain

    Infante Alfonso of Spain was the younger brother of King Juan Carlos of Spain....
    , younger brother of current reigning King Juan Carlos of Spain.
  • Alfonso, Duke of Calabria
    Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria

    Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria was one of two claimants to the title of the head of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from 1960 until his death in 1964....
    , claimant to the title of the head of House of Bourbon Two Sicilies.
  • Alfonso John Romero
    John Romero

    Alfonso John Romero is a game designer, game programmer, and video game developer in the video game industry. He is best known as a co-founder of id Software and was the lead designer for many of their personal computer games including Wolfenstein 3D, Doom , and Quake....
    , American video-game designer, programmer, and developer.
  • José Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez
    José Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez

    Monsignor. Doctor . Jos? Alfonso Belloso y S?nchez was the sixth Bishop and second Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador....
    , former Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador.
  • Juan Alfonso de Baena
    Juan Alfonso de Baena

    Juan Alfonso de Baena was a Castile troubadour. Born at Baena, he served as escribano escribiente at the court of John II of Castile. He was a Marrano....
    , Castilian troubadour.
  • Kristian Alfonso
    Kristian Alfonso

    Kristian-Joy Alfonso is an United States soap opera actor, and former figure skater and model. She is best known for her portrayal of Hope Williams Brady in Days of our Lives....
    , American soap opera actress.
  • Alfonso Pérez Muñoz, Spanish football (soccer) striker.
  • Miguel Alfonso Pérez Aracil
    Miguel Alfonso Pérez Aracil

    Miguel Alfonso P?rez Aracil, known as Miguel P?rez , is a Spain football midfielder for Levante UD. His brother Alex P?rez, also a footballer, currently plays for Albacete Balompi?....
    , Spanish football (soccer) midfielder.
  • Michael Alfonso
    Mike Awesome

    Michael Lee Alfonso better known by his ring name Mike Awesome, was an United States Professional wrestling best known in America for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, and in World Wrestling Entertainment and also in Japan for his work with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling under the name The Gladi...
    , or Mike Awesome, American wrestler.
  • Nicolás Salmerón y Alfonso
    Nicolás Salmerón y Alfonso

    Nicol?s Salmer?n Alonso , Spain statesman, was born at Alhama la Seca in the province of Almer?a.He was educated at Granada and became assistant professor of literature and philosophy at Madrid....
    , Spanish statesman.
  • Ozzie Alfonso
    Ozzie Alfonso

    Ozzie Alfonso was the Television director and one of three Senior Television producers of 3-2-1 Contact from season 2 to 8 when the series stopped production....
    , American TV director and producer.
  • Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Spanish playboy and businessman.
  • Alfonso, Count of Caserta
    Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta

    Prince Alfonso Maria Giuseppe Alberto of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta was the third son of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and Maria Theresa of Austria ....
    , Duke of Calabria and Head of the Royal House of the Two Sicilies.
  • Ricardo Alfonso Cerna
    Ricardo Alfonso Cerna

    Ricardo Alfonso Cerna was a Guatemalan immigrant to the United States who became famous for committing suicide with a gun while being videotaped in an interrogation room in the San Bernardino County, California Sheriff's office in Muscoy, San Bernardino, California, California in 2003....
    , famous suicider.
  • X-Alfonso
    X-Alfonso

    X-Alfonso is a Cuban hip hop music and afro-rock musician, who played with Audioslave in a concert in Havana on May 7, 2005 in "Tribuna Anti-imperialista"....
    , Cuban hip-hop and afro-rock musician.
  • Celestino Alfonso
    Celestino Alfonso

    C?lestino Alfonso was a Spanish civil war and volunteer in the French liberation army FTP-MOI in the group led by Missak Manouchian)....
    , Spanish republican and volunteer fighter in the French resistance during World War II.


Alphonse

  • Alphonse Capone, American gangster.


Ildefonso/Ildephonsus

  • Ildefonso Schuster, archibishop of Milan, Italy.
  • Danny Ildefonso
    Danny Ildefonso

    Danilo Ildefonso, is a Filipino professional basketball player for the San Miguel Beermen in the Philippine Basketball Association. Nicknamed Danny I and The Demolition Man, Ildefonso is a two-time PBA Most Valuable Player in 2000 and 2001....
    , Filipino basketball player.
  • Ildefons Cerdà
    Ildefons Cerdà

    Ildefons Cerd? i Sunyer or Ildefonso Cerd? Su?er was the progressive Spain urban planning who designed the 19th-century "extension" of Barcelona called Eixample or Ensanche ....
    , Catalan urban planner.
  • Ildefonso Lima
    Ildefonso Lima

    Ildefons Lima Sol? is an Andorran Football . As of 2006, he plays for U.S. Triestina Calcio and Andorra national football team.When he moved to Triestina, in the summer of 2005, he was unknown in Italy, but became famous in Trieste when he played a few matches as a forward, and not in his original position of central defender....
    , Andorran footballer.
  • Ildefonso Puigdendolas
    Ildefonso Puigdendolas

    Ildefonso Puigdendolas Ponce de Leon Born in Girona. He was a Spain military officer who served the Second Spanish Republic with a rank of Colonel during the Spanish Civil War....
    , Spanish military officer.
  • Ildefonso V. Vázquez, Governor of Nuevo León
    Governor of Nuevo León

    The Mexico Mexican state of Nuevo Le?n has been governed by more than a hundred individuals in its history, who have had various titles and degrees of responsibility depending on the prevailing political regime of the time....
    , Mexico, in 1915.
  • Ildephonsus of Toledo
    Ildephonsus of Toledo

    Saint Ildefonsus or Ildephonsus was the metropolitan bishop of Toledo from 657 until his death. He was a Visigoth and his Gothic language name was Hildefuns, which evolved into the Spanish language name Alfonso....
    , Saint and archbishop of Toledo in the 7th century.
  • Teofilo Yldefonso
    Teofilo Yldefonso

    Te?filo E. Yldefonso was a Philippines Swimming in the breaststroke. He is the first Filipino to win an Olympic medal, and the only Filipino to win multiple medals....
    , Filipino swimmer.
  • Konstanty Ildefons Galczynski
    Konstanty Ildefons Galczynski

    Konstanty Ildefons Galczynski was a Poland poet.Born in Warsaw, he moved to Moscow at an early age and upon returning to Poland studied classical and English language at the University of Warsaw, submitting a dissertation on a non-existent nineteenth-century English poet, Morris Gordon Cheats....
    , Polish writer and poet


Fictional characters

  • Alphonso MacKenzie
    Al MacKenzie

    Al MacKenzie is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe....
    , fictional character in the Marvel Universe
  • Alfie Atkins
    Alfie Atkins

    Alfie Atkins is a fictional character created by the author Gunilla Bergstr?m from Sweden in 1972 in literature. Alfie Atkins appears in books and animations....
    , known as Alfons Åberg in Swedish, character created by Gunilla Bergström from Sweden
  • Alfonzo Dominico Jones
    Alfonzo Dominico Jones

    Alfonzo Dominico Jones was the name of a dog owned by the unseen character "Bucket" in the Australian television series SeaChange, broadcast by Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1998-2000....
    , a dog in the Australian television series SeaChange
  • Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice, character in the comic strip Dick Tracy
  • Alphonse and Gaston, French duo in a comic strip created by Frederick Burr Opper
  • Alphonse Elric
    Alphonse Elric

    , is a fictional character in the Fullmetal Alchemist fictional universe created by Hiromu Arakawa and developed into a media franchise, consisting of a series of manga, anime, soundtracks, Original video animation, Film, video games, and even collectibles....
     from FullMetal Alchemist
    Fullmetal Alchemist

    Fullmetal Alchemist, known in Japan as , is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after European Industrial Revolution....
  • Alphonse Mephisto, fictional character in the animated television series South Park
  • Alfons Heiderich from Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
    Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa

    is a 2005 Japanese anime film directed by Seiji Mizushima and written by Sho Aikawa, and acts as a continuation of the Fullmetal Alchemist television series....
  • Alphonso Ali
    Minor characters in Bloom County

    The following are minor characters from Berke Breathed's comic strip Bloom County. Though significant enough to have appeared multiple times in the strip, they were not crucial to the strip's overall development, and disappeared without much explanation long before Breathed segued into his next comic, Outland ....
    , minor character in Bloom County
    Bloom County

    Bloom County was an American comic strip by Berkeley Breathed which ran from December 8, 1980 until August 6, 1989. It examined events in politics and culture through the lens of a fanciful small town in Middle America , where children have adult personalities and animals can talk....
  • Monsieur Alfonse
    Monsieur Alfonse

    Monsieur Alfonse is a fictional character in the BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo!, which ran from 1982 to 1992. He was played by the actor Kenneth Connor....
    , character in the BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo! played by the actor Kenneth Connor
  • Don Alfonso, character in Mozart's opera Così fan tutte
    Così fan tutte

    Cos? fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti K. 588, is an opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto was written by Lorenzo da Ponte....
  • The name of a number of pets and the Patlabor
    Patlabor

    Patlabor refers to , a manga franchise created by Headgear , a group consisting of director Mamoru Oshii, writer Kazunori Ito, mecha designer Yutaka Izubuchi, character designer Akemi Takada, and manga artist Masami Yuki....
     of Noa Izumi from the anime Patlabor
    Patlabor

    Patlabor refers to , a manga franchise created by Headgear , a group consisting of director Mamoru Oshii, writer Kazunori Ito, mecha designer Yutaka Izubuchi, character designer Akemi Takada, and manga artist Masami Yuki....
    .


Places

  • Afonso Cláudio
    Afonso Claudio

    Afonso Cl?udio is the name of a municipality and its capital in east central Esp?rito Santo, Brazil, founded in 1963. The town, at a height of 610m above sea level, has a population of approximately 9,957 and an area of 361.7 km?, and a population density of 27,53 inhabitants/km?....
    , a municipality in Brazil.
  • Alfonso Castaneda, Nueva Vizcaya
    Alfonso Castaneda, Nueva Vizcaya

    Alfonso Castaneda is a 5th class Philippine municipality in the Philippine province of Nueva Vizcaya province, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 4,808 people in 873 households....
    , a municipality in the Philippines.
  • Alfonso Lista, Ifugao
    Alfonso Lista, Ifugao

    Alfonso Lista is a 3rd class Philippine municipality in the Philippine province of Ifugao province, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 21,167 people in 4,275 households....
    , a municipality in the Philippines.
  • Alfonso, Cavite
    Alfonso, Cavite

    Alfonso is a 3rd class Philippine municipality in the Philippine province of Cavite province, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 47,973 people in an area of 70.0 square kilometers....
    , a municipality in the Philippines.
  • Alphonse Atoll
    Alphonse Atoll

    Alphonse Atoll is one of two atolls of the Alphonse Group, and located 87 km south of the Amirante Islands, and just three kilometers north of St....
    , in the Outer Islands of the Seychelles.
  • Alphonse Group
    Alphonse Group

    The Alphonse Group belong to the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, lying in the southwest of the island nation, 403 kilometres southwest the capital, Victoria, Seychelles, on Mah?, Seychelles Island....
    , a group of atolls in the Outer Islands of the Seychelles.
  • Alphonse Island
    Alphonse Island Seychelles

    Alphonse Island is the main, and also the most northernly, island of the Alphonse Atoll, in the Seychelles. The island is inhabted by workers of the new Alphonse Island Lodge....
    , in the Outer Islands of the Seychelles.
  • Cape San Ildefonso, a cape in the Philippines.
  • Ildefonso Islands
    Ildefonso Islands

    Islas Ildefonso are a group of islands in Chile. The islands belong to the Commune of Cabo de Hornos in Ant?rtica Chilena Province of Magallanes y Ant?rtica Chilena Region....
    , group of islands in Chile.
  • Paulo Afonso
    Paulo Afonso

    Paulo Afonso is a city in Bahia, Brazil. It is located at around . It was founded in 1958.The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paulo Afonso....
    , a city in Brazil.
  • Ribeira Afonso
    Ribeira Afonso

    Ribeira Afonso is a village in the eastern part of the island of S?o Tom? Island in S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe. It is named after a stream flowing nearby the village....
    , a village in São Tomé and Príncipe.
  • San Ildefonso Ixtahuacán
    San Ildefonso Ixtahuacán

    Ixtahuac?n is a municipality in the Guatemalan Departments of Guatemala of Huehuetenango Department. It is situated at 1580m above sea level. It contains 30,500 people....
    , a municipality in Guatemala.
  • San Ildefonso Peninsula
    San Ildefonso Peninsula

    San Ildefonso Peninsula is a peninsula in Central Luzon, central part of Luzon island, Philippines, at ....
    , a peninsula in the Philippines.
  • San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico
    San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico

    San Ildefonso Pueblo is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area....
    , a census-designated place in the USA.
  • San Ildefonso, Bulacan
    San Ildefonso, Bulacan

    San Ildefonso is a 1st class Philippine municipality in the Philippine province of Bulacan province, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 93,438 inhabitants....
    , a municipality in the Philippines.
  • San Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur
    San Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur

    San Ildefonso is a 5th class Philippine municipality in the Philippine province of Ilocos Sur province, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 5,584 people in 1,127 households....
    , a municipality in the Philippines.
  • San Ildefonso, San Vicente
    San Ildefonso, San Vicente

    San Ildefonso is a municipality in the San Vicente Department Departments of El Salvador of El Salvador....
    , a municipality in El Salvador.
  • San Ildefonso
    San Ildefonso

    San Ildefonso, or La Granja, or La Granja de San Ildefonso, is a town and municipality in the province of Segovia , Spain, situated 34 miles northwest of Madrid....
    , a town in Spain.
  • Santo Ildefonso, a parish in Portugal.
san ildefonso a town in new mexico, usa.

Airports

  • Afonso Pena International Airport
    Afonso Pena International Airport

    Afonso Pena International Airport is Curitiba's major airport, located 18km southeast from the downtown, in the city of S?o Jos? dos Pinhais. It is one of the most modern Brazilian terminals....
    , an airport in Brazil.
  • Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport
    Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport

    Alfonso Bonilla Arag?n International Airport also known as Palmaseca International Airport is an airport located in Palmira, Colombia, serving Cali and its suburbs....
    , also known as Palmaseca International Airport, an airport in Colombia,
  • St-Alphonse/Lac Cloutier Water Aerodrome
    St-Alphonse/Lac Cloutier Water Aerodrome

    Saint-Alphonse/Lac Cloutier Water Aerodrome, , is located on Lac Cloutier at Saint-Alphonse, Mont?r?gie, Quebec, Quebec, Canada....
    , airport in Canada.


Stadiums

  • Alfonso López Pumarejo Stadium
    Alfonso López Pumarejo Stadium

    The Alfonso L?pez Pumarejo Stadium is a soccer stadium of National University of Colombia located at University City of Bogot?. It is named after Alfonso L?pez Pumarejo....
    , football stadium in Colombia.
  • Coliseum Alfonso Pérez
    Coliseum Alfonso Pérez

    Estadio Coliseum Alfonso P?rez is a football stadium in Getafe, Spain. The stadium is the home ground of Getafe CF and is named after Alfonso P?rez....
    , football stadium in Spain.
  • Estadio Alfonso Chico Carrasquel
    Estadio Alfonso Chico Carrasquel

    Estadio Alfonso Chico Carrasquel is a multi-use stadium in Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela. It is currently used mostly for baseball games and serves as the home of Caribes de Anzo?tegui....
    , multi-use stadium in Venezuela.
  • Estadio Alfonso Lastras
    Estadio Alfonso Lastras

    Estadio Alfonso Lastras is a multi-use unfinished stadium in San Luis Potos?, Mexico. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and also music concerts, it is the home stadium of San Luis F.C., now called San Luis Futbol Club....
    , multi-use unfinished stadium in Mexico.
  • Estadio Alfonso Lopez
    Estadio Alfonso Lopez

    Estadio Alfonso Lopez is a multi-use stadium in Bucaramanga, Colombia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people, and is the home of Atl?tico Bucaramanga....
    , multi-use stadium in Colombia.
  • Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
    Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

    Est?dio D. Afonso Henriques is a football stadium in Guimar?es, Portugal. It was expanded and refurbished for the Euro 2004 competition, and it seats 30,146 people....
    , a football stadium in Portugal.
  • Estadio Luis Alfonso Giagni
    Estadio Luis Alfonso Giagni

    Estadio Luis Alfonso Giagni is a multi-use stadium in Asunci?n, Paraguay. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Club Sol de Am?rica. The stadium holds 5,000 people....
    , multi-use stadium in Paraguay.
  • Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat
    Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat

    Stade Alphonse Massamba Debat in Brazzaville is the national stadium of the Republic of the Congo. It is used for football matches and hosts the home games of CARA Brazzaville and Etoile du Congo. It holds 27,000 people....
    , national stadium of the Republic of the Congo.
  • Stade Alphonse Theis
    Stade Alphonse Theis

    Stade Alphonse Theis is a football stadium in Hesperange, in southern Luxembourg. It is currently the home stadium of FC Swift Hesperange. The stadium has a capacity of 3,058....
    , a football stadium in Luxembourg.


Other

  • Ildefonso Altar (Der Altar des hl. Ildefonso), a painting by Peter Paul Rubens
    Peter Paul Rubens

    Peter Paul Rubens was a prolific seventeenth-century Flemish Baroque painter, and a proponent of an exuberant Baroque style that emphasized movement, color, and sensuality....
    .
  • Alfonso und Estrella
    Alfonso und Estrella

    Alfonso und Estrella is an opera with music by Franz Schubert, set to a German language libretto by Franz von Schober, written in 1822. Along with the later Fierrabras , composed in 1823, it marks Schubert's attempt to compose grand Romantic opera in German, departing from the Singspiel tradition....
    , an opera by Franz Schubert.
  • Alphonso
    Alphonso (mango)

    Alphonso is a Mango cultivar that is considered by many to be one of the best in terms of sweetness and flavor although it does have a short shelf life....
    , a mango
    Mango

    Mangoes belong to the genus Mangifera, consisting of numerous species of tropical fruiting trees in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae....
     found in India
    India

    India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
    .
  • Alphonso Psalter, a devotional Psalter
    Psalter

    A Psalter is a volume containing the Book of Psalms and which often contains other devotional material. Various schemes for the arrangement of the Psalms are described in Latin Psalters....
    .
  • Convent of St. Ildefonso, a book by Regina Marie Roche.
  • HMS Ildefonso, a British Royal Navy
    Royal Navy

    The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
     ship.
  • Palacio Real de la Granja de San Ildefonso
    La Granja (palace)

    The Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso is a residence of the King of Spain. The palace is in the town of San Ildefonso , eighty km north of Madrid; it is the site of the baroque palace set in gardens in the French manner and sculptural fountains, that was built for Philip V of Spain....
    , a palace in the Spanish province of Segovia.
  • Alphonso, a book by Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de St-Albin, comtesse de Genlis
    Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de St-Albin, comtesse de Genlis

    Madame de Genlis, full name St?phanie F?licit? Ducrest de St-Aubin, comtesse de Genlis, or Madame Br?lart, was a French people writer and educator....
    .

Treaty of San Ildefonso

  • First Treaty of San Ildefonso
    First Treaty of San Ildefonso

    The First Treaty of San Ildefonso was signed on October 1, 1777 between the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese Empire, shortly after the crowning of Mary I of Portugal and dismissal of Sebasti?o de Melo, Marquis of Pombal as de facto ruler of Portugal....
     of 1777 between Spain and Portugal.
  • Second Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1796 between Spain and France, allying the two nations.
  • Third Treaty of San Ildefonso
    Third Treaty of San Ildefonso

    The Third Treaty of San Ildefonso was a secretly negotiated treaty between France and Spain in which Spain returned the colonial territory of Louisiana to France....
     of 1800 between Spain and France, by which Spain returned Louisiana to France.


See also

  • San Ildefonso (disambiguation)
    San Ildefonso (disambiguation)

    San Ildefonso , or just Ildefonso, is a masculine name, originally from the Gothic language. The original meaning of the name is uncertain. It could be derived from adal "noble" and funs "ready" or from the name Hildefuns, which is preserved in the Spanish language and Portuguese language Ildefonso and means "battle ready...