Alphonse of Portugal (????-1207⁽¹⁾)

Master of the Order (of the Knights of St John) from 1192 to 1204.

He purportedly came from the royal Portuguese family.
His zeal to reform the indulgence the administration of the Order, the lives and the customs of the knights slipped into, and the harshness he used to reach his goal, attracted his opponents and ennemies to such an extent that he was forced to resign in 1204. He retired to homeland, where he purporteldy died a long time after, during civil wars occuring there.

Previous master : Hermengard d'Asp - Next master : Geoffrey le Rath

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