Editing Alphons

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| name = Alphons
| image =File:Alfonso II por Víctor Hevia 1.JPG 
| caption =[[Alfonso II of Asturias]] 
| pronunciation = 
| gender = Male
| meaning = "Noble brave"
| region = 
| origin = [[Germanic languages]]
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{{wiktionary|Alphons|Alfonso}}

'''Alphons''' (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century ([[Alfonso I of Asturias]], r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the [[Visigothic Kingdom]] in the [[Iberian Peninsula]]. In the later medieval period it became a standard name in the [[Monarchy of Spain|Hispanic]] and [[kingdom of Portugal|Portuguese]] royal families.<ref>{{cite EB9 |wstitle = Alphonso |volume= I  | pages=615-619 |short=1}}</ref>

It is derived from a [[Gothic name]], or a conflation of several Gothic names; from ''*Aþalfuns'', composed of the elements ''[[aþal]]'' "noble" and ''funs'' "eager, brave, ready", and perhaps influenced by names such as ''*Alafuns'', ''*Adefuns'' and ''*[[Ildefonsus|Hildefuns]]''.
It is recorded as ''Adefonsus'' in the 9th and 10th century,<ref>In the genitive, ''Adefonsi''.</ref> and as ''Adelfonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'' in the 10th to 11th. The reduced form ''Alfonso'' is recorded in the late 9th century, and the Portuguese form ''Afonso'' from the early 11th<ref>José Pedro Machado, ''Dicionário Onomástico Etimológico da Língua Portuguesa''</ref><ref>E. Förstemann, ''Altdeutsches Namenbuch'' (1856:133, 145).</ref> and ''Anfós'' in Catalan from the 12th century until the 15th.<ref>''Diccionari d'Història de Catalunya''; 62nd ed.; Barcelona; 1998; {{ISBN|84-297-3521-6}}; p. 25.</ref> 
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Variants of the name include: ''[[Alonso]]'' (Spanish), ''Alfonso'' (Spanish and Italian), ''Alfons'' (Dutch, German, Catalan, Polish, Croatian and Scandinavian), ''[[Afonso]]'' ([[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] and [[Galician language|Galician]]),  ''[[Alphonse (given name)|Alphonse]]'', ''Alfonse'' (French and English), etc.

==Middle Ages==

===Iberian royal families===
;Asturias/Leon/Castile/Spain
*[[Alfonso I of Asturias]] (739–757)
*[[Alfonso II of Asturias]] (791–842)
*[[Alfonso III of León]] (866–910)
*[[Alfonso Fróilaz]] (925–926)
*[[Alfonso IV of León]] (925–931)
*[[Alfonso V of León]] (999–1028)
*[[Alfonso VI of León]] (1065–1109)
*[[Alfonso VII of León]] (1126–1157)
*[[Alfonso VIII of Castile]] (1158–1214)
*[[Alfonso IX of León]] (1188–1230)
*[[Alfonso X of Castile]] (1252–1284)
*[[Alfonso XI of Castile]] (1312–1350)
;Aragon & Naples
*[[Alfonso I of Aragon]] (1104–1134), known as ''el Batallador'' (The Battler)
*[[Alfonso II of Aragon]] (1162–1196)
*[[Alfonso III of Aragon]] (1285–1291)
*[[Alfonso IV of Aragon]] (1327–1336)
*[[Alfonso V of Aragon]] (1416–1458), also king of Naples and Sicily
*[[Alfonso II of Naples]] (1448–1495)

===Other===
*[[Alfonso Jordan]] (1103–1148) 
*[[Alphonse, Count of Poitiers]] (1220–1271)
*[[Alfonso of Valladolid]] (c. 1270 – c. 1347), Jewish convert to Christianity, philosopher, and mathematician
*[[Alphonso, Earl of Chester]] (1273–1284), first son of Edward I of England, named after his godfather Alfonso X of Castile; died in childhood
*[[Juan Alfonso de Baena]] (c. 1375 – c. 1434), Castilian troubadour

==Early modern period==
*[[Alphonse Daudet]], French novelist and historian
*[[Alfonso I d'Este]], Duke of Ferrara
*[[Alphonse de Tonty]], Baron de Paludy (c. 1659 – 1727)
*[[Alfonso II d'Este]], Duke of Ferrara
*[[Alfonso II, Count of Provence]], second son of Alfonso II of Aragon
*[[Alfonso III d'Este]], Duke of Modena and Reggio
*[[Alfonso of Castile, Prince of Asturias]], figurehead of rebelling magnates against his brother King Henry IV of Castile
*[[Alfonso of Hauteville]], Prince of Capua
*[[Alphonsus Liguori]], Roman Catholic theologian (1696–1787)
*[[Joseph-Alphonse Esménard]] (1770–1811)

==Modern period==

===Iberian/Sicilian nobility===
*[[Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta]] (1841–1934), duke of Calabria and head of the royal house of the Two Sicilies
*[[Alfonso XII of Spain]] (1857–1885) (ordinal numbering continues from the kings of Castile)
*[[Alfonso XIII]] of Spain (1886–1931)
*[[Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria]], claimant to the title of the head of House of Bourbon Two Sicilies
*[[Alfonso of Spain, Prince of Asturias]], heir-apparent of the throne of Spain
*[[Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg]] (1924–2003), Spanish playboy and businessman
*[[Infante Alfonso of Spain]], younger brother of King Juan Carlos of Spain
*[[Fadrique Alfonso of Castile]], fifth illegitimate child of Alfonso XI of Castile

===Alfons===
*[[Alfons Almi]] (1904–1991), Finnish opera singer and administrator
*[[Alfons van Blaaderen]] (born 1963), Dutch physicist
*[[Alfons Geleyns]] (1887–1914), Belgian private
*[[Alfons Goppel]] (1905–1991), German politician
*[[Alfons Gorbach]] (1898–1972), Austrian politician
*[[Alfons Jēgers]] (1919–1999), Latvian football and hockey player
*[[Alfons Karpiński]] (1875–1961), Polish painter
*[[Alfons Rebane]] (1908–1976), Estonian military commander
*[[Alfons Rissberger]] (born 1948), German author

===Alphonse===
*[[Alphonse Gabriel Capone]] (1899–1947), Chicago gangster
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===Alfonso===
*[[Alfonso Cuarón]], Mexican cinematographer
*[[Alfonso Calderon (activist)]], Spanish-born gun control activist 
*[[Alfonso Calderón (poet)]], Chilean poet and writer
*[[Alfonso Soriano]], American baseball player
*[[Alfonso Lizarazo]], Colombian host and politician
*[[Alfonso Mejia-Arias]], Mexican musician, writer, social activist and politician
*[[Alfonso Ribeiro]], Caribbean-American actor and game show host
*[[Alfonso John Romero]], American video-game designer
*[[Alfonso Pérez]], Spanish football player
*[[Alfonso Oiterong]], Palauan politician, vice president
*[[Alicia Alfonso]] (born 1963), Uruguayan actress
*[[Giovanni Alfonso Borelli]], Italian physiologist and physicist
*[[José Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez]] (1873–1938), Salvadorean archbishop
*[[Miguel Alfonso Pérez Aracil]], Spanish football player

===Alfonse===
*[[Alfonse D'Amato]] (born 1937), American politician from New York
*[[Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin]] (1761–1849), Swiss-American politician
*[[Alphonse Mucha]] (1860–1939), Czech artist

===Alphonso===
*[[Alphonso Davies]], Canadian soccer player born in Ghana, who grew up in Edmonton

==As a surname==
{{See also|Alphonse (surname)}}
''Alphonse'', ''Alphonso'', ''Alfonso'' is occasionally seen as a surname derived from the given name, the latter descending from [[Asturias]] and [[Cantabria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.surnames.org/apellidos/alfonso.htm|title=Heraldica del apellido Alfonso}}</ref>
*[[Celestino Alfonso]] (1916–1944), Spanish republican and volunteer fighter in the French resistance during World War II
*[[Roland Alphonso]] (1931&ndash;1998), Jamaican saxophonist
*[[Kristian Alfonso]] (born 1963), Puerto Rican American soap opera actress
*[[Michael Lee Alfonso]] (1965–2007), ring name "Mike Awesome", American professional wrestler
*Equis Alfonso, known as [[X-Alfonso]], Cuban hip-hop and afro-rock musician
*[[Ozzie Alfonso]], Cuban-American TV director and producer
*[[Sadda Vidda Rajapakse Palanga Pathira Ambakumarage Ranjan Leo Sylvester Alphonsu]], Sri Lankan Sinhala politician, actor, singer, writer

==Pseudonym==
*[[Bill Alfonso]], ring name of William Matthew Sierra, former professional wrestling referee & manager

==Stage name==
*''Alfons'', the stage name of [[Emmanuel Peterfalvi]], a French comedian

==Fictional characters==
*Alphonso, protagonist in ''[[Alfonso und Estrella]]'', an opera by Franz Schubert
*''Don Alfonso'', character in Mozart's opera ''[[Così fan tutte]]''
*[[Alphonso MacKenzie]], fictional character in the Marvel Universe
*[[Alfie Atkins]], known as ''Alfons Åberg'' in Swedish, character created by Gunilla Bergström from Sweden
*[[Alfonzo Dominico Jones]], 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]] from ''Fullmetal Alchemist''
*Alfons Heiderich from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa]]''
*[[Alphonse Mephisto]], fictional character in the animated television series ''South Park''
*[[Minor characters in Bloom County#Alphonso Ali|Alphonso Ali]], minor character in ''Bloom County''
*[[Monsieur Alfonse]], character in the BBC sitcom ''Allo 'Allo!'' played by the actor Kenneth Connor
*The name of a number of pets and the Patlabor of [[Noa Izumi]] from the anime ''Patlabor''
*Oren Pierre Alfonso from ''[[Kamen Rider Gaim]]''
* Alfonso "French" Sosa, a main character from ''[[The OA]]''

==See also==
*[[Afonso]]
*[[Ildefonso (disambiguation)]]

==References==
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