# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/afonso-i-of-kongo
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:41:17.016Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/afonso-i-of-kongo"
name: "Afonso I of Kongo"
slug: "afonso-i-of-kongo"
description: "Mvemba a Nzinga, Nzinga Mbemba, Funsu Nzinga Mvemba or Dom Afonso, also known as King Afonso I, was the sixth ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo from the Lukeni kanda dynasty and ruled in the first half of the 16th century. He reigned over the Kongo Empire from 1509 to late 1542 or 1543."
tagline: "Ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo from 1509 to 1542/43"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Manikongo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1456"
deathDate: "1543"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.84105066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A7%86%E6%9C%AC%E5%B7%B4%C2%B7%E6%81%A9%E6%B4%A5%E5%8A%A0"
    title: "姆本巴·恩津加"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_I_del_Congu"
    title: "Afonso I del Congu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%83_I_(%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0)"
    title: "Афонсу I (кароль Конга)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_Ia%C3%B1_Kongo"
    title: "Afonso Iañ Kongo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfons_I_del_Congo"
    title: "Alfons I del Congo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_I."
    title: "Afonso I."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_I_of_Kongo"
    title: "Afonso I of Kongo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_I_del_Congo"
    title: "Afonso I del Congo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_I"
    title: "Afonso I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Ier_(manikongo)"
    title: "Alphonse Ier (manikongo)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_I_na_Kongo"
    title: "Afonso I na Kongo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_I_dari_Kongo"
    title: "Afonso I dari Kongo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_I_del_Congo"
    title: "Afonso I del Congo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD1%E4%B8%96_(%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B4%E7%8E%8B)"
    title: "アフォンソ1世 (コンゴ王)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%ED%8F%B0%EC%88%98_1%EC%84%B8_(%EC%BD%A9%EA%B3%A0)"
    title: "아폰수 1세 (콩고)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mvemba_Nzinga"
    title: "Mvemba Nzinga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_I_van_Kongo"
    title: "Afonso I van Kongo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affonso_I_av_Kongo"
    title: "Affonso I av Kongo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfons_I_(w%C5%82adca_Konga)"
    title: "Alfons I (władca Konga)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_I_do_Congo"
    title: "Afonso I do Congo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%83_I_(%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE)"
    title: "Афонсу I (король Конго)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_Mvemba_Nzinga"
    title: "Afonso Mvemba Nzinga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_I"
    title: "Afonso I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%83_I_(%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE)"
    title: "Афонсу I (маніконго)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q383455"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump