João Afonso de Albuquerque, O.F.M. was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Goa (1537–1553). João de Albuquerque was ordained a priest...

led to a temporary retreat by the Portuguese from Indian waters. Afonso de Albuquerque arrived at Cannanore at the close of 1508 and immediately made known...

Armada led by Afonso de Albuquerque off the Cape of Good Hope. The latter left Lisbon about six months after João da Nova’s return so Albuquerque and his captains...

that Sultan Mahmud Shah was planning his assassination. This gave Afonso de Albuquerque the opportunity to embark upon his expedition of conquests. Sequeira...

João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, 1st Viscount of Almeida Garrett (Portuguese pronunciation: [alˈmɐjðɐ ɣɐˈʁɛtɨ]; 4 February 1799 – 9 December...

1492. Afonso de Albuquerque, the prominent second governor of the Portuguese Estado da Índia, was his first cousin. His father, Dom Álvaro de Ataíde...

Pedro Mascarenhas, Lopo Vaz de Sampaio, Nuno da Cunha, Estêvão da Gama, Martim Afonso de Sousa, João de Castro and Henrique de Meneses. Overseas, the Empire...

puridade) under Afonso V (1438–1481). He led several embassies to the Kingdom of Castile. Duarte had an older brother, João Galvão, who was the bishop of Coimbra...

1st Count of Atouguia, the famous governor of Portuguese India, Afonso de Albuquerque, stood out. Another grandson who played an important role in the...

Portugal in September 1503. The expedition of 1503 was the first time Afonso de Albuquerque sailed to India, as its commander. Its activities were limited to...

navigators, including Pedro Álvares Cabral (who discovered Brazil), Afonso de Albuquerque (who established Portuguese hegemony in the Indian Ocean), among...

his father João Soares de Albergaria, who had died in 1499. João Soares de Sousa was born in Vila do Porto in 1493, the son of João Soares de Albergaria...

such as Vasco da Gama, Pedro Álvares Cabral, Dom Francisco de Almeida and Afonso de Albuquerque, while the actions of some commanders like the defense of...

navigator João da Nova discovers Ascension Island. It is definitely sighted and named on May 20, 1503 (Feast of the Ascension) by Afonso de Albuquerque. April...

chapel was deeded to the Society of Jesus in 1548 by the Bishop of Goa, João Afonso de Albuquerque, with the title deeds received by St. Francis Xavier....

Portugal. These successful exploits prodded the King to send him and Afonso de Paiva to undertake a mission of exploration in the Near East and the adjoining...

Indian coast from Diu down to Cape Comorin. Afonso de Albuquerque was Captain-General of the latter. Jorge de Aguiar was made Captain-General of the former...

kept his daughter Constanza hostage – until Bishop John del Campo of Oviedo mediated a peace in 1329. Afonso, now enraged by the infidelity and mistreatment...

Calicut at Cochin in 1504 and Gujarat and its allies at Diu in 1509. Afonso de Albuquerque conquered Malacca—central to Southeast Asian trade—in 1511. Learning...

region. Estêvão da Gama married Isabel Sodré, a daughter of João Sodré (also known as João de Resende), scion of a well-connected family of English descent...

Duarte de Lemos were sent to the area between the Cape of Good Hope and Gujarat. However, such posts were centralized by Afonso de Albuquerque after his...

D. Joao de Meneses, 1st Count of Tarouca João Coelho 1527-1555 - Infante Louis, Duke of Beja (second son of King Manuel I of Portugal) D. João de Menezes...

the rebels were raided by the police. On July 26, 1930, João Pessoa was assassinated by João Duarte Dantas in a confectionery shop in Recife, an episode...

(Colombia, 1536–1539) Afonso de Albuquerque Jerónimo de Azevedo Phillippe de Oliveira Constantino of Braganza André Furtado de Mendonça João de Castro Duarte...

Inquirições (Inventory/Enquiries) of King Afonso (during the 13th century) there was reference to the Castro de Lameco, referred to as a medieval fortification...

São Tomé and Príncipe King Afonso V (1432–1481) known by the sobriquet the African, a King of Portugal. André de Albuquerque Ribafria (1621–1659), a Portuguese...

more ships arrived from Europe with more men under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque, who had been separated from Francisco and Saldanha en route to...

writer João de Barros [pt] and his wife, Raquel Teixeira de Queirós; and the paternal granddaughter of the first viscount of Marinha Grande Afonso Ernesto...

1503–1504: Afonso de Albuquerque establishes the first Portuguese fort in Kochi, India, during the fifth Portuguese India Armada. 1505: Francisco de Almeida...

on the Kingdom of Cochin. In 1505, Portuguese forces under Dom Afonso de Albuquerque successfully defended the Cochin monarch. Grateful for their support...