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    Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira, OCarm (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈnunu ˈalvɐɾɨʃ pɨˈɾɐjɾɐ]; 24 June 1360 – 1 November 1431) was a very successful Portuguese...
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    Nuno Caetano Álvares Pereira de Melo (1741–1771) D. Miguel Caetano Álvares Pereira de Melo (1765–1808) D. Nuno Caetano Álvares Pereira de Melo (1799–1837)...
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  • Nuno Álvares Pereira was the 5th Governor of Portuguese Ceylon. de Meneses was appointed in 1616 under Philip II of Portugal, he was Governor until 1618...
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    Castilian army on April 6, 1384, in the Battle of Atoleiros. General Nuno Álvares Pereira won the battle for the Aviz party, but victory was not decisive....
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  • (1425–1509), Portuguese nobleman Nuno Álvares Pereira (governor), Portuguese colonial governor Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, 1st Duke of Cadaval (1638–1725)...
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    Portugal). He was the older brother of the Constable of Portugal, Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira. He became an ally of Dona Leonor Teles, and during the Portuguese...
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    1385. Forces commanded by King John I of Portugal and his general Nuno Álvares Pereira, with the support of English allies, opposed the army of King John...
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    Beatriz Pereira de Alvim (1380–1414) was a Portuguese noblewoman, the only child of Nuno Álvares Pereira and his wife Leonor de Alvim. On 8 November 1401...
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    nobleman and statesman. Dom Jaime Álvares Pereira de Melo, 3rd Duke of Cadaval, was the third son of Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, 1st Duke of Cadaval...
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    Jaime Álvares Pereira de Melo (1684–1749), 6th Count of Tentúgal, 5th Marquis of Ferreira and 3rd Duke of Cadaval; Nuno Caetano Álvares Pereira de Melo...
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    personality Neola Pereira (born 2000), Indian environmentalist Nuno Álvares Pereira (1360–1431), canonized Portuguese medieval general Sam Pereira (born 1950)...
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  • Álvares Fagundes (active in 1521), Portuguese explorer Jorge Álvares (died 1521), Portuguese explorer Mara Alvares (born 1948), Brazilian artist Nuno...
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    Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, 1st Duke of Cadaval, 4th Marquis of Ferreira, 5th Count of Tentúgal (4 November 1638 – 29 January 1725), was a Portuguese...
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  • King John I of Portugal, and of his wife, Beatriz Pereira Alvim, the only daughter of Nuno Álvares Pereira and Leonor de Alvim. Through a formal document...
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  • canonised Nuno I Álvares Pereira de Melo (1638–1725), 1st Duke of Cadaval Nuno II Álvares Pereira de Melo (1741–1771), 4th Duke of Cadaval Nuno III Álvares Pereira...
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    the project to the Constable of Portugal, the renowned general Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira, who approved it in earnest. Finally, the King disclosed the project...
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  • to report to Braga, Nuno Álvares Pereira was still there as a proxy for the noblemen of the Kingdom. It was during that stay D. Nuno that he received information...
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    and Chancellor-Major of the Realm of Portugal. Their grandson, D. Nuno Álvares Pereira Colón y Portugal, Duke of Veragua and Admiral of the Indies became...
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  • in 2011 was 3,052, in an area of 71.59 km2. The Portuguese hero Nuno Álvares Pereira was born in Cernache do Bonjardim on 24 June 1360. The parish includes...
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    façade, facing the large square with its equestrian statue of general Nuno Álvares Pereira, is divided in three by buttresses and huge pilasters: the Founder's...
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  • Alentejo. It was the first major battle of the 1383–1385 Crisis. Nuno Álvares Pereira had been chosen to protect the frontier in this area, amid fear that...
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  • (1285-?). Their son, Álvaro Gonçalves Pereira (c. 1310 - c. 1379), was the father of Constable Nuno Álvares Pereira, an ancestor of the House of Braganza...
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  • victory in the Battle of Aljubarrota, the Constable of Portugal Nuno Álvares Pereira had decided to take the offensive and invade Castile. The Portuguese...
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    was only after the death of the 6th Count, when it was granted to Nuno Álvares Pereira, that the title became hereditary. The 8th Count of Barcelos was...
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    the municipality is divided into 10 civil parishes (freguesias): Nuno Álvares Pereira (born 1360 in Cernache de Bonjardim - 1431) a Portuguese general...
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    Castilian crisis, including John I of Portugal, Edward of Portugal, Nuno Álvares Pereira, and Dr. João das Regras. He saw the reign of three monarchs: John...
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    Afonso had married the daughter of the late beatified constable Nuno Álvares Pereira, and believed their son, Afonso of Ourem, had superior rights to...
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  • instance, Álvares was the son of Álvaro and Gonçalves was the son of Gonçalo (it was the case of Nuno Álvares Pereira, son of Álvaro and Gonçalves Pereira, son...
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  • Nuño Álvarez may refer to: Nuño Álvarez de Carazo (fl. 1028–54), Castilian diplomat Nuno Álvares Pereira (1360–1431), Portuguese general This disambiguation...
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    six cenotaphs, namely to Luís de Camões, Pedro Álvares Cabral, Afonso de Albuquerque, Nuno Álvares Pereira, Vasco da Gama and Henry the Navigator. The Basilica...
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