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    Euclides da Cunha (Portuguese: [ewˈklidʒiʒ ˈkũɲɐ], January 20, 1866 – August 15, 1909) was a Brazilian journalist, sociologist and engineer. His most...
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    Nuno da Cunha (c. 1487 – 5 March 1539) was a Portuguese admiral who was governor of Portuguese possessions in India from 1529 to 1538. He was the governor...
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    Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha GCIH, OMC (9 February 1909 – 5 August 1955), known professionally as Carmen Miranda (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaʁmẽj...
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    Cardinal-Patriarchs are interred in the Pantheon: D. Carlos da Cunha e Meneses (1759–1825) D. Patrício da Silva (1756–1840) D. Francisco de São Luís Saraiva...
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  • Menezes (redirect from Meneses)
    Valladolid and southeast of Palencia. The ancestor of the Meneses lineage was Tello Pérez de Meneses. The family wealth and power grew remarkably in the 13th...
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  • da Fonseca, President of the Governing council (1873–1874) José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses, Governor General (1874–1877) Francisco Maria da Cunha,...
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    half of the 18th century." Luís Carlos Inácio Xavier de Meneses was born on 4 November 1689, to Francisco Xavier de Meneses, 4th Count of Ericeira, and D...
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    (Columbia University Press, 1991), 238. Miranda, Salvador. "COSTA, Jorge da (1406-1508)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International...
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  • José Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses (19 May 1814 – 10 December 1879) was a Portuguese colonial administrator. He was born on 19 May 1814 in Mancelos in...
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    César e Meneses was born in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, on 13 November 1851, the son of D. António Maria José de Melo da Silva César e Meneses, the...
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    Sousa Albuquerque Nussane.[citation needed] "D. Henrique de Meneses, 7.º conde da Ericeira e 3.º marquês de Louriçal - Portugal, Dicionário Histórico"....
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    2014. Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses (2016). Salazar. A Political Biography. New York: Enigma Books, p. 31. Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses (2016). Salazar. A Political...
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    Vasco da Gama (/ˌvæsku ˈɡɑːmə, -ɡæmə/ VAS-koo GA(H)M-ə; European Portuguese: [ˈvaʃku ðɐ ˈɣɐmɐ]; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer...
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    D. José de Meneses e Távora Rappach da Silveira e Castro, 2nd Marquis of Valada ComC ComSE (13 February 1826 – 15 October 1895) was a Portuguese nobleman...
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    Teles de Meneses, formerly the wife of the nobleman João Lourenço da Cunha, Lord of Pombeiro, and daughter of Martim Afonso Telo de Meneses, by whom he...
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    Diogo José Vito de Meneses Noronha Coutinho, 5th Marquis of Marialva, 7th Count of Cantanhede. Luísa, married Manuel Carlos da Cunha e Távora, 6th Count...
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    Captain João da Nova, who had encountered difficulties on his return from India; da Nova and his ship, the Flor de la mar, joined da Cunha's fleet. From...
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    his paternal grandfather Estêvão da Gama, Estêvão was the second son of Vasco da Gama, and the brother of Cristóvão da Gama. He commanded the fleet that...
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    Maria Rita's stepfather, Jorge de Meneses, attempted to stop John's actions for Maria Rita, but the King had de Meneses exiled to Spain and then to England...
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    strengthened by the arrival of Tristão da Cunha's squadron. Afonso de Albuquerque's squadron had, however, split from that of Cunha off east Africa and was independently...
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  • Cruz (1872–1917), physician, epidemiologist Euclides da Cunha (1866–1909), sociologist Luís da Câmara Cascudo (Câmara Cascudo) (1898–1986) folklorist...
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    Arquimagistério Solar – Luis Carlos de Morais Junior – Editora Quártica Premium, Rio de Janeiro/RJ allmusic Biography "Os 100 Maiores Artistas da Música Brasileira...
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    Marcus Vinícius da Cruz e Mello Moraes (19 October 1913 – 9 July 1980), better known as Vinícius de Moraes (Brazilian Portuguese: [viˈnisjuʒ dʒi moˈɾajʃ])...
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    Dom Duarte de Menezes (sometimes de Meneses)(before 1488 – after 1539) was a 16th-century Portuguese nobleman and colonial administrator, Governor of...
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  • Faria e Meneses (Lisbon, Pena, 29 November 1808 – ?), Moço-Fidalgo of the Royal Household (Alvará of 17 October 1826), etc., son of Dr. José António da Silva...
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    conquista do Ceará". MultiRio. Retrieved 2023-11-10. Cunha, George Henrique (2020). "O ALGODÃO NA ECONOMIA DA PROVÍNCIA DO CEARÁ DURANTE O SÉCULO XIX: ALGUMAS...
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  • Castilho, Governor (1636–1639) Jerónimo de Cavalcanti e Albuquerque, Governor (1639–1640) João Serrão da Cunha, Governor (1640–1645) Lourenço Garro, Governor...
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    Publicação Cultural da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa (in Portuguese). XXXIII (134/135): 15–30. Retrieved 4 February 2020. Cunha, Carlos Manuel F. da (2011). "III...
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    Francisco Maria da Cunha GCA ComTE ComC (Angra do Heroísmo, December 22, 1832 – Lisbon, 13 January 1909) was a military, political and Portuguese colonial...
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    Arlette Pinheiro Esteves Torres ONM (née da Silva; born 16 October 1929), known by her stage name Fernanda Montenegro ([feɦˈnɐ̃dɐ mõtʃiˈnegɾu]), is a Brazilian...
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