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    1500. Catarina de Ataíde's mother, Maria da Silva, was the sister of Beatriz da Silva, mother of Francisco de Almeida. The Almeidas provided a substantial...
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    Dom Francisco de Almeida (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɐ̃ˈsiʃku ðɨ alˈmɐjðɐ]), also known as the Great Dom Francisco (c. 1450 – 1 March 1510), was a Portuguese...
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  • Raphael Jácome Lopes de Andrade, Governor General (1891–1893) Francisco Teixeira da Silva, Governor General (1893–1894) J. Correia e Lança, Acting Governor...
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    Portuguese India. He was the only son of Manuel Caetano da Silva (1870–1926) and his wife Maria da Encarnação Vassalo (1869–1922), and was the brother of...
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  • Miranda da Silva Filho, Brazilian forward who played in 1974 FIFA World Cup Mirandinha (footballer, born 1959), Francisco Ernandi Lima da Silva, the first...
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    Army officer who was the last Governor of Macau. He is the son of João da Silva Vieira (b. Lagoa or Faro on 9 November 1913) and his wife, Maria Vieira...
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    1876–1876 Francisco Teixeira da Silva 1876–1876 José Joaquim Teixeira Beltrão 1877–1878 Francisco Augusto da Costa Cabral 1878–1878 Sebastião Nunes da Mata...
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    primeiro deste nome. Na Regia Officina Typografica. De Souza 1985, p. 60 Teixeira, Manuel (1963). The Portuguese Missions in Malacca and Singapore (1511–1958)...
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    Filipe Teixeira (born 1959), Portuguese essayist and teacher Marlon Teixeira, Brazilian model Moises Teixeira da Silva, Brazilian criminal Ruy Teixeira, American...
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    Lula da Silva (Brazilian Portuguese: [luˈiz iˈnasju ˈlulɐ ˈsiwvɐ] ; born Luiz Inácio da Silva; 27 October 1945), also known as Lula da Silva or simply...
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    discovery of the sea route to India by Vasco da Gama, with the nomination of the first Portuguese viceroy Francisco de Almeida, then settled at Cochin. Until...
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  • Silva, da Silva, and de Silva are surnames of Portuguese or Galician origin which are widespread in the Portuguese-speaking countries including Brazil...
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    a young man. He died on July 21, 1561 and lies in the Convent of São Francisco da Cidade, in Lisbon. "Martim Afonso de Sousa | Portuguese admiral". Encyclopedia...
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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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  • 19 June 1795 until his death on 10 September 1795. He succeeded Francisco José Teixeira Carneiro and was succeeded by Marcelino António Bastos. During...
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    Ávila Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva Joaquim José da Graça Tomás de Sousa Rosa Firmino José da Costa Francisco Teixeira da Silva Custódio Miguel de Borja...
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    António Francisco Ferreira da Silva Porto (24 August 1817 – 2 April 1890) was a Portuguese trader and explorer in Angola, in the Portuguese West Africa...
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    Inocêncio Francisco da Silva (28 September 1810 – 27 June 1876), often referred simply as Innocencio (the standard spelling of his name at the time) was...
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    husband, António Teixeira Dória, the Lord of the Portuguese colony of Macau, son of Francisco Teixeira Dória and Joana Margarida da Câmara, had died earlier...
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    marriage was Luís Gonçalves de Ataíde, who married Violante da Silva, daughter of Francisco Carneiro, 2nd donatary of Ilha do Príncipe. Dom João Gonçalves...
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    D. Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva, 1st Viscount and 1st Count of Paço de Arcos (17 December 1834 – 5 November 1905), was a Portuguese statesman. The Count...
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    Carvalho da Silva Morais Marques Tito Carvalho da Silva Teixeira Erica Carvalho da Silva Teixeira Carlos Eduardo Mendes Keil Carvalho da Silva Luís Cristiano...
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    Kings, Rulers & Statesmen, Clive Carpenter, Guinness Superlatives Ltd Heads of State and Government, 2nd Edition, John V da Graca, MacMillan Press 2000...
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    Vice-Reinado de D. Afonso de Noronha (1550-1554): Perspectivas Políticas da Ásia Portuguesa em meados de Quinhentos. [1] http://www.uc...
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    Soares had served a successful term (1495–99) as captain-general of São Jorge da Mina in the Portuguese Gold Coast (West Africa). In 1504 Lopo Soares commanded...
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    the Brazilian Black Movement. Francisco Paulo de Almeida, Baron of Guaraciaba Adalberto Machado Adaílton Adaílton Da Silva Santos Adriano Allano Alessandro...
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  • Mauricio "Baboo" Da Silva (born November 28, 1967) is a Brazilian kyokushin kaikan full contact karate practitioner and former professional kickboxer and...
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  • Joaquim Germano Pinto Machado Correia da Silva (16 June 1929 – 14 March 2011) was the 124th Governor of Macau from 15 May 1986 to 8 July 1987. As a physician...
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    Anderson da Silva (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɐ̃deʁsõ ˈsiwvɐ]; born 14 April 1975) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and professional boxer. He is a...
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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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