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    Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (pronounced [kaˈʃi.ɐs]; 25 August 1803 – 7 May 1880), nicknamed "The Peacemaker" and "The Iron Duke", was an...
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    Francisco de Lima e Silva, José Joaquim de Lima e Silva [pt] and Manuel da Fonseca de Lima e Silva [pt]; he was also the uncle of Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, later...
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    José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ boniˈfasju dʒi ɐ̃ˈdɾadɐ i ˈsiwvɐ]; 13 June 1763 – 6 April 1838) was a Brazilian statesman...
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  • distinct rank: Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias Manuel Antônio da Fonseca Costa, Marquis of Gávea Francisco Xavier Calmon Cabral da Silva, Baron of...
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    Auguste de Beauharnais, Duke of Santa Cruz, Prince Consort of Portugal Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, military general Isabel Maria de Alcântara...
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    named after Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, who was born there in 1803. The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Duque de Caxias....
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  • Dominic de Silva (1893–1962), Sri Lankan Sinhala member of the Privy Council Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, Brazilian military commander Luís da...
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  • Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507–1582), Spanish noble, general, and diplomat involved in the Eighty Years' War Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke...
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    The Pikysyry maneuver was a tactic used by Brazilian marshal Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, during the Paraguayan War to outflank the Paraguayan...
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    imperial government sent troops under the command of Colonel Luís Alves de Lima e Silva and made him the president of the province. By combining political...
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    João de Souza da Fonseca Costa. Asunción was deserted, evacuated by all its inhabitants two days before. On January 5, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, then...
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    during the last 42 years of the Empire of Brazil. The first de jure officeholder was Manuel Alves Branco, Viscount of Caravelas, who was sworn in on 20 July...
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    2023-02-02. redacaoterra. "voo af 447 - lista das vítimas - ficha - Pedro Luis de Orleans e Bragança". Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-02-02....
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    (Marshal) 1852 – Manuel Marques de Sousa, Count of Porto Alegre (Lieutenant general) 1841 – Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (Marshal) 1841 –...
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    province to organize a response. He joined forces in Ouro Preto with Luís Alves de Lima e Silva (then-Baron and later Duke of Caxias), who commanded the National...
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  • Ferraz de Campos Sales (a president of Brazil) Carlos Chagas, Minas Gerais - Carlos Chagas (discoverer of Chagas disease) Duque de Caxias - Luís Alves de Lima...
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    morning of 6 December 1868, marshal of the Imperial Brazilian Army, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Marquis (later Duke) of Caxias, moved with 16,999 infantrymen...
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    Cândida de Oliveira Belo, with whom he had three children: Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, the future Duke of Caxias, José Joaquim de Lima e Silva Sobrinho...
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    dom Luiz de Orleans e Bragança, bisneto da Princesa Isabel". "D11134". "Bolsonaro decreta luto oficial pela morte de Dom Luiz de Orleans e Bragança"...
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    the veteran transport Duque de Caxias (U-11), the second ship of that navy named in honor of Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, the patron of...
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    Copacabana Turret with two 30.5 cmm guns at Fort Copacabana Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duque de Caxias was a Brazilian army marshal and politician, and one...
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    of the Imperial Army. At that time, the Field Marshal Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, then Marquis de Caxias, was the commander of the Brazilian forces in...
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    Brazilian forces operating in Paraguay and turned to the 63-year-old Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, the Marquess of Caxias, as the new leader on 10 October 1866...
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    Philippe, possível vice de Bolsonaro". MSN. Archived from the original on 12 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018. Luís Lima. "As ideias do príncipe"...
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  • Army Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias General Jacinto Machado Bittencourt General Alexandre Gomes de Argolo Ferrão Filho General Manuel Luís Osório...
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    sisters married. In 1857, Antônio himself married Brasilina Laurentina de Lima and began working as a salesman, teacher and lay counselor (poorman's lawyer)...
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    the dictator. On 4 September 1851, Brazil's army, commanded by Luís Alves de Lima e Silva (then Count of Caxias), crossed the border into Uruguay. Paranhos...
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    memorial in the world. The idea of building a monument to honor Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, the Duke of Caxias, considered Brazil's greatest military hero...
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    officer of the Presidential Guard Battalion was the 2nd Lieutenant Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, the Duke of Caxias and the Patron of the Army. Thus, its nickname...
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    Diaféria, deemed as demeaning to the historical figure of the Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, the civic patron of the Brazilian Army. In 1988...
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