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    João Mendes de Vasconcelos and Aldara Afonso Alcoforado. Leonor had three full-siblings: two brothers—João Afonso Telo (6th Count of Barcelos, mayor of...
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  • is a list of notable and historically significant people from Portugal. Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia, explorer of the African coast Álvaro Caminha, explorer...
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    (c.1505–1566) a humanist and educator during the Renaissance. Mariana Alcoforado (1640–1723) a nun who wrote the Letters of a Portuguese Nun José Agostinho...
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    abandoned state of the island of Timor". In 1815, a new Governor, José Pinto Alcoforado de Azevedo e Sousa [de], began to promote the cultivation of coffee, and...
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    Bemposta and Penas Róias to Rui Gonçalves Alcoforado. The castle began to be part of the possessions of Vasco Pires de Sampaio, Master of Carrazeda and Master...
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    1812 52 Vitorino Freire da Cunha Gusmão Governor 1812 1815 53 José Pinto Alcoforado de Azevedo e Sousa Governor 1815 1819 John VI João VI House of Braganza...
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  • Name Noble title Province Legislature Afonso de Albuquerque Maranhão — Rio Grande do Norte 1st to 3rd Afonso Celso Viscount of Ouro Preto Minas Gerais...
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