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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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    Cadaval, married to Leonor de Meneses, daughter of João Afonso Telo, 4th Count of Barcelos Brites de Castro, wife of Pedro Nuñez de Lara, Count of Mayorga...
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    Afonso de Albuquerque, 1st Duke of Goa (c. 1453 – 16 December 1515), was a Portuguese general, admiral, and statesman. He served as viceroy of Portuguese...
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    D. Duarte de Meneses (before 1488 – after 1539) was a 16th-century Portuguese nobleman and colonial administrator, Governor of Tangier from 1508 to 1521...
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    Portugal, founded in 1318, by Afonso Sanches and his wife, Teresa Martins Telo. The large historical complex includes the Gothic Santa Clara Church (1318)...
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    Martim Afonso de Sousa (c. 1500 – 21 July 1564) was a Portuguese fidalgo, explorer and colonial administrator. Martim Afonso de Sousa was born in Vila...
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    D. Garcia de Noronha (1479 in Lisbon – 3 April 1540 in Cochin) was a Portuguese nobleman. He was great-great-grandson of King Ferdinand I of Portugal,...
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    gift from Fernão Teles de Meneses (who would succeed him in the government of Goa), the famous posthumous portrait of Luís de Camões, dated from Goa,...
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    Vasco da Gama (redirect from Vasco de gama)
    arrival. As per royal instructions, da Gama was succeeded as governor of India by one of the captains who had come with him, Henrique de Menezes (no relation...
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    Oja and Brava, and at the capture of Panane, under the viceroy Francisco de Almeida. Named by João III ninth governor of Portuguese possessions in India...
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    of Ministers (Prime Minister) of Portugal and Dictator-for-life, António de Oliveira Salazar to fight to the death and surrendered the following day to...
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    India in 1515 to succeed Afonso de Albuquerque as governor. Lopo Soares de Albergaria (sometimes called Lopo Soares de Alvarenga, or simply Lopo Soares)...
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    American actor Alexx O'Nell.[citation needed] Don Juan de Castro The Voyage of Don Stefano de Gama from Goa to Suez, in 1540, with the intention of Burning...
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    Castro (Portuguese: Castro Forte) by the poet Luís de Camões. De Castro was the second son of Álvaro de Castro, the civil governor of Lisbon. His wife was...
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    Lopo Vaz de Sampaio was the 6th Governor of Portuguese India from 1526 to 1529. He was also the captain of Vasco da Gama, a famous Portuguese explorer...
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    D. Diogo Lopes de Sequeira (1465–1530) was a Portuguese fidalgo, sent to analyze the trade potential in Madagascar and Malacca. He arrived at Malacca on...
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    Dom Jerónimo de Azevedo (Estate of Barbosa, Entre-Douro-e-Minho, Portugal, circa 1560 – Lisbon, São Jorge Castle, 1625) was a Portuguese fidalgo, Governor...
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    Portuguese explorer to do so; earlier expeditions by Diogo Dias and Afonso de Albuquerque along with Diogo Fernandes Pereira may have encountered the islands...
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    André Furtado de Mendonça (1558 – 1 April 1611) was a captain and governor of Portuguese India, and a military commander during Portuguese expansion into...
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    Vasco da Gama, with the nomination of the first Portuguese viceroy Francisco de Almeida, then settled at Cochin. Until 1752, the name India included all Portuguese...
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  • infante Sancho of Castile (who became King Sancho IV in 1295) and María de Meneses, Lady of Ucero. Her paternal grandparents were King Alfonso X of Castile...
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    D. Constantino of Braganza (Portuguese: Constantino de Bragança; 1528–1575) was a Portuguese nobleman, conquistador, and administrator of the Portuguese...
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    Francisco Barreto (occasionally Francisco de Barreto, 1520 – 9 July 1573) was a Portuguese soldier and explorer. An officer in Morocco during his early...
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  • 2001 Lopes, 1994 Teixeira, 1996a Ribeiro de Meneses, 2000 José Brandão, 1990 Ramalho, 1998 Ribeiro de Meneses, 1998 Armando Silva, 1999 Samara, 2003 Santos...
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  • mayors. In 1969 at the Federación Internacional de Mujeres de Carreras Jurídicas conference, María Telo Núñez in Madrid presented a paper on the rights...
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    Manuel da. Dicionário de literatura goesa. Instituto Cultural de Macau, Fundação Oriente, 3 v., 1997. DEVI, Vimala, & SEABRA, Manuel de. A literatura indo-portuguesa...
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  • between the two kingdoms, would remain as hostages (guarantors) João Afonso Telo, 4th Count of Barcelos, Martim Garcia and Badasal Spinola "crossbowmen of...
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