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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Siege of Cannanore. In 1507 Almeida's mission was strengthened by the arrival of Tristão da Cunha's squadron. Afonso de Albuquerque's squadron had, however...
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Lopo de Almeida (1416–1486) was the first Count of Abrantes bestowed with the title on June 13, 1476 by King D. Afonso V of Portugal. Fidalgo of the Portuguese...
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Hermano Saraiva. Almeida Fernandes later proposed Viseu as the birthplace of Afonso based on the Chronica Gothorum, which states Afonso was born in 1109...
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government, which was led by Teófilo Braga with António José de Almeida as Interior Minister and Afonso Costa as Minister of Justice, all of whom were freemasons"...
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Egas Moniz o Aio (redirect from Egaz Moniz de Ribadouro)
Bem-Aventurado., A. de Almeida Fernandes, 1946 Mappa de Portugal antigo et moderno, João Bautista de (Le P.) Castro, 1763 D. Afonso Henriques, José Mattoso...
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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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In 1456 King Afonso V commissioned him to write the history of Ceuta, the land-gate of the East, under the governorship of D. Pedro de Menezes, from...
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Madeira, the son of nobleman João Fernandes de Andrade. After serving in Morocco, he fought in the campaigns of Afonso de Albuquerque in India and the Red...
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Diogo Fernandes Pereira, sometimes called simply Diogo Fernandes, was a Portuguese 16th-century navigator, originally from Setúbal, Portugal. Diogo Fernandes...
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