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    D. Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal and 1st Count of Oeiras (13 May 1699 – 8 May 1782), known as the Marquis of Pombal (Marquês...
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    Maria da Câmara de Ataide Mota (b. 9 July 1941), daughter of Luís de Ataíde Mota (1912–1969) and Maria Eduarda de Medeiros da Câmara de Melo Cabral (b. Ponta...
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    António de Matos de Noronha (1596–1602), Bishop of Elvas. D. Jorge de Ataíde (1602), Bishop of Viseu, refused the position. D. Alexandre de Bragança...
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    historians interpret the incident as an attempt by prime minister Sebastião de Melo (later Marquis of Pombal) to curb the growing powers of the old aristocratic...
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    Afonso de Ataíde by his wife Maria de Magalhães; and great-grandson of the 2nd count of Atouguia, Dom Martinho de Ataíde, by his second wife Filipa de Azevedo...
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    the First Global Empire. Random House. ISBN 978-0-571-29090-1. Dalgado, Sebastião Rodolfo (1982). Glossário Luso-Asiático. Buske Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87118-479-6...
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    Vasco da Gama (redirect from Vasco de gama)
    India-bound fleet. Around 1501, Vasco da Gama married Catarina de Ataíde, daughter of Álvaro de Ataíde, the alcaide-mór of Alvor (Algarve), and a prominent nobleman...
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  • 1809 – Sebastião de Sampaio de Melo e Castro 1809 – 1816 – Fernando Romão da Costa Ataíde e Teive de Sousa Coutinho 1816 – 1817 – Gomes Freire de Andrade...
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    to him by Pero de Ataíde after capturing the ship. This boosted the military prestige of the Portuguese. [...] Besides, Pero de Ataíde managed to destroy...
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    Luisa de Mendonça e Melo. He was one of twelve children. Those siblings most prominent in Portugal's history were: Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo who...
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