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De Deus, João b. March 7, 1830 d. January 10, 1896
Poet. João de Deus Ramos was born in São Bartolomeu de Messines in the province of Algarve. He completed his baccalaureat in law at the University of Coimbra in 1859. A unanimously popular figure of his age, he was honored at national level in 1895 one year before his death. Although he worked as a journalist, he is still remembered more as a great lyrical poet and the teacher who perfected a method of teaching reading that was published as "Cartilha Maternal" in 1876. It was an immediate...[Read More] (Bio by: F G)
Panteao Nacional, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
De Quental, Antero b. April 18, 1842 d. September 11, 1891
Poet, Politician, Philosopher. Born in Ponta Delgada, on the Azorean island of São Miguel, from an aristocratic family, Antero Tarquínio de Quental attended the University of Coimbra where he was chairman of a secret organization called "Sociedade do Raio" which was contesting all the academic traditions. In 1861 he published his first work "Sonetos", followed two years later by "Beatrice" (1863), "Fiat Lux!" (1863) and "Odes Modernas" (1865). It's then that he developed an interest for...[Read More] (Bio by: F G)
Cemitério de Ponta Delgada, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
Plot: quartel B plot 2
Duarte I b. October 31, 1391 d. September 13, 1438
Portuguese Monarch. Duarte also known as Edward was the 11th King of Portugal. He was the son of King Joao the I and Philippa of Lancaster. Edward became king in 1433 when his father died of the plague and ruled until 1438. He married Eleanor of Aragon on Septemebr 22, 1428, they had 9 children. He also had 1 child by Joana Manuel de Vilhena. He actually died in the city of Tomar of the plague. (Bio by: Helaine M. Cigal)
Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitoria, Batalha, Setubal, Portugal
Fernão II of Portugal b. October 29, 1816 d. December 15, 1885
Portugal Monarch. He reigned as King consort of Portugal following his marriage to Queen Maria II da Glória in 1836. He was born as Ferdinand, prince von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, the son of Ferdinand von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha and his wife princess Maria Antonia von Kohary, a Catholic Hungarian noble-woman. (This branch of the previously fully Protestant Coburg-family became Catholics, and good marriage material to Catholic monarchies). According to Portuguese law, the husband of a reigning queen...[Read More] (Bio by: Benny Chordt Hansen)
Sao Vicente de Fora, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
Fielding, Henry b. April 22, 1707 d. October 8, 1754
Novelist, satirist, playwright, magistrate. Born to an aristocratic family, Fielding was educated at Eton and studied law for a time at Leiden University in southern Holland before beginning his career in London writing for the theatre. His political satires were scathing, and are thought to be the reason behind the Theatrical Licensing Act of 1737, which made putting a political satire on the stage virtually impossible, and made those who wrote them suspect. Fielding then retired from the...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
British Cemetery, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
Gama, Vasco Da b. 1469 d. December 24, 1524
Explorer, Navigator, born in Sines, Alentejo, Portugal. He led the expedition which discovered the route to India round the Cape of Good Hope (1497-1499), and in 1502-1503 led a squadron of ships to Calicut to avenge the murder of a group of Portuguese explorers left there by Cabral. In 1524 he was sent as viceroy to India, but he soon fell ill, and died at Cochin. His body was brought home to Portugal.
Monastery of Jeronimos, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
Gaviao, Dom Pedro Vaz
Religious figure. Archbishop of Guarda. (Bio by: girlofcelje)
Cathedral of Guarda, Guarda, Porto, Portugal
Guerra Junqueiro b. September 17, 1850 d. July 7, 1923
Poet, Journalist, Politician. Abílio Guerra Junqueiro was born in Freixo de Espada à Cinta, in the Trás-os-Montes region, and studied theology and law at the University of Coimbra. His life was a combination of peaceful rural life devoted to farming in the Douro region, and public life dedicated to political struggles, which led him to be a member of the Portuguese parliament and a diplomat. He was linked to the Vencidos da Vida group, but broke away from some of its members at the time of the...[Read More] (Bio by: F G)
Panteao Nacional, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Guerreiro, Emidio b. September 6, 1899 d. June 29, 2005
Portuguese Political Figure. He was a long fighter for democracy. First, he founded the Popular Democratic Party, and in 1975, he founded the Socialist Portuguese Party. He was forced to exile for his opposition to Salazar's dictatorship. He also fought against fascism during Spanish Civil War. He was cremated. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cemitério de Atouguia, Guimaraes, Braga, Portugal
Habsburg I., Karl Franz Joseph b. August 17, 1887 d. April 1, 1922
Austrian Emperor. Born at Persenbeug Castle, Austria, On October 21, 1911 he married Princess Zita de Bourbon-Parma. Upon the death of Emperor Franz Joseph I on November 21, 1916, he became Emperor of Austria during World War I. On December 30, 1916 he was crowned Apostolic King of Hungary in Budapest. He strove ceaselessly to bring an end to the war but his efforts were in vain. In 1918 he renounced his participation in the government of Austria-Hungary and in 1919 went into exile. In...[Read More] (Bio by: Matyas)
Nossa Senhora do Monte Church, Funchal, Madeira Region, Portugal
Habsburg, Maria Anna Josepha of b. March 6, 1683 d. April 14, 1754
[Body without Heart] Archduchess of Austria. Queen of Portugal. Daughter of Emperor Leopold I. and Eleonore Magdalene von Neuburg. She loved the ballet and danced at the court theater. On October 27. 1708 she married King João V of Portugal. They had six children. In 1742 her husband was hit by a stroke. Assisted by advisers, she conducted the government until his death eight years later. It was her wish, that her heart should be buried in Vienna. Her body rests beside her husband in Sao...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Sao Vicente de Fora, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
Henriques, Afonso I b. July 25, 1110 d. December 6, 1185
First King of Portugal 1128 to 1185. The son of Count Henry of Burgundy, who was Count of Portugal and Teresa of Leon, daughter of Alfonso VI King of Castile and Leon and Zaida of Dania (a descendant of the prophet Muhammad, also called Ximena), he became Count of Portugal at his father's death Nov. 1, 1112, under regency of his mother. He was exiled by his mother from 1120 to 1128, when he defeated her lover's army at the Battle of Sao Mamade and took his mother prisoner, exiling her to a...[Read More] (Bio by: Michael Schwing)
Monastery of Santa Cruz, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Henry the Navigator b. October, 1394 d. November 13, 1460
Portugese Royalty. The son of John I, King of Portugal, he erected an observatory and school of scientific navigation in Sagreews. He sponsored many exploratory expeditions along the W African coast, and the way was prepared for the discovery of the sea route to India. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Mosteiro de Santa Maria da Vitorio, Batalha, Leiria, Portugal
Josepha, Isabel Louisa b. January 6, 1668 d. October 21, 1690
Portuguese infanta and the sole daughter of King Peter II of Portugal and his first wife and former sister-in-law Marie-Françoise of Savoy. As such she was styled Princess of Beira. She was the presumptive heir to the throne of Portugal between 1668 and 1689, the year her half-brother John was born. She was planned to marry Victor Amadeus II of Savoy and many royal heads in Europe but every arrangement failed due in part to her fragile health. For this she was nicknamed Sempre-noiva, "Always-...[Read More] (Bio by: Donna)
Sao Vicente de Fora, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
King Afonso IV b. February 8, 1291 d. May 28, 1357
King of Portugal 1325-1357. "Afonso the Brave" was the son and heir of king Dinis I the Farmer of Portugal and his queen Isabella de Aragon. He had a long quarrel with his half-brother Afonso Sanches about the Royal favour of their common father. The rivalry led to several outbreaks of civil war. When Afonso IV became king in 1325, Afonso Sanches was exiled to Castile.In 1309, Afonso IV married princess Beatrice, daughter of king Sancho IV of Castile by his wife Maria de Molina. The first-born...[Read More] (Bio by: Benny Chordt Hansen)
Se Lisboa, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
King Pedro I b. April 8, 1320 d. January 18, 1367
King of Portugal 1357-1367. Also known as Pedro the Cruel, He was the son of king Afonso IV and his queen Beatrice of Castille. Pedro is chiefly known for his love of Ines de Castro, the Hispanic maidservant that his father had killed in 1355. Pedro led at least two revolts against his father before acceeding to the throne. Once he was king he announced that he had married Ines de Castro in secret and that she, despite dead, was queen of Portugal. This fact is based only in the king's word. As...[Read More] (Bio by: Benny Chordt Hansen)
Mosterio de Santa Maria, Alcobaca, Leiria, Portugal
Langerhans, Paul b. July 25, 1847 d. July 20, 1888
Scientist. Born in Berlin, he began his studies at the University of Jena in 1865 and later at the University of Berlin. In 1868, while still a medical student, he published an important paper describing the dendritic cells, which play an important immunological role in the human skin; they are now called Langerhans cells. His most famous achievement was the discovery of the pancreatic islets (1869), where insulin and other hormones are produced; these also bear his name. After the Franco-...[Read More] (Bio by: Rogério Monteiro)
English Cemetery, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Losa, Ilse b. March 20, 1913 d. January 6, 2006
Author. She was born in Bauer, Germany. She was forced to exile when Adolph Hitler rose to power, due to her jewish origins. She moved to Portugal, where developed all her career and become portuguese citizen. She published her first book in 1943, "O Mundo Em Que Vivi." She become a famous children's book writer, and in 1984, she was awarded with the Prémio Gulbenkian for her complete career. Among her books: "Faísca Conta a Sua História," "Grades Brancas," "Rio Sem Ponte," "A Flor Azul," "Ida...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cemitério Prado do Repouso, Porto, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Luís I of Portugal b. October 31, 1838 d. October 19, 1889
Portuguese Monarch. He reigned as King of Portugal from 1861 to 1889. The second son of Queen Maria II da Glória and her King consort Fernão II von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, he was married to princess Maria Pia of Savoy, the daughter of the 1st Italian king Vittorio Emanuele II and his queen Adelheid of Austria. Luís was a cultured man who wrote vernacular poetry, but otherwise had no distinguishing gifts in the political field into which he was thrust by the death of his brother king Pedro V in...[Read More] (Bio by: Benny Chordt Hansen)
Sao Vicente de Fora, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
Maria I Francisca of Portugal b. December 17, 1734 d. March 20, 1816
Portuguese Monarch. She reigned as Queen of Portugal from 1777 to 1816. She was the daughter of King José I and his Queen Marianna Victoria de Borbón, Infanta of Spain. In 1760 she married her fathers younger brother Pedro, who became her King Consort under the name Pedro III. Her first act as queen was to dismiss a very unpopular Prime minister, the Marquess de Pombal. Her consort, Peder III died on May 25, 1786. In 1801 the Spanish dictator Manuel de Godoy invaded Portugal with the backing of...[Read More] (Bio by: Benny Chordt Hansen)
Basilica de Estrela, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

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