• Ana Afonso de Leão (1625 - 1710) was the queen regnant of the Kingdom of Nkondo between 1673 and 1710. She conquered the territories of Lemba and Matari...
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    Dom Pedro Afonso (19 July 1848 – 10 January 1850) was the Prince Imperial and heir apparent to the throne of the Empire of Brazil. Born at the Palace of...
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    along the Mbidizi River in lands that had been ruled by D. Ana Afonso de Leão. De Leão's lands came to be called the "Lands of the Queen". The system of...
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    settlement to the succession crisis in Kongo brokered by the old Queen Ana Afonso de Leão with the special cooperation of the Capuchin missionary Francesco da...
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    Portugal, daughter of Henrique de Borgonha, count of Portucale and Teresa de Leão, condessa of Portugal. She was the sister of Afonso Henriques, the first king...
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  • Moors alongside "his cousin" king Afonso IV of Portugal at the battle of Salado, as mentioned in Duarte Nunes de Leão's Chronicles of the Kings of Portugal...
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    professional MotoGP Rider Rafael Leão (born 1999) a Portuguese footballer Almada Fórum Notes Instituto Nacional de Estatística "Áreas das freguesias...
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    of Portugal. The eldest son of Afonso III of Portugal by his second wife, Beatrice of Castile, and grandson of Afonso II of Portugal, Denis succeeded...
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    Portugal during the first half of the 14th century to join the ranks of King Afonso IV at the battle of Salado. It has been noted that this might be a posterior...
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    lands near the Bay of Guanabara. In 1569, Sebastian ordered Duarte Nunes de Leão to compile all the laws and legal documents of the kingdom in a collection...
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    Henriques (c. 1095-1173) noble person and daughter of Teresa de Leão and sister of Afonso I Afonso I of Portugal (1111–1185) nicknamed "the Conqueror" by the...
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  • century sources indicated that de Leão, a kin group founded by Queen Ana Afonso de Leão and her nephews continued as a permanent group as did later emerging...
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    of her distant ancestors, Madragana (born c. 1230), a mistress of King Afonso III of Portugal (c. 1210 – 1279). His conclusion is based on various historical...
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  • Bible (1998) Afonso I, king (1926; 1940; 1947; 1955; 2009) Afonso II, king (1955) Afonso III, king (1955) Afonso IV, king (1955) Afonso V, king (1994;...
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  • Suzana de Nóbrega.: 39  Manuel de Nóbrega used the power of Soyo to make war on all Kinlaza partisans within reach including the Queen Ana Afonso de Leão, the...
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    mia Nimi of the House of Kimpanzu (ruled 27 August 1752 – post 1758) Afonso IV Nkanga a Nkanga of the House of Kinlaza António II Mvita a Mpanzu of the...
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    economic prosperity. Under the prime ministry of Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão (then-Viscount and later Marquis of Paraná) the Emperor advanced his own...
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    history through reading the works of Duarte Nunes de Leão and João de Barros. In 1785, Henrique de Meneses, 3rd Marquis of Louriçal, arranged a marriage...
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    Asturian: Reinu de Llión; Spanish: Reino de León; Galician: Reino de León; Portuguese: Reino de Leão; Latin: Regnum Legionense; Mirandese: Reino de Lhion Menéndez...
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    simultaneously injured the royal prestige, for Afonso married his own niece, Joanna, daughter of Henry IV of Castile, and claimed the kingdom of Castile...
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    when Garcia IV came to power in 1743. A southern branch, led by Ana Afonso de Leão did not hold power for a long time, and indeed, her home territory of...
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  • remained in the service of Queen Elizabeth of Portugal and as a Maid of King Afonso IV of Portugal, and was created Lady of the Commands of Santiago do Cacém...
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    as well as verses from poems such as "Os Escravos" and "A Cachoeira de Paulo Afonso", in addition to the play Gonzaga, which earned him epithets such as...
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    Late Middle Ages, several chronicles (such as those of Duarte Nunes de Leão and Rui de Pina) mentioned Sacavém. These two chroniclers stated that the royal...
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    Knight of the Order of Christ Antônio de Araújo de Aragão Bulcão, 3rd Baron of São Francisco Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná. Count of Mesquita...
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    the lineage of the Teles de Meneses, an important family originally from Tierra de Campos, Leonor's father Martim Afonso Telo de Meneses, a Portuguese nobleman...
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    2015. "Afonso Costa – 5 de Outubro de 1910". citi.pt. Archived from the original on 4 August 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2010. "5 de Outubro de 1910". Olho...
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    Alberto Santos-Dumont (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Brasil. The heart is on display at the Air Force Museum in Campo dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro,: 46  inside a sphere carried by Icarus, designed by Paulo...
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    were two female monarchs during Kongo Civil War. Ana Afonso de Leão, queen of Kinlaza Suzana de Nóbrega [pt], queen of Kimpanzu Soukda, founder of Mandara...
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    was maintained during the last 42 years of the Empire of Brazil. The first de jure officeholder was Manuel Alves Branco, Viscount of Caravelas, who was...
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