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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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    early reference of this armor type was mentioned by the son of Alfonso de Albuquerque in the 16th century. In Japan, mail and plate armour is called "karuta"...
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    words and some family names in eastern Indonesia such as da Costa, Dias, de Fretes, and Gonsalves. The most significant impacts of the Portuguese arrival...
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    soldiers were killed in action, and the Portuguese Navy frigate NRP Alfonso de Albuquerque was destroyed, before General Vassalo e Silva surrendered. Salazar...
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  •  554–555, 704. Yoffee 2015, p. 74. "When the Portuguese admiral Alfonso de Albuquerque conquered the sultanate of Melaka (Malacca) on August 24, 1511,...
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    (Book 1: Tristão da Cunha's expedition to India; Books 2, 3, 4: Alfonso de Albuquerque in the Arabian Sea (Ormuz) and India; Book 5: conquest of Goa) (in...
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  • João Afonso de Albuquerque, (c. 1304 – 28 September 1354), Juan Alfonso de Alburquerque in Spanish and nicknamed "o do Ataúde", 6th Lord of Alburquerque...
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    Afonso Sanches, Lord of Albuquerque (24 May 1289 – 2 November 1329), also known as Alfonso Sanches, was a Portuguese nobleman, Lord of Cerva and Alburquerque...
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    century, Singapura had already become "great ruins" according to Alfonso de Albuquerque. In 1511, the Portuguese seized Malacca; the sultan of Malacca escaped...
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    the Portuguese in 1510 with individuals like Alfonso de Albuquerque and Portuguese missionaries. Albuquerque attempted to spread Christianity by encouraging...
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    Malayalam, the local language. Barbosa served as the interpreter for Alfonso de Albuquerque's contact with the Rajah of Cannanore the next year (1503). In 1513...
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  • Walter de Sousa António de Andrade Francis Xavier Gonsalo Garcia Gaspar da Gama Thomas Stephens (Jesuit) Vasco da Gama Alfonso de Albuquerque Pedro Álvares...
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    Portugal, King of Portugal, Queen Isabella of Spain, Vasco da Gama, Alfonso de Albuquerque, Krishnadevaraya and Purandara Dasa are the characters of the Novel...
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    first missionaries were eminent men, which included Alfonso de Albuquerque, Diego Espinas, Juan de Montojo, and others. During the first ten years, the...
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    elephants), and rhinoceros horn. Messengers of Portuguese admiral Alfonso de Albuquerque, conqueror of Malacca arrived in Indochina in 1511, the earliest...
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    the 4th century, mainly through trading. However, the arrival of Alfonso de Albuquerque along with 800 Portuguese and 600 Malabari fighting men from Cochin...
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    13 (1): iii-270. Earle, T. F. (1990). Albuquerque: Caesar of the East: Selected texts by Alfonso de Albuquerque and his son. Oxford University Press....
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  • often married local residents with the official encouragement of D. Alfonso de Albuquerque by the royals granted approval in the form called Politicos dos...
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    Beltrán Alfonso Osorio y Díez de Rivera, 18th Duke of Alburquerque, GE, OSL (15 December 1918 – 7 February 1994), also known as the 'Iron Duke' of Alburquerque...
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    Alfonso de la Cueva-Benavides y Mendoza-Carrillo, marqués de Bedmar (first name also spelled Alonso, often used was the title Bedmar) (25 July 1574 – 10...
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    century, Singapura had already become "great ruins" according to Alfonso de Albuquerque. In 1511, the Portuguese seized Malacca; the sultan of Malacca escaped...
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    Castile in the Middle Ages (e.g. Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque). Its sister city of Albuquerque in the United States takes its name from...
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  • Telo de Meneses (1200s-1268) was a Portuguese nobleman, 2nd Lord of Albuquerque, and alferes-mor of Afonso III of Portugal. João was the son of Alfonso Téllez...
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    Medina de Rioseco († 1739) (illegitimate) Téllez de Castilla, Lords of Aguilar de Campoo († 1449) (illegitimate) Albuquerque, Counts of Albuquerque († 1445)...
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  • under Portuguese rule after falling to an army led by Alfonso de Albuquerque. November Flor de la Mar, carrying a large treasure trove from Malacca, sank...
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    Aldeadávila de la Ribera, province of Salamanca. Her father was Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque, who was an illegitimate son of King Alfonso XI of...
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    Fadrique Alfonso of Castile, 1st Señor de Haro (1334–1358), 25th Master of the Order of Santiago (1342–1358), was the fifth illegitimate child of Alfonso XI...
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    Diogo José António de Noronha Camões de Albuquerque Sousa Moniz (1747–1806), 8th Count of Vila Verde; João de Noronha Camões de Albuquerque e Sousa Moniz (1788–1827)...
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  • barbican around it and a well inside. It was finished in late 1513; Alfonso de Albuquerque described it as being a very large tower "with bartizans in each...
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  • Zión Moreno (category Actors from Albuquerque, New Mexico)
    mother is from Chihuahua and her father from Monterrey. She grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and spoke Spanish at home. Moreno has two siblings: a sister...
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