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    Inês de Castro (Portuguese pronunciation: [iˈneʒ ðɨ ˈkaʃtɾu]; in Castilian: Inés; 1325 – 7 January 1355) was a Galician noblewoman and courtier, best...
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    Dom Manuel II (15 November 1889 – 2 July 1932), "the Patriot" (Portuguese: "o Patriota") or "the Unfortunate" ("o Desventurado"), was the last King of...
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    Luís Manuel Ribeiro de Castro (born 3 September 1961) is a Portuguese football manager and former player who played as a right-back. He is the current...
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    Manuel José de Arriaga Brum da Silveira e Peyrelongue (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐnuˈɛl dɨ ɐˈʁjaɣɐ]; 8 July 1840 – 5 March 1917) was a Portuguese lawyer...
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    Goa. The neighborhoods name derives from "Campal de Dom Manuel", after Dom Manuel de Portugal e Castro, who developed it as a commercial area in 1830....
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  • Manuel Castro de Almeida (born 28 October 1957) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician. He is Minister in Adjunct and for Territorial Cohesion in the XXIV...
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    Presidents of Portugal (1910–Present) Pais Canto e Castro, Gomes da Costa, Carmona, Craveiro Lopes, Thomaz, Soares, Sampaio, Rebelo de Sousa Almeida Teixeira...
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    María Rosalía Rita de Castro (Galician pronunciation: [rosaˈli.ɐ ðɪ ˈkastɾʊ]; 23 February 1837 – 15 July 1885), was a Galician poet and novelist, considered...
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    Manuel Monteiro de Castro (born 29 March 1938) is a Portuguese prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from...
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    apart, or the Portuguese throne would fall into Castilian hands, either as Juan Manuel fought to avenge his daughter's honor, or the de Castro brothers supported...
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  • A castro is a fortified settlement, usually pre-Roman, associated with the Celtic culture. These are frequently found in Portugal, usually in the North...
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    Dom João de Castro (27 February 1500 – 6 June 1548) was a Portuguese nobleman, scientist, writer, and the fourth viceroy of Portuguese India. He was called...
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    Pia: A Mulher que Queria Ser Rainha de Portugal. Bertrand, Lisbon, 2006, ISBN 972-25-1467-9 Manuel Amaral: Portugal – Dicionário Histórico, Corográfico...
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    Canto e Castro da Silva Antunes (19 May 1862, in Lisbon – 14 March 1934, in Lisbon), commonly known simply as João do Canto e Castro was a Portuguese Navy...
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    Infanta of Portugal. Born in Castillo de Garcimuñoz in 1318, Constanza was the daughter of Castilian nobleman and writer Don Juan Manuel (1282–1348)...
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  • Luís Manuel Ferreira de Castro (born 7 May 1980) is a Portuguese football manager who is in charge of the French Ligue 2 club Dunkerque. Castro was born...
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  • Isabel, Duchess of Braganza (née Isabel Inês de Castro Curvello de Herédia; born 22 November 1966), is a Portuguese businesswoman who married Duarte Pio, Duke...
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    throne of Portugal passed to his cousin, Manuel, Duke of Beja. When King Sebastian of Portugal died, the throne passed to his uncle, Henry of Portugal (he might...
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    The Castro Laboreiro Dog (Portuguese: cão de Castro Laboreiro, 'dog of Castro Laboreiro'), also known as the Portuguese cattle dog or Portuguese watchdog...
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    history of Portuguese India as a viceroyalty or governorship. (*) – In 1508, King Manuel I of Portugal devised a plan to partition the Portuguese empire in...
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    municipality in north-eastern Portugal, capital of the district of Bragança, in the Terras de Trás-os-Montes subregion of Portugal. The population in 2011 was...
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    Dom Manuel, rei de Portugal e senhor das Índias e do reino de Ormuz. in Fernão Lopes de Castanheda (1554) Historia do descobrimento e conquista de India...
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  • José Bernardino de Portugal e Castro (20 May 1780 - 26 February 1840) was a Portuguese marquis and the President of the Council of Ministers from 4 to...
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  • Clube de Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈspɔɾtĩɡ ˈkluβɨ ðɨ puɾtuˈɣal]), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting is a Portuguese sports...
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    August 1578 and the penultimate Portuguese monarch of the House of Aviz. He was the son of João Manuel, Prince of Portugal, and his wife, Joanna of Austria...
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    Manuel António Vassalo e Silva (8 November 1899 – 11 August 1985) was an officer of the Portuguese Army and an overseas administrator. He was the 128th...
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    Manuel Antonio Ribeiro de Castro, first baron with greatness of Santa Rita (8 November 1767 — 26 May 1854), was a Portuguese-born Brazilian merchant, plantation...
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    on the story entitled Inez de Castro. Inês de Castro is a novel by Maria Pilar Queralt del Hierro in Spanish and Portuguese. On 12 September 1309, Afonso...
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    King Manuel I of Portugal who claimed the Portuguese throne during the 1580 dynastic crisis. According to some historians, he was King of Portugal for...
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    Azevedo Barbosa de Pinho Leal, "Portugal Antigo e Moderno", Cota d' Armas, Lisboa, 1990; Isabel Violante Pereira, "De Mendo da Guarda a D. Manuel I", Livros...
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