# Maria Quitéria

> Maria Quitéria de Jesus was a Brazilian soldier and national heroine. She served in the Brazilian War of Independence in 1822–24 dressed as a man. She was promoted to cadet and lieutenant and later decorated with the Imperial Order of the Cross. Quitéria has been called the "Brazilian Joan of Arc", and has become a legendary figure in Brazil. Quitéria was the first woman to serve in a military unit in the country. She is known as one of the three Bahia women fighters against the Portuguese along with Maria Filipa de Oliveira and Sister Joana Angélica (1761-1822).

*Brazilian lieutenant and national heroine (1792–1853)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/maria-quiteria

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Other
- **Born:** 1792-07-27
- **Died:** 1853-08-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 52.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 19.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Maria Quitéria](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Quit%C3%A9ria)
- [ماريا كويتيريا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7)
- [Maria Quitéria](https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Quit%C3%A9ria)
- [মারিয়া কুইতেরিয়া](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE)
- [Maria Quitéria de Jesus](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Quit%C3%A9ria_de_Jesus)
- [Maria Quitéria de Jesus](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Quit%C3%A9ria_de_Jesus)
- [Maria Quitéria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Quit%C3%A9ria)
- [Maria Quitéria](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Quit%C3%A9ria)
- [Maria Quitéria de Jesus](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Quit%C3%A9ria_de_Jesus)
- [Maria Quitéria de Jesus](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Quit%C3%A9ria_de_Jesus)
- [Maria Quitéria](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Quit%C3%A9ria)
- [Maria Quitéria](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Quit%C3%A9ria)
- [Maria Quitéria](https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Quit%C3%A9ria)
- [Maria Quitéria](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Quit%C3%A9ria)
- [マリア・キテリア](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%86%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2)
- [მარია კიტერია](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%90_%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%90)
- [മരിയ ക്വിറ്റേറിയ](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF_%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF)
- [Maria Quitéria](https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Quit%C3%A9ria)
- [Maria Quitéria](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Quit%C3%A9ria)
- [Maria Quitéria](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Quit%C3%A9ria)
- [Мария Китерия](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F)
- [Qiterija Marija](https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qiterija_Marija)
- [Maria Quitéria](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Quit%C3%A9ria)
- [மரியா குயிடேரியா](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2618916)

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