# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-quiteria
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:22:56.993Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-quiteria"
name: "Maria Quitéria"
slug: "maria-quiteria"
description: "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)."
tagline: "Brazilian lieutenant and national heroine (1792–1853)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maria_Quit%C3%A9ria_de_Jesus_Medeiros.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1792-07-27"
deathDate: "1853-08-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.03712666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump