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Matias de Albuquerque, conde de Alegrete

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Portuguese colonial administrator and soldier

PoliticiansLived 1580 to 1647 · aged 67
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Matias de Albuquerque, Count of Alegrete was a Portuguese colonial administrator and soldier.

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Matias de AlbuquerqueMatias de AlbuquerqueSeventeenth-century view of OlindaSeventeenth-century view of OlindaView of the city of Maurícia (Recife) by Pieter Schenck, based on a drawing from Frans Post, 1645View of the city of Maurícia (Recife) by Pieter Schenck, based on a drawing from Frans Post, 1645

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Matias de Albuquerque, Count of Alegrete was a Portuguese colonial administrator and soldier. He was nicknamed "Hero of Two Continents" for his performance, beginning in 1624, against the Dutch invaders of colonial Brazil and for his role, beginning in 1641, as a general in Portugal, fighting for king John IV during the Portuguese Restoration War, where he won the battle of Montijo over the Spaniards in 1644. For this victory he was rewarded the title of Count of Alegrete by the king.

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Lived 1580 to 1647 · aged 67
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