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Facts

Also Known As O Principe Perfeito • the Perfect Prince
Born 1455 • Lisbon • Portugal
Died October 1495 (aged 40) • Portugal
Title / Office king (1481-1495), Portugal
Role In Treaty of Tordesillas

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Manuel I
king of Portugal
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Afonso V
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Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd marquess of Salisbury
prime minister of United Kingdom
Sir Hercules Robinson
Sir Hercules Robinson
British colonial governor
Thomas Edward Bowdich, engraving after a painting by William Derby.
Thomas Edward Bowdich
British science writer
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese navigator
Afonso de Albuquerque
Afonso de Albuquerque
Portuguese conqueror
João de Barros
João de Barros
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Francisco de Almeida
viceroy of India
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Martim Afonso de Sousa.
Martim Afonso de Sousa
Portuguese admiral
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Tomé de Sousa
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Cardinal Richelieu
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Charles de Gaulle
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Leopold II
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Frederick Lugard
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