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Afonso de Albuquerque

1453 - 1515

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Afonso de Albuquerque, 1st Duke of Goa (c. 1453 – 16 December 1515), was a Portuguese general, admiral, and statesman. He served as viceroy of Portuguese India from 1509 to 1515, during which he expanded Portuguese influence across the Indian Ocean and built a reputation as a fierce and skilled military commander. Albuquerque advanced the three-fold Portuguese grand scheme of combating Islam, spreading Christianity, and securing the trade of spices by establishing a Portuguese Asian empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Afonso de Albuquerque has received more than 1,332,028 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Afonso de Albuquerque is the 51st most popular nobleman (up from 70th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 23rd in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Nobleman.

Albuquerque was a Portuguese explorer who conquered the city of Malacca in 1511. He also conquered the city of Goa in India in 1510.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Afonso de Albuquerque ranks 51 out of 1,415. Before him are Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Ramesses III, Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, Princess Märtha of Sweden, Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Albert, Prince Consort. After him are Raynald of Châtillon, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Alexandra Feodorovna, Rollo, Empress Matilda, and Henry IV of England.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1453, Afonso de Albuquerque ranks 1. After him are Simonetta Vespucci, Giuliano de' Medici, Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, Clarice Orsini, Gülbahar Hatun, Andreas Palaiologos, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Margaret of Foix, and João Fernandes Lavrador. Among people deceased in 1515, Afonso de Albuquerque ranks 2. Before him is Louis XII of France. After him are Aldus Manutius, Meñli I Giray, Alonso de Ojeda, Bartholomew Columbus, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Mariotto Albertinelli, Abraham Zacuto, Barbara Zápolya, Barbara of Brandenburg, and Pietro Lombardo.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Afonso de Albuquerque ranks 19 out of 633. Before him are Manuel I of Portugal (1469), José Mourinho (1963), Afonso I of Portugal (1109), Pedro I of Brazil (1798), Pope John XXI (1215), and Isabella of Portugal (1503). After him are Sebastian of Portugal (1554), John I of Portugal (1358), António Egas Moniz (1874), Manuel II of Portugal (1889), John III of Portugal (1502), and Afonso V of Portugal (1432).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Portugal

Among noblemen born in Portugal, Afonso de Albuquerque ranks 1. After him are Miguel I of Portugal (1802), Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu (1521), Ferdinand, Count of Flanders (1188), José, Prince of Brazil (1761), Constance of Portugal (1290), Ferdinand the Holy Prince (1402), Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira (1669), Joanna, Princess of Portugal (1452), Peter, Constable of Portugal (1429), Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Braganza (1806), and Afonso, Duke of Porto (1865).

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