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Nuno Álvares Pereira

1360 - 1431

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Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira, OCarm (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈnunu ˈalvɐɾɨʃ pɨˈɾɐjɾɐ]; 24 June 1360 – 1 November 1431) was a very successful Portuguese general who had a decisive role in the 1383–1385 Crisis that assured Portugal's independence from Castile. He later became a mystic and was beatified by Pope Benedict XV in 1918, and canonised by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009. Nuno Álvares Pereira is often referred to as the Saint Constable (Portuguese: Santo Condestável) or as Saint Nuno of Saint Mary (Portuguese: São Nuno de Santa Maria), his religious name. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nuno Álvares Pereira has received more than 239,838 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Nuno Álvares Pereira is the 5,020th most popular politician (up from 5,831st in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 133rd in 2019) and the 65th most popular Portuguese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nuno Álvares Pereira ranks 5,020 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Go-Hanazono, Saray Mulk Khanum, Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier, Acamapichtli, García Sánchez I of Pamplona, and Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma. After him are Emperor Shizong of Liao, Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan, Charles, Duke of Mayenne, Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony, Zhuge Zhan, and Bianca Maria Visconti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1360, Nuno Álvares Pereira ranks 10. Before him are Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici, Philippa of Lancaster, Ulrich von Jungingen, Cennino Cennini, Klaus Störtebeker, and Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy. After him are Joseph II of Constantinople, Dorotea Bucca, and Caterina Visconti. Among people deceased in 1431, Nuno Álvares Pereira ranks 3. Before him are Joan of Arc, and Pope Martin V. After him are Violant of Bar, Charles II, Duke of Lorraine, Dan II of Wallachia, Lengvenis, Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and Radu II of Wallachia.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Nuno Álvares Pereira ranks 114 out of 633. Before him are Ricardo Quaresma (1983), Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1565), João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (1537), Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira (1793), Joan of Portugal (1439), and António Ramalho Eanes (1935). After him are Américo Tomás (1894), António Lobo Antunes (1942), Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu (1433), Afonso, Prince of Portugal (1475), Artur Jorge (1946), and Peter, Duke of Coimbra (1392).

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Among POLITICIANS In Portugal

Among politicians born in Portugal, Nuno Álvares Pereira ranks 65. Before him are Teófilo Braga (1843), Francisco da Costa Gomes (1914), Eleanor of Viseu (1458), João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (1537), Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira (1793), and António Ramalho Eanes (1935). After him are Américo Tomás (1894), António Lobo Antunes (1942), Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu (1433), Peter, Duke of Coimbra (1392), Karl Nesselrode (1780), and Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad (1040).

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