Article Nº 0105 Family, surname or lineage Vol. I · p. 59
Albuquerque
Entry on the Albuquerque family name in Madeira, which the island owes to D. Sebastiana de Albuquerque, who married Jacinto de Freitas around 1570.
This is a noble and ancient family surname on this island. It derives from Dona Sebastiana de Albuquerque, who married Jacinto de Freitas, of the house of the Freitas da Madalena (‘Magdalene’), around 1570. This Dona Sebastiana descended from Dom Afonso Teles de Meneses, settler of the town (vila) of Albuquerque in Spain.
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