Andrade (Manuel Dias de)
Madeiran-descended soldier (c.1585–1638) who commanded a galleon at the recapture of Bahia, served as mestre de campo in Brazil and died in Cape Verde en route to recover Pernambuco.
He was born around 1585, the son of Francisco de Andrade and Dona Constança de Atouguia. He was the great-grandson and great-great-grandson respectively of Fernão Dias de Andrade and Diogo Fernandes de Andrade, to whom we refer in the article Andrade. He distinguished himself greatly as a soldier and took part in the recapture of Bahia, in which he commanded a galleon. He fought in other battles, in which he gave proof of his courage. He was a commander of the Order of Christ (Ordem de Cristo) and held the post of mestre de campo (colonel commanding a terço) in Brazil. He died in 1638 in the Cape Verde Islands, while serving as mestre de campo of a fleet bound for the recapture of Pernambuco.
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- Bahia
Brazil. Brazilian city whose recapture Andrade took part in, commanding a galleon.
Baía is a Brazilian city. Manuel Dias de Andrade took part in its recapture, commanding a galleon, and Fr. Gregório Batista joined its Benedictine convent. D. Rodrigo da Costa became its governor in 1702.
- Brazil
Where Andrade served as mestre de campo.
Brazil is recorded in the Elucidário as a chief destination of Madeiran emigrants, including several clergy and writers. It was also a market for Madeira wine and brandy and a maker of wickerwork from Madeiran osiers. It was linked to Madeira by the 1874 telegraph cable and is the native country of the araçá.
- Cape Verde
Where Andrade died in 1638.
Cape Verde is an archipelago and Portuguese colony that served as a place of exile and deportation for Madeirans, including liberals in the 1820s, protesters against the dairy decrees and the 1936 rioters. Lowe visited it in 1864 and 1866. It shares one flowering-plant species with Madeira.
- Pernambuco
Brazil. Target of the fleet Andrade was serving when he died.
A Brazilian captaincy invaded by the Dutch and restored by the Madeiran João Fernandes Vieira, with other Madeirans fighting there. From 1637 Madeira paid a war levy for its recovery. It was also a diocese whose first bishop was D. Estevão Brioso.
People
People mentioned · 05- Manuel Dias de Andradec. 1585–1638
Soldier and commander of the Order of Christ who fought at the recapture of Bahia and died in Cape Verde in 1638.
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Mother of Manuel Dias de Andrade.
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Ancestor of Manuel Dias de Andrade, treated in the Andrade family entry.
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Ancestor of Manuel Dias de Andrade, treated in the Andrade family entry.
- Francisco de Andrade1806–1881
Father of Manuel Dias de Andrade.