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Diogo Cabral

Diogo Cabral

d. 1486

settler · landowner · noble · naval officer

Main article Cabral Account of Diogo Cabral, early settler and son-in-law of Zarco, founder of the Cabral family in Madeira, with the family's arms.

Early settler, son-in-law of Zarco through his marriage to Beatriz da Câmara, and the first to bear the Cabral surname in Madeira. He built the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Estrela at Calheta as head of his entail and was buried there in 1486; he also served in the East and was named captain of an abortive fleet to discover the 'Island of Gold'.

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2Chronology

  1. Diogo Cabral, Zarco's son-in-law and founder of the chapel of Nossa Senhora da Estrela at Calheta, died and was buried in it.

3Places mentioned

Map: Madeira (2)
  1. 1Calheta
  2. 2Chapel of Our Lady of the Star

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