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Philip III

Philip III

Filipe III

king of Spain and Portugal

Habsburg king of Spain and Portugal who in 1614 appointed Gonçalo de Sousa to hold an alçada to punish crimes in Madeira. In 1618 he assigned funds to build the Funchal walls east of the Ribeira de João Gomes, and he approved the Misericórdia's statutes in 1631.

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2Chronology

  1. Philip III commissioned Dr Gonçalo de Sousa to hold an alçada in Madeira to punish crimes.

  2. Philip III funded the eastern walls of Funchal, completed in 1637.

3Places mentioned

Abroad

Map: Arquipélago da Madeira (14)
  1. 1Funchal
  2. 2Porto Santo
  3. 3Lisbon
  4. 4Fortress of São Tiago
  5. 5Terceira
  6. 6Rabaçal
  7. 7Funchal customs house
  8. 8Colégio church
  9. 9Pernambuco
  10. 10Spain
  11. 11Pico do Castelo
  12. 12Torre do Tombo (national archives)
  13. 13Fortress of São João Baptista do Pico
  14. 14Machico

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