Person settler noble landowner
Henry the German
Henrique Alemão
settler · noble · landowner
Legendary early settler of Madeira, reputedly a Polish prince, who was granted land at Madalena do Mar and founded the estate and its first chapel. He was said to have been killed by a rockfall from Cabo Girão; the extinct Alemão surname and a branch of the Henriques family trace to him.
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- Henriques — Ancestor of another branch of the Henriques family in Madeira.
- Freitas — Founder of the church at Madalena, whose widow married João Rodrigues de Freitas.
- Madalena do Mar (parish) — Legendary settler said to be a Polish prince, granted land at Madalena do Mar and regarded as founder of the settlement and its first chapel.
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