Person prince lord of Madeira grand master of the Order of Christ
Henry the Navigator
D. Henrique, Infante de Portugal
prince · lord of Madeira · grand master of the Order of Christ
Prince Henry the Navigator, promoter of the voyages that discovered Madeira and its lord, who issued the first regulations, charter and donation letters to the first captains. He received Lanzarote from Meciot de Bettencourt in exchange for revenues in Madeira.
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- Settlement and colonisation — Prince Henry the Navigator, lord of Madeira, who issued the first regulations, charter and donation letters to the first captains.
- Bettencourt — Prince Henry the Navigator, who received Lanzarote from Meciot de Bettencourt in exchange for revenues in Madeira.
- Sack of Funchal by the French — Regent, later Cardinal-King, who signed the December 1566 letter about the sack.
- Machico (origin of the name) — Prince Henry the Navigator, promoter of the voyages that discovered Madeira.
