Person settler landowner noble
Henrique de Bettencourt
settler · landowner · noble
Son of Meciot and one of the first bearers of the Bettencourt name in Madeira, he settled at Ribeira Brava with sesmaria lands and founded an entail there.
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- Bettencourt — Son of Meciot and one of the first bearers of the name in Madeira; settled at Ribeira Brava with sesmaria lands and founded an entail there.
- Bettencourt — Family member who served as general of the Malabar sea and died in a shipwreck sailing to join King Sebastião's African expedition.
- Our Lady of Glory (chapel) — Founded the chapel in Campanário in 1599.
- Ribeira Brava (parish) — Nobleman who held land in Ribeira Brava.
- Sacred Heart (chapel) — Canon who built the Sacred Heart chapel at Cardais in 1907 on his own land.
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