Person noble military officer diplomat
Jordão de Freitas da Silva
d. 1631
noble · military officer · diplomat
Jordão de Freitas da Silva was a member of the Silva family living in Santa Cruz in 1618 and a grandson of Jordão de Freitas. He was sent to France to recover artillery from a fleet lost in 1626. The notes also record that in 1631 he raised a 100-man company at his own cost and was killed by the Dutch at Pernambuco.
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- Silva (family) — Member of the Silva family living in Santa Cruz in 1618, grandson of Jordão de Freitas.
- Illustrious men — Envoy to France to recover artillery lost in 1626, who died on the mission.
- Santa Cruz (parish) — Grandson of Jordão de Freitas, envoy to France over a fleet lost in 1626, who died in that mission.
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