Manuel I
D. Manuel
lord of Madeira · duke of Beja · grand master of the Order of Christ · king of Portugal · king
Duke of Beja who inherited the lordship of Madeira from his brother D. Diogo and later became King Manuel I of Portugal. He ordered Funchal's pillory and council house (1486) and its walls (1493), ceded land for the cathedral (1485), and gave the foral of 1515.
1Mentioned in
- Customs houses — Lord of Madeira as duke of Beja and later king; ordered the customs building and gave the 1515 foral.
- Cortina da Cidade (city walls) — Duke and lord of Madeira who in 1493 ordered walls built around the town of Funchal.
- Diogo (Duke Dom) — Brother of D. Diogo who inherited the lordship of Madeira on his death and later became king of Portugal.
- Campo do Duque — Duke of Beja and later king, who in 1485 ceded land in the Campo do Duque for the cathedral and town hall.
- Atouguia — Duke of Beja and Grand Master of the Order of Christ, later King Manuel I, whom Luiz de Atouguia served as treasurer in Madeira.
- Pillory — As Duke of Viseu and lord of Madeira, ordered in 1486 the building of a square, council house, notaries' office and pillory in Funchal.
- Donataries — King who in 1497 incorporated Madeira into the Crown and restricted the donataries' powers.
- Donataries — King of Portugal whose reforms curtailed the donataries' powers, with some concessions in 1509.
- Misericórdias — King who ordered a new Funchal hospital in 1507 and founded the Misericórdia confraternity in 1514.
- Levadas — King of Portugal who confirmed earlier water laws for Madeira in 1502.
- Levadas — King of Portugal whose royal letters on water rights were cited in 1768.
- Levadas — King of Portugal whose charter of 1515 forbade any change to the course of the Santa Luzia levada.
- Convent of St Clare — As grand master he urged Madeirans in 1488 to found a nunnery; became king in 1495.
- Historical dates — King who in 1497 annexed the archipelago to the crown.
- Henriques — King of Portugal whom D. Henrique Henriques served.
- Madeira and Afonso de Albuquerque — King of Portugal whom Albuquerque asked to send Madeiran labourers to Abyssinia.
- System of weights and measures — King of Portugal who ordered the Machico standard weight in 1499.
- Santa Cruz (town and municipality) — King of Portugal who raised Santa Cruz to a town by royal letter of 20 June 1515.
- Funeral rites — King who in 1495 wrote to the Funchal council asking to be acclaimed and for João II's funeral rites.
- Câmara (João Gonçalves da) — King of Portugal who ordered the Azamor expedition and received the subject warmly.
- Câmara (Simão Gonçalves da) — King of Portugal who ordered the building of Funchal Cathedral and customs house.
- São Lourenço (fortress) — King of Portugal whose emblematic armillary sphere is displayed on the fortress's east tower.
- Jerónimo Fernando (Dom) — King of Portugal and half-brother of the bishop's great-grandmother Leonor.
- Patron saints — King of Portugal whose death in 1521 coincided with the Funchal plague.
- Judge of the customs house — King of Portugal who appointed Francisco Alvares judge of the Funchal customs in 1494.
- Judicial administration — King who sent corregedor Diogo Taveira to Madeira in the early sixteenth century.
- Machico (parish church) — King of Portugal, traditionally credited with giving the marble columns of the side door and the organ.
- Fernandes (Gonçalo) — King of Portugal said by the Dicionário Portugal to have taken the throne improperly.
- Arms — King of Portugal, believed to have granted Funchal its first arms; he raised Funchal to a city in 1508 and gave Machico its armillary-sphere seal.
- Old Funchal — King of Portugal who in 1508 signed the charter raising Funchal to a city.
- Homem — King of Portugal in whose household Francisco Homem de Gouveia served.
- Grants — Grand master and later king whose charter of 27 April 1497 made Madeira a permanent Crown possession.
- Ponta do Sol (town and municipality) — King of Portugal who by tradition gave Ponta do Sol a weights standard and a seal with its arms.
- Jews — King of Portugal who decreed the expulsion of the Jews in December 1496, leading to forced conversions.
- Melo (Dom Francisco Manuel de) — King of Portugal who tried to buy Antão Rodrigues's horse.
- Diocese (creation of the) — King of Portugal who made Funchal a city in 1508 and requested the creation of its diocese.
- Fortifications — As duke and later king, ordered Funchal's first bastion and walls.
- Organ of the Convent of St Clare — King of Portugal in whose reign the organ was given, and donor of the Machico organ in 1499.
- Caniçal (parish) — King who wrote to Machico council ordering protection of the Caniçal hunting reserve.
- Music — King of Portugal who wrote to the dean about polyphonic singing at the cathedral.
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2Chronology
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D. Diogo, Duke of Viseu and lord of Madeira, was killed by King João II, and the lordship passed to his brother D. Manuel.
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D. Manuel, Duke of Beja, ceded land in the Campo do Duque, Funchal, for the church (later cathedral) and town hall; sources give 5 June or 5 November 1485.
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Duke D. Manuel ordered a square, council house, notaries' office and pillory built on the Campo do Duque in Funchal.
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D. Manuel wrote to the Madeirans urging the foundation of a nunnery.
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D. Manuel assigned half of the island's fines to building the Funchal church.
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Duke Manuel ordered walls built round the town of Funchal.
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D. Manuel ascended the throne and asked the Funchal council to acclaim him and hold João II's funeral rites.
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D. Manuel published the decree expelling the Jews from Portugal.
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D. Manuel's charter made Madeira permanently and inalienably Crown land, together with the mastership of the Order of Christ, dealing a major blow to the donataries' privileges.
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By a charter (alvará), King Manuel allowed foreigners to reside permanently and trade freely in Madeira.
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King Manuel I granted Machico its arms and ordered bronze standard weights, which bear this date.
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By royal charter of D. Manuel I, Ponta do Sol was raised to the status of town and municipality.
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King Manuel confirmed the earlier water laws of Madeira and eased the building of aqueducts (levadas).
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A charter of King Manuel confirmed and extended Madeira's water regulations; the main common levadas were built in this period.
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D. Manuel ordered the construction of a new hospital in Funchal.
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A charter of D. Manuel ordered the Funchal council to be governed like Lisbon's, with only noblemen as councillors and triennial elections confirmed by the king.
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By royal charter D. Manuel raised Funchal to city status, the first city in Portugal's overseas domains.
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D. Manuel granted concessions by royal letter to Simão Gonçalves da Câmara.
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King Manuel confirmed João Esmeraldo's noble privileges.
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The Misericórdia of Funchal was founded and King Manuel gave the hospital and the chapel of the Holy Kings to it.
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D. Manuel issued a charter at Almeirim forbidding changes to the Santa Luzia levada in Funchal, which already existed.
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D. Manuel assigned the wine tax to finish the Misericórdia hospital in Funchal.
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King Manuel raised Santa Cruz to a town and municipality, created from Machico territory (dated 20 or 26 June 1515).
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King Manuel granted a common foral to Funchal, Ponta do Sol and Calheta, fixing tithes, the fifth of sugars, alcaidaria revenues, soap prices and other dues.
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