Pernambuco
Brazil · South America
Brazil
A Brazilian captaincy invaded by the Dutch and restored by the Madeiran João Fernandes Vieira, with other Madeirans fighting there. From 1637 Madeira paid a war levy for its recovery. It was also a diocese whose first bishop was D. Estevão Brioso.
1Mentioned in
- Castilian rule — Brazilian region whose recovery Madeira had to fund from 1637.
- Vieira (João Fernandes) — Brazilian captaincy Vieira liberated from the Dutch.
- Jesus (Friar Rafael de) — Brazilian captaincy whose restoration from the Dutch is the subject of the book.
- Andrade (Manuel Dias de) — Target of the fleet Andrade was serving when he died.
- Taxes — Brazilian region for whose recovery Madeira paid a war levy from 1637.
- Brioso (Dom Estêvão) — Brazilian diocese of which he was the first bishop.
- Berenguer — Scene of wars in which Francisco Berenguer fought.
- Freitas — Where João de Freitas da Silva fought and was killed by the Dutch.
- Emigration — Brazilian region liberated by João Fernandes Vieira.
- Illustrious men — Brazilian captaincy where Madeirans fought the Dutch.
- Fernandes Vieira (João) — Brazilian province invaded by the Dutch, restored by Vieira.
- Madeirans in Brazil — Brazilian region restored by João Fernandes Vieira.
2Chronology
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The Dutch invaded Pernambuco while the Madeiran João Fernandes Vieira was a clerk there.
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João de Freitas da Silva raised a company of 100 men in Madeira at his own cost to fight in Pernambuco.
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Madeira was obliged to pay 10,000 cruzados yearly towards the fleet to recover Pernambuco, the levy falling first on the clergy.
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The diocese of Pernambuco was created, with the Madeiran D. Estêvão Brioso de Figueiredo presented as its bishop.
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D. Estêvão Brioso de Figueiredo took possession of the see of Pernambuco.