Afonso de Albuquerque
Portuguese general, admiral, statesman, and conquistador; viceroy of Portuguese India from 1509 to 1515.
He expanded Portuguese influence across the Indian Ocean and is considered the real founder of the Portuguese empire in the Orient.[1][2]
Quick Facts
- Pronunciation
- ɐˈfõsu ðɨ alβuˈkɛɾkɨ, lang
- Office
- 2nd Viceroy of Portuguese India
- Took office
- 4 November 1509
- Left office
- 8 September 1515
- Monarch
- Manuel I
- Predecessor
- Francisco de Almeida
- Successor
- Lopo Soares de Albergaria
- Resting place
- Graça Convent
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
He conquered Goa in 1510 and captured Malacca in 1511.[1] He established the first Portuguese mint in the East at Goa, issuing gold cruzados, silver esferas, and bronze leais.[1] He oversaw expeditions that established diplomatic contacts with the Ayutthaya Kingdom, Pegu, Timor, and the Moluccas.[3] Alhandra, near Lisbon, was the birthplace in 1453 of Afonso de Albuquerque, who was the second son of Gonçalo de Albuquerque and Dona Leonor de Menezes.[4]
At the court of Afonso V of Portugal, he studied mathematics and Latin, and there he became a friend of Prince John, later King John II.[5]
What the cited sources add
Aubin's 1985 account describes Albuquerque as the real founder of the Portuguese empire in the Orient and notes he was appointed head of the "fleet of the Arabian and Persian sea" in 1506.[2] Aubin states that Albuquerque conquered the superior forces of Ḵᵛāǰa ʿAṭāʾ at Jarūn in September 1507 thanks to his artillery.[2] Aubin reports that lively disagreement broke out between Albuquerque and four of his captains during fort construction, and they abandoned him in early February 1508.[2] Aubin notes that Almeida refused to transfer the governorship to Albuquerque upon his arrival in Malabar.[2]
Aubin records that Shah Esmāʿīl I was not impressed by Albuquerque's unsuccessful attacks on Hormoz in 1507 and 1508.[2]
References
- Wikipedia, "Afonso de Albuquerque" (CC BY-SA 4.0) en.wikipedia.org
- Aubin, "Albuquerque, Alfonso De", 1985, p. 823–824. facts only, no text reused. iranicaonline.org
- Wikipedia, "Afonso de Albuquerque" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Vilhena, "O Preste João: mito, literatura e história", Arquipélago: História Revista da Universidade Dos Açores, 2001, p. 14–15; ; ; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Afonso de Albuquerque" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Cowley, "The Reader's Companion to Military History", Houghton Mifflin, 1996, p. 10 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Afonso de Albuquerque" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Stephens 1897, p. ; Jayne, "Vasco Da Gama and His Successors, 1460-1580", Taylor & Francis, 1970, p. 78–79 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Afonso de Albuquerque (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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