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Madragana as ancestress of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of king George III of Great Britain. There is some controversy regarding her ethnicity. Duarte Nunes de Leão, a Portuguese royal chronicler of the 16th century, said that Madragana was a Moor (Arab-Berber). [5] That was disputed in the 18th century by António Caetano de Sousa. [6]
In 1253, he divorced Matilda in order to marry Beatrice of Castile, illegitimate daughter of Alfonso X, King of Castile, and Mayor Guillén de Guzmán. [ 6 ] Determined not to make the same mistakes as his brother, Afonso III paid special attention to what the middle class, composed of merchants and small land owners, had to say.
Madragana was not the wife, but just the mistress of Dom Afonso III. Se was christened in time, receiving her new christian name as Maior Afonso, Mor being short for Maior, a common female name in mediaeval portuguese (Maior meaning "the bigger", and not "the moor", even if she really was a moor).
Alfonso Rodríguez Olmedo (1598–1628), Spanish Jesuit priest and martyr; Alonso Rodriguez (1538–1616), author of The Practice of Christian and Religious Perfection; Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. (born 1953), American sentenced to death penalty for murder; Alfonso Rodríguez (director) (born 1957), Dominican actor, writer and director
WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. would once again restrict financial transactions with many Cuban military- and government-linked entities, just weeks ...
Hemky Madera (born January 26, 1977) is an American actor. He began his acting career in the Dominican Republic television production Grandes Series Dominicanas in which he took the leading parts of the mini-series En La Olla and Trio en Alta Mar, both by Dominican director/producer Alfonso Rodríguez.
The Dodgers are now on track for a $379 million payroll, per Fangraphs' estimate, which would be the largest payroll in MLB history.The 110% CBT surcharge would mean this deal is more like a $27.3 ...
Alfonso Rodríguez was a Spanish mariner and merchant, who was colonizer in the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires in the 1620s. [1] He served as a captain of commercial ships, having an active participation in the commerce of Río de la Plata towards the middle of the 17th century. [2]