Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque
Deceased Person
1855 – 1902
Who was Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque?
Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque was a Portuguese cavalry officer. He captured Gungunhana in Chaimite and pacified Mozambique. He was a grandson of Luís da Silva Mouzinho de Albuquerque.
Highly respected in Portuguese society of the 19th and 20th centuries, he was seen as the hope and symbol of Portuguese reaction to threats against Portuguese interests in Africa from other European empires.
He married his cousin Maria José Mascarenhas de Mendonça Gaivão, without issue.
He was governor of Gaza Province and Mozambique until 1898 when he returned to Portugal.
He was the instructor of Crown Prince Luís Filipe.
He allegedly committed suicide in 1902.
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